Augusta County Public Schools Schools

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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.

1. A Wilson Memorial High (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
2. A Buffalo Gap High (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
3. A Stuarts Draft High (High school, exceeds expectations)
4. A Fort Defiance High (High school, exceeds expectations)
5. A Riverheads High (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
6. A Riverheads Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
7. A Stuarts Draft Middle (Middle school, greatly exceeds expectations)
8. A Edward G Clymore Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
9. A S Gordon Stewart Middle (Middle school, exceeds expectations)
10. A Beverley Manor Middle (Middle school, exceeds expectations)

High schools (5)

• A Buffalo Gap High, Swoope
• A Fort Defiance High, Fort Defiance
• A Riverheads High, Staunton
• A Stuarts Draft High, Stuarts Draft
• A Wilson Memorial High, Fishersville

Middle and junior high schools (4)

• A Beverley Manor Middle, Staunton
• A S Gordon Stewart Middle, Fort Defiance
• A Stuarts Draft Middle, Stuarts Draft
• A- Wilson Middle, Fishersville

Elementary and primary schools (9)

• A- Cassell Elementary, Waynesboro
• A- Churchville Elementary, Churchville
• C Craigsville Elementary, Craigsville
• A Edward G Clymore Elementary, Fort Defiance
• B+ Guy K Stump Elementary, Stuarts Draft
• B North River Elementary, Mount Solon
• A Riverheads Elementary, Staunton
• B Stuarts Draft Elementary, Stuarts Draft
• B+ Wilson Elementary, Fishersville

Cities and towns served (9)

• Stuarts Draft (4)
• Fishersville (3)
• Fort Defiance (3)
• Staunton (3)
• Churchville (1)
• Craigsville (1)
• Mount Solon (1)
• Swoope (1)
• Waynesboro (1)

• State: Best schools in Virginia
• County: Augusta County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: fringe rural (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 10,139 students with 712 full-time-equivalent teachers and 1,642 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 5100300
• Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works

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