10/07/2026
For the second year in a row, Petsworth is a distinguished school! Way to go, Patriots. We are proud of how hard our students and staff work each day. 🩵❤️🤍💜🖤
STATE ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS ARE IN!
Six of our eight Gloucester County Public Schools earned the state’s highest rating of DISTINGUISHED in the Virginia Department of Education’s latest School Performance and Support Framework.
That is up from two Distinguished schools last year.
Abingdon, Achilles, Bethel, Petsworth, Page, and Peasley are rated Distinguished.
Botetourt Elementary and Gloucester High School earned Meets Expectations ratings.
No Gloucester school is below expectations.
Gloucester also has three of the top five elementary schools in Region 3, Peasley Middle School ranks No. 2 in the region, and Gloucester High School ranks No. 5 overall, including No. 1 in science mastery.
The newest data also show continued growth in other important areas. Over the past two years, Career and Technical Education completers increased 49 percent, state licensures increased 223 percent, Dual Enrollment (DE) increased 62 percent, Advanced Placement (AP) course enrollment increased 75 percent, and AP tests taken increased 119 percent.
As a reminder students in DE and AP classes have the opportunity to earn college credit while still in high school.
We also saw a 24 percent decline in behaviors related to school operations and a 20 percent decline in behaviors that endangered the health, safety, or welfare of self or others.
These results reflect a lot of focused work by our students, teachers, staff, families, and school leaders.
For more information, visit the School Quality Profile on the Virginia Department of Education website.
https://schoolquality.virginia.gov/divisions/gloucester-county-public-schools
