Congratulations to the Class of 2024 on their Graduation

Congratulations to the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School Class of 2024 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 2024 had 176 Graduates 
  • As a class, they have performed a total of 33,063 community service hours. This is an average of approximately 188 hours per student.  
  • Yash Saxena (Henrico) reported 810.25 hours of community service.
  • As a class, they earned $9.53 million in scholarship offers as of May 8th, and that number continues to grow.
  • The average GPA was 4.29 (preliminary number).
  • The average SAT score was 1393 and ACT is 29 (preliminary numbers).
  • They are going to 59 different colleges, 97 are staying in-state, 59 are going out-of-state, and two are attending college outside the United States.  Three students are planning to take a gap year.  Kalliyan Eam (Chesterfield) has been appointed to the United States Naval Academy.  William Sams (Chesterfield) has been awarded a Marine Option NROTC Scholarship. Fifteen seniors are still considering their post-secondary options and will report their intended college or other plans later this month.
  • Sixteen were National Merit Finalists, four received National Merit Scholarships ($2500) and two received National Merit Truist Scholarships, and 30 more received Commendations in the National Merit Program. Four were offered National Merit Scholarships. Two were awarded a corporate-sponsored scholarship through National Merit.
  • Three were Presidential Scholar candidates.
  • In total, the Class of 2024 was recognized with 316 honors, awards, and scholarships!

Executive Director’s Snapshot

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