VIP: Physics Education Summary in the State of Virginia 2000-2001
| school enrollment | increase/ decrease | # of physics teachers | Avg phys teachers/school | Avg Years experience | Avg Years phys experience | % phys certified | % phys degree | Avg # physics sections |
| schools greater than or = 1100 | 120.1 | 118.0 | 2.0 | 13.4 | 8.4 | 78.8 | 61.0 | 7.7 |
| schools betweein 500 and 1100 | 118.5 | 46.0 | 1.1 | 16.7 | 10.2 | 80.4 | 60.9 | 2.2 |
| schools less than 500 | 15.8 | 14.0 | 0.9 | 20.5 | 14.6 | 92.9 | 57.1 | 1.2 |
| % of schools offering a given class | ||||||||
| Phys concepts | Physics(lim. Math) | Physics (Algebra/Trig.) | AP Physics B | AP Physics C (Calculus) | IB SL | IB HL | Astronomy (General) | |
| schools greater than or = 1100 | 32.8 | 32.8 | 98.3 | 27.6 | 31.0 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 8.6 |
| schools betweein 500 and 1100 | 9.5 | 14.3 | 90.5 | 9.5 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 7.1 |
| schools less than 500 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 93.3 | 20.0 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.3 |
| Astronomy (Advanced Science) | GT Physics | # physics students/school | # of physics students (minus Conc. & lim. Math) | %school in physics | %school in physics(minus conc. & lim math) | |||
| schools greater than or = 1100 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 153.8 | 97.6 | 8.6 | 5.4 | ||
| schools betweein 500 and 1100 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36.1 | 11.3 | 4.6 | 3.4 | ||
| schools less than 500 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 18.0 | 8.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| Phys concepts | Math co | math pre | # sections over 3 years increase/ decrease | Physics(lim. Math) | math co | math pre | # sections over 3 years increase/ decrease | |
| % schools offering | 19.7 | 21.3 | ||||||
| 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | |||
| Stdev | 0.9 | 1.0 | Stdev | 1.1 | 0.6 | |||
| resp. | 25.0 | 17.0 | resp. | 27.0 | 13.0 | |||
| +/- | 0.3 | 0.5 | +/- | 0.4 | 0.3 | |||
| omitting governor & magnet schools | % schools | % schools | ||||||
| offering | offering | |||||||
| 20.7 | 22.3 | |||||||
| Physics (Algebra/Trig.) | Math Co | math pre | # sections over 3 years increase/ decrease | AP Physics B | math co | math pre | # sections over 3 years increase/ decrease | |
| % schools offering | 90.6 | 19.7 | ||||||
| 3.8 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 0.2 | |||
| Stdev | 0.9 | 0.8 | Stdev | 1.5 | 1.2 | |||
| resp. | 115.0 | 74.0 | resp. | 25.0 | 14.0 | |||
| +/- | 0.2 | 0.2 | +/- | 0.6 | 0.6 | |||
| omitting governor & magnet schools | % schools | % schools | ||||||
| offering | offering | |||||||
| 92.3 | 19.8 | |||||||
| AP Physics C (Calculus) | math co | math pre | # sections over 3 years increase/ decrease | IB SL | Math co | math pre | # sections over 3 years increase/ decrease | |
| % schools offering | 18.9 | 3.9 | ||||||
| 5.9 | 5.1 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 0.7 | |||
| Stdev | 0.4 | 0.9 | Stdev | 0.7 | 1.5 | |||
| resp. | 24.0 | 15.0 | resp. | 5.0 | 2.0 | |||
| +/- | 0.1 | 0.4 | +/- | 0.6 | 2.1 | |||
| omitting governor & magnet schools | % schools | % schools | ||||||
| offering | offering | |||||||
| 17.4 | 4.1 | |||||||
| IB HL | math co | math pre | # sections over 3 years increase/ decrease | Astronomy (General) | math co | math pre | # sections over 3 years increase/ decrease | |
| % schools offering | 1.6 | 7.9 | ||||||
| 5.5 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 | |||
| Stdev | 0.7 | 0.0 | Stdev | 0.0 | 0.9 | |||
| resp. | 2.0 | 2.0 | resp. | 10.0 | 3.0 | |||
| +/- | 1.0 | 0.0 | +/- | 0.0 | 1.0 | |||
| omitting governor & magnet schools | % schools | % schools | ||||||
| offering | offering | |||||||
| 1.7 | 8.3 | |||||||