All area schools but one middle school in Augusta County and one in Waynesboro met full state accreditation on the Virginia Standards of Learning 2006-07 assessments, according to results released Thursday by the Virginia Department of Education.

Ninety-one percent of schools statewide met the standard, state officials said.

"This level of achievement has been sustained by the hard work of thousands of educators and an unwavering commitment to high expectations for all children," said Billy Cannaday Jr., Virginia's superintendent of public instruction.

In Waynesboro, the school district reported that students in the elementary schools scored higher on the SOL tests than in previous years, passing with advanced scores of 500 or above.

Laurie McCullough, director of instruction for the Waynesboro Schools, said Kate Collins students did not score high enough on history and math for the school to meet full SOL accreditation.

Kate Collins students had a 66-percent pass rate on math and 60 percent on history. Virginia requires a pass rate of 70 percent for full accreditation.

McCullough said there is a plan in place to improve Kate Collins' scores.

"The teachers in all four areas are using common assessments to get information earlier in the year on meeting objectives. There is an early warning system," she said. "There is a plan in place to make a positive difference."

Augusta County Superintendent Gary McQuain said 20 of that district's 21 schools met full accreditation.

SOL math scores for sixth- and seventh-graders at Beverley Manor Middle School were not high enough for that school to meet full accreditation.

"We have to do a better job of preparing," McQuain said.

Beverley Manor teachers will work on remediation and after-school programs to lift math scores there, McQuain said.

Still, "I'm very, very pleased" with the school district's overall performance, the administrator said.

Just 69 percent of the middle schools statewide reached full accreditation, McQuain said.

All six of Staunton's schools met the standard.

"We have had a literacy focus in reading for K-12, and that has had a big impact," said Dori Walk, assistant superintendent for instruction.

Walk said the credit for Staunton's improved performance on SOL testing goes to the teachers.

"They are very committed and go way above and beyond on work each day and during the summer," she said.

But she said the work is an ongoing process.

"We can't smile, we have a long way to go," Walk said.