by AnnGardner Eubank
HEATHSVILLE—Northumberland High School received distinguished honors for performance as designated by the Virginia Department of Education (VODE).
On Tuesday, October 13, director of curriculum and instruction Shamika Carey shared VDOE’s 2025-26 performance framework rankings with the school board.
Carey noted the entire school district earned 100% accreditation status.
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Members of the Northumberland County School Board, Board of Supervisors, Boosters Association, faculty and students gathered for a ribbon cutting Monday, October 19, to celebrate completion of phase one of a new playground at Northumberland Elementary School. Superintendent Karen Leslie highlighted how much of a community effort this new playground has been, with help from businesses and individuals as well as leadership from the school board, supervisors and boosters. Photo by AnnGardner Eubank
Highlighting improvements at Northumberland Elementary School, Carey noted that for 2025-26, NES earned an overall performance score of 89.47, up from 82 the prior year.
According to Carey, NES earned 51.80 out of 55 points in determining mastery, which is primarily based on state reading, math and science assessments. NES earned 20.75 of 22.50 points in reading performance, 21.49 out of 22.50 points in math, and 9.56 out of 10 points in science performance……
