The Education Department website has a page that provides reports on Adequate Yearly Progress ("AYP") (or, in the case of over 21% of the Richmond schools, the absence of AYP) under the No Child Left Behind Act.
| School | Title I | 2009 Test Outcome |
| Adult Career Development Center | Not Title I | TBD - Small N School |
| Albert Hill Middle | Title I - School Wide Program | Did Not Make AYP |
| Amelia Street Special Education | Title I - Targeted Assistance | Made AYP |
| Armstrong High | Not Title I | Did Not Make AYP |
| Bellevue Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| Binford Middle | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| Blackwell Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Did Not Make AYP |
| Broad Rock Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| Chimborazo Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| Clark Springs Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| E.S.H. Greene Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Did Not Make AYP |
| Elizabeth D. Redd Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| Elkhardt Middle | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| Fairfield Court Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| Franklin Military Academy | Title I - Targeted Assistance | Made AYP |
| Fred D. Thompson Middle | Title I - School Wide Program | Did Not Make AYP |
| G.H. Reid Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| George Mason Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| George W. Carver Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| George Wythe High | Not Title I | Did Not Make AYP |
| Ginter Park Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| Henderson Middle | Title I - School Wide Program | Did Not Make AYP |
| Huguenot High | Not Title I | Made AYP |
| J.B. Fisher Elementary | Not Title I | Made AYP |
| J.E.B. Stuart Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| J.L. Francis Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| John B. Cary Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| John Marshall High | Not Title I | Made AYP |
| Linwood Holton Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| Lucille M. Brown Middle | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Middle | Title I - School Wide Program | Did Not Make AYP |
| Mary Munford Elementary | Not Title I | TBD |
| Maymont Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| Miles Jones Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| Oak Grove/Bellemeade Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| Open High | Not Title I | Made AYP |
| Overby-Sheppard Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts | Not Title I | N/A - New School |
| Richmond Alternative | Not Title I | Made AYP |
| Richmond Community High | Not Title I | Made AYP |
| Southampton Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| Summer Hill/Ruffin Road Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Did Not Make AYP |
| Swansboro Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| Thomas C. Boushall Middle | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| Thomas Jefferson High | Not Title I | Made AYP |
| Westover Hills Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
| William Fox Elementary | Not Title I | Did Not Make AYP |
| Woodville Elementary | Title I - School Wide Program | Made AYP |
For Title I schools (4/5 of the Richmond schools), failure to make AYP for two or more years leads to sanctions. Here is a summary of the 2007-08 Richmond sanction status by school:
| English | Math | |
| OK | 43 | 44 |
| TBD | ACDC, Munford | ACDC, Munford |
| Year 1 | Blackwell | |
| Year 2 | Alternative | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Year 4 | Boushall | |
| Year 5 | ||
| Year 6 | Wythe | |
| Year 7 | Wythe | |
| Grand Total | 48 | 48 |
"OK" is my shorthand for "not in improvement," which is federal speak for not subject to sanctions under the Act.
Wythe is half of the schools in Virginia in Year 7. Sigh.
Chasing Out Kids to Improve the Scores
As I mention above, Richmond has been fairly close to the statewide AYP performance in each of the last two years. That begins to make the AYP performance look looks like good news until you notice that the dropout rate has accelerated like a Saturn rocket in recent years:
As of today (Aug. 14, 2009) VDOE still has not posted the 2008-09 dropout and, as you see below, graduation rates. Please ask them why they are sitting on the data.
Of course, if the kid drops out, he can't drag down the scores. But he can't graduate, either:
See this page for a more detailed discussion of Richmond's scandalous dropout and graduation rates.