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Virginia Beach City Public Schools students outperform state on SOL tests

Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) students continued to demonstrate strong academic performance on the 2025-2026 Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments, outperforming the state on every reading, writing, science and history assessment, and on all mathematics assessments except Grade 7 Math.

2026-27 federal grant information presented to Virginia Beach School Board

The Virginia Beach School Board received information about proposed federal grant applications at its May 12 meeting. For the 2026-27 school year, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) would receive approximately $18.9 million in formula grant funds through programs authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA).

Title I

Title I is a federally funded program whose purpose is to ensure that all children have a fair and significant opportunity to obtain high-quality education and to raise achievement for all students.

Title I provides funding for the following:

  • Additional staff;
  • Family engagement opportunities;
  • Pre-Kindergarten;
  • Professional development of instructional staff;
  • Field trips and outreach opportunities;
  • Summer programs;
  • Home libraries;
  • Technology devices;
  • Online computer programs; and
  • Instructional materials and supplies.

Title I programs aim to ensure that all students have access to the following opportunities:

  • Meaningful, authentic and rigorous learning experiences;
  • Collaboration, critical and creative thinking, and problem solving.
  • Family engagement to enhance student achievement.

Eligible Title I Schools in Virginia Beach

Bayside Middle
B. F. Williams Elementary
College Park Elementary
Diamond Springs Elementary
Green Run Elementary
Holland Elementary

Lynnhaven Elementary
Newtown Elementary
Parkway Elementary
Point O'View Elementary
Seatack Elementary

For further information on Title I, please contact the Department of Teaching and Learning at 757.263.1450 or email Laura Silverman.