Virginia’s teacher vacancy rate fell below 3% this school year for the first time since before the pandemic.
The commonwealth started this school year with roughly 2,724 teacher vacancies — a 2.91% vacancy rate, down from 3.4% last school year.
Before the pandemic, the rate hovered below 1% for years. The state credited local school divisions’ recruitment and retention efforts as well as the state’s “deep investments” in compensation for teachers.
Read the full story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
