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Luray Middle School reports full accreditation, rising test pass rates and lower chronic absenteeism
Summary
Luray Middle School staff reported that the school is fully accredited for the current year, highlighted sizable gains in eighth‑grade science pass rates and math pass rates that exceed division and state averages, and described attendance interventions that reduced chronic absenteeism substantially.
Luray Middle School leaders updated the Page County School Board on academic performance, attendance initiatives and in‑school support programs that they say led to full accreditation for the current year.
Academic results and instructional changes
The principal reported the school is fully accredited this year and described multi‑year improvement in statewide Standards of Learning (SOL) tests. Reading (combined sixth–eighth SOL results) posted a 72 percent pass rate last year; math results moved to about an 80 percent pass rate, exceeding division and state averages according to the presentation.
Eighth‑grade science, which tests content from sixth through eighth grade, has been a focus. Staff said they…
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