Best Middle Schools in Virginia

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 417)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
510084001834	171	Swift Creek Middle	Public	6-8	3700 Old Hundred Rd	Midlothian	23112	Chesterfield County	Chesterfield County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 739-6315	1,115	70	16	27.7%	636 (57.0%)	201 (18.0%)	114 (10.2%)	77 (6.9%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	83 (7.4%)	$6,795			$341			$6,454	60.9	60.2	165	6
510333001477	172	William Byrd Middle	Public	6-8	2910 Washington Ave	Vinton	24179	Roanoke County	Roanoke County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 890-1035	827	60	13.8	42.1%	666 (80.5%)	55 (6.7%)	51 (6.2%)	16 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (4.7%)	$7,441			$197			$7,244	60.8	58.9	174	2
510375001201	173	Luther P. Jackson Middle	Public	5-8	4255 New Design Rd	Dendron	23839	Surry County	Surry County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(757) 267-2810	201	25	8	86.1%	88 (43.8%)	92 (45.8%)	9 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.5%)	$18,090			$2,141			$15,949	60.6	67.3	133	40
510060000220	174	Altavista High	Public	6-12	904 Bedford Avenue	Altavista	24517	Campbell County	Campbell County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 369-4768	669	50	13.3	69.1%	402 (60.1%)	181 (27.1%)	29 (4.3%)	3 (0.4%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	47 (7.0%)	$7,032			$268			$6,764	60.6	50	218	44
510219000900	175	Pennington Middle	Public	5-7	121 Bobcat Circle	Pennington Gap	24277	Lee County	Lee County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(276) 546-1453	274	29	9.5	100.0%	264 (96.4%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	$8,506			$1,936			$6,571	60.4	49.3	220	45
510159000669	176	Giles High	Public	8-12	1825 Wenonah Avenue	Pearisburg	24134	Giles County	Giles County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 921-1711	656	47	14.1	37.5%	552 (84.1%)	25 (3.8%)	21 (3.2%)	10 (1.5%)	20 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.3%)	$6,937			$193			$6,744	60.1	62.5	156	20
510033000141	177	Valley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-7	98 Panther Drive	Hot Springs	24445	Bath County	Bath County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 839-5395	175			102.3%	151 (86.3%)	11 (6.3%)	5 (2.9%)	3 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.9%)	$11,630			$731			$10,899	59.9	58.9	175	2
510384001721	178	Virginia Beach Middle	Public	6-8	600 25th St	Virginia Beach	23451	Virginia Beach city	Virginia Beach City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 648-6050	589	40	14.7	50.8%	314 (53.3%)	94 (16.0%)	104 (17.7%)	16 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (10.2%)	$12,789			$487			$12,302	59.6	68.8	128	50
510318001858	179	John N. Dalton Intermediate	Public	7-8	60 Dalton Dr	Radford	24141	Radford city	Radford City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 731-3651	235	17	13.6	66.0%	173 (73.6%)	27 (11.5%)	17 (7.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (7.2%)	$6,952			$251			$6,701	59.6	64	146	33
510364002420	180	Freedom Middle	Public	6-8	7315 Smith Station Rd.	Fredericksburg	22407	Spotsylvania County	Spotsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 548-1030	777	58	13.3	44.9%	331 (42.6%)	179 (23.0%)	172 (22.1%)	23 (3.0%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.5%)	66 (8.5%)	$7,570			$241			$7,329	59.5	53.3	204	24

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SOL Algebra I, SOL Mathematics, SOL English Reading, SOL Civics and Economics, SOL Geometry, SOL Algebra II, SOL Earth Science, SOL Geography, SOL Writing, SOL Biology, SOL Science, SOL World History I test scores released by the Virginia Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 25, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Virginia Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Virginia Department of Education.
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Educational resources:

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Virtual Schools: The Future of Online Education

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Virginia Department of Education.