Congratulations to the Class of 2021 on Graduation Day

Congratulations to the Dragon Class of 2021 on your many successes, adventures, and friendships made at Maggie Walker Governor’s School these past four years.  Our belief is you take away with you an outstanding educational foundation to build upon. While you will be missed, we are also excited to see what will be achieved in the future. The future begins today!

  • The Class of 2021 had 189 Graduates
  • As a class, they have performed a total of 32,614 community service hours. This is an average of approximately 173 hours per student.
  • One student, Pamela Calderon (Chesterfield), had 1225 hours of community service.
  • As a class, they earned a minimum of $14,701,022 ($14.7 million) in scholarship offers as of June 10th and that number continues to grow.
  • The average Grade Point Average was a 4.27
  • The average SAT score was 1422 and ACT is 32.
  • They are going to 62 different colleges, 120 are staying in-state, 64 are going out of state, 3 are attending college outside the United States, and 1 is joining the Marine Corps. 6 students are planning to take a gap year.
  • 10 were National Merit Finalists and 44 more received Commendations in the National Merit Program. 3 were offered National Merit Scholarships.
  • 2 were Presidential Scholar candidates.
  • In total, the Class of 2021 was recognized with 396 different honors, awards, and scholarships!

Executive Director’s Snapshot

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