Gold Medal for Chesterfield Schools Again
Chesterfield County and the Richmond area have again been recognized for their high standards of quality. Expansion Management magazine designated Chesterfield County Schools as a Gold Medal school system, which is the highest ranking the magazine awards. The indices by which Chesterfield was evaluated for this prestigious designation include:
- Graduate Outcome Index – the end product of the education
process including graduation rates and college bound scores;
- Resource Index – the community’s financial commitment to the
student’s education, consisting of student-to-teacher ratios, per
pupil expenditures and teacher salaries;
- Community Index – the level of affluence and adult education in
the district; and - Education Quotient – a combination of the above indices
weighted to reflect the greater importance of the graduate
outcome and resource index.
More than ever before, business location decisions are driven by the quality and availability of workers. Communities that successfully attract new businesses and provide the environment that existing industry needs to expand will be the communities that produce the best and brightest workers. One way of evaluating the future workforce is by looking at the quality and accomplishments of local schools.
For the past nine years, Expansion Management has evaluated secondary school districts throughout the nation as a service to its readers and site location professionals. As in each of the past nine years, the top school districts receive the Gold Medal designation and are among the nation’s top performing schools.
In addition to the prestigious Gold Medal for Chesterfield, Expansion Management recognized the Richmond Metro Area as a Five-Star Community and ranked the Commonwealth of Virginia 8th in Worker Training.