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The Southampton County School Board received data reviews on March 24 for all of Southampton County Public Schools, led by the high school.

Southampton High School (SHS) Principal Jafar Baraka made the data presentation for the high school, and this article will highlight accreditation and Standards of Learning (SOL) information from that presentation.

The 2024-25 accreditation data for SHS is based on 2023-24 results.

The 2024 accreditation status of Southampton High School is Accredited.

There are nine categories of school quality indicators that helped to determine that status, and according to the Virginia Department of Education, performance on each school quality indicator can fall into one of three levels:

• Level One: At or Above Standard;
• Level Two: Near Standard; or
• Level Three: Below Standard.

For SHS, following are the school quality indicators and their corresponding levels listed across three overarching categories:

Academic Achievement
• English: Level One

• Mathematics: Level One
• Science: Level Two

Achievement Gaps

• English: Level Two
• Mathematics: Level Two

Student Engagement & Outcomes
• Chronic Absenteeism: Level Two

• College, Career and Civic Readiness Index (CCCRI): Level Two
• Dropout Rate: Level Two
• Graduation and Completion: Level One

Before presenting the high school’s SOL data from fall 2024, Baraka shared SOL data from 2023-24 to help provide context.

For 2023-24, following are the total pass rates reflecting raw scores and retakes for non-transfer students only, broken down by subject and followed by total results for an overarching subject:

• Algebra I: 78%;
• Geometry: 73%;
• Algebra II: 69%;
• Total Math Results: 73.3%;
• Biology: 65%;
• Earth Science: 54%;
• Chemistry: 25%;
• Total Science Results: 48%;
• English 11 End of Course (EOC) Reading: 78%;
• English 11 EOC Writing: 47%;
• Total English 11 Results: 62.5%;
• World History I: 66%;
• World History II: 24%;
• World Geography: 45%;
• VA & U.S. History: 26%; and
• Total History Results: 40.25%.

Following is the SOL data for fall of the 2024-25 school year.

In Algebra I, there were 63 test takers, with 57 passing and six failing, meaning 90% passed.

In Geometry, there were 22 test takers, with 13 passing and nine failing, meaning 59% passed.

In Algebra II, there were 14 test takers, with 11 passing and three failing, meaning 79% passed.

For total math results, there were 99 test takers, with 81 passing and 18 failing, meaning 76% passed.

In Biology, there were 70 test takers, with 29 passing and 40 failing, meaning 41% passed.

In Earth Science, there were 42 test takers, with 17 passing and 26 failing, meaning 40% passed.

In Chemistry, there were two test takers, with none passing and two failing, meaning 0% passed.

For total science results, there were 114 test takers, with 46 passing and 68 failing, meaning 40% passed.

In English 11 EOC Reading, there were 117 test takers, with 77 passing and 33 failing, meaning 66% passed.

In English 11 EOC Writing, there were 138 test takers, with 68 passing and 70 failing, meaning 49% passed.

For total English 11 results, there were 255 test takers, with 145 passing and 110 failing, meaning 57% passed.

In World History I, there were 91 test takers, with 46 passing and 45 failing, meaning 51% passed.

In World History II, there were 21 test takers, with seven passing and 13 failing, meaning 33% passed.

In World Geography, there were 59 test takers, with 21 passing and 36 failing, meaning 36% passed.

In VA & U.S. History, there were 55 test takers, with four passing and 51 failing, meaning 7% passed.

For total history results, there were 226 test takers, with 78 passing and 148 failing, meaning 32% passed.