The Carroll County High School Building Trades program meets and exceeds all locally established benchmarks.  Specifically, Carroll County High School has established an Industry Certification goal of 80%.  The Carroll County High School Building Trades Program has successfully been meeting this benchmark and has shown steady growth in the pass rate percentages.  Currently, the pass rate for the NCCT-Core Industry Certification test is 92% and tests a maximum number of participants available for this test.

The following statistics are based on the 2009 VDOE report for programs testing using the NCCT-CORE test.

Virginia Comparison

• Number of Students Tested:

                   Carroll County             #1 - 47 students

                                                     #2 - 31 students

                                                     #3 - 29 students

• Number of Students Passing:

                    Carroll County          #1 - 43 students

                                                     #2 - 24 students

                                                     #3 - 20 Students

• With only three schools in the state testing over 20 students, a pass-rate percentage would be an unfair comparison, however:

                                                     # (1-4) - 100% (testing 12,11,11,10 students)

                                                     # (5-6) - 93%   (testing 14,14 students)

                   Carroll County           #7        - 92%   (testing 47 students)  

• Carroll County High School Building Trades program tests and credentials significantly more students than any other program in Virginia with an exceptional pass rate for the number of students.

District 7

• Number of Students Tested:

                   Carroll County             #1 - 47 students

                                                     #2 - 29 students

                                                     #3 - 13 students

• Number of Students Passing:

                    Carroll County           #1 - 43 students

                                                     #2 - 20 students

                                                     #3 - 12 Students

• With only two schools in the district testing over 20 students, a pass-rate percentage would be an unfair comparison, however:

                                                     # 1 - 100% (testing 12 students)

                     Carroll County          # 2 - 92%   (testing 47 students)

                                                     #3  - 90%   (testing 10 students)  

• Carroll County High School Building Trades program tests and credentials significantly more students than any other program in District 7 with an exceptional pass rate for the number of students.

School System:

• There is no other Building Trades program in the Carroll County Public School System.