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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The Virginia Department of Education says that 98 percent of the state's public schools are fully accredited.
That's the highest percentage since statewide testing in English, math, history and science began 10 years ago.
Students at 1,826 of the state's 1,867 schools met or exceeded state objectives on Standards of Learning tests and other statewide assessments in the four core academic areas.
Officials said 17 schools were accredited with warning, down from 54 last year, and 48 schools that were on warning last year received full accreditation.
Westwood Middle School in Danville and Lucy Addison Middle School in Roanoke are fully accredited for the first time this year. The status of William Fleming High School in Roanoke won't be determined until October. That is because of the recent investigation that uncovered S-O-L testing irregularities.
Fourteen new schools were automatically classified as conditionally accredited for 2008-09.
