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11th graders in language arts.
Fauquier students ranked in a lower percentile only at the 11th grade level in language arts.
Rappahannock students outranked students from Madison at the fourth grade level in language arts and math, at the eighth grade level in ability, reading and language arts and at the 11th grade level in language arts; outranked students from Orange only in ability at the eighth grade level and in language arts at the 11th grade level; outranked students from Page in all eighih grade categories, in language arts and math at the fourth grade level and in reading and language arts at the 11th grade level and outranked students from Warren in language arts at the fourth grade levef. ability, reading and language arts at the eighth grade level and in language arts at the 11th grade level.
Only nine school divisions in Virginia had students scoring above the 50th percentile in all standardized testing categories as measured against the national norm for 1980-81. Those divisions were Alington. Chesterfield, Fairfax, Henrico. Loudoun, Falls Church, Harrisonburg and Manassas. Of the nine, Chesterfield, Loudoun. Harrisonburg and Manassas paid less than the state average in salary for instructional personnel while Manassas and Chesterfield expended less than the state average per pupil for public school operations. Average instructional salary and per pupil expenditures for the nine divisions were: —Arlington: $24,445 and $3,988, —Chesterfield: $14,919 and $1,754, — Fairfax: $22,284 and $2,690, —Henrico: $17,030 and $2,264, —Loudoun: $15,189 and $2,146, —Falls Church: $23,742 and $4,056,
—Harrisonburg: $16,030 and $2,202,
—Manassas City: $15,874 and $2,017.
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