Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) has continued to maintain record levels with respect to the on-time graduation (OTG) rate, which stands at 96.9% for the 2026 cohort year, and dropout rate of 2%. VBCPS also outperformed Virginia’s rates of 93.5% for OTG and 4.7% for dropouts.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) has continued to maintain record levels with respect to the on-time graduation (OTG) rate, which stands at 96.9% for the 2026 cohort year, and dropout rate of 2%. VBCPS also outperformed Virginia’s rates of 93.5% for OTG and 4.7% for dropouts.
All 81 Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) earned Full Accreditation for 2026-2027, and 77 of 81 schools raised their overall framework scores on Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework. The results are based on 2025-2026 data.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) is calling on the community to help address student meal debt, which currently stands at more than $350,000 across the division.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) has entered into a resolution agreement with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that strengthens how the division receives, responds to, documents, and resolves reports of sexual harassment and misconduct.
Dr. Alveta Green, Virginia Beach School Board Member for District 4, has been selected for two significant leadership opportunities that will strengthen her work on behalf of Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS).
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.
Kathleen Brown, chair of the School Board of the City of Virginia Beach, has been selected to join the second cohort of the Virginia Hunt State Policy Fellows, a bipartisan program of The Hunt Institute that brings together locally elected officials from across the state to engage in productive dialogue on pressing issues in education policy..
Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) will host the Back-to-School Care Fair at the Virginia Beach Convention Center on Aug. 15 to help families take advantage of valuable resources in the division and community.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) has once again received national recognition for its commitment to providing students with access and excellence in the arts. For the 17th time, VBCPS has been named a Best Community for Music Education by The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation.
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).
The School Board provides computer systems to promote educational excellence, resource sharing, innovative instruction and communication, and to prepare students to live and work in the 21st century. Computer systems include, but are not limited to, all
Misuse of computer systems may result in disciplinary action including long-term suspension and/or expulsion. Computer systems shall not be used to conduct illegal activities or to send, receive, view, or download illegal materials.
Any authorized or unauthorized use in school or out of school of computer software, computer networks, telecommunications, information technology, and related technologies, or involvement in willful acts that
are prohibited and may result in a recommendation for expulsion.
Any student who fails to comply with the terms of the Acceptable Use Policy or the regulations developed by the Superintendent may lose system privileges, and students may be disciplined in accordance with the Code of Student Conduct or other School Board policies and division regulations governing student discipline. Students may also be the subject of appropriate legal action for violation of these policies or regulations. [School Board of the City of Virginia Beach Policy 6-62 and School Board of the City of Virginia Beach Policy 6-64] [School Board of the City of Virginia Beach Regulation 6-62.1 and School Board of the City of Virginia Beach Regulation 6-64.1]
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