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)
510021000072	331	Monelison Middle	Public	6-8	257 Trojan Rd	Madison Heights	24572	Amherst County	Amherst County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 846-1307	513	40	12.9	76.8%	313 (61.0%)	112 (21.8%)	24 (4.7%)	4 (0.8%)	8 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (10.1%)	$7,046			$03			$7,044	26.9	25.3	346	15
510239002227	332	Manassas Park Middle	Public	6-8	8202 Euclid Ave	Manassas Park	20111	Prince William County	Manassas Park City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 361-1510	754	56	13.4	74.8%	78 (10.3%)	51 (6.8%)	528 (70.0%)	49 (6.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	45 (6.0%)	$8,528			$125			$8,404	26.8	44.1	255	77
510267001078	333	Azalea Gardens Middle	Public	6-8	7721 Azalea Garden Rd	Norfolk	23518	Norfolk city	Norfolk City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 531-3000	848	53	16	83.5%	239 (28.2%)	343 (40.4%)	167 (19.7%)	25 (2.9%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	68 (8.0%)	$7,070			$242			$6,829	26.7	20.1	367	34
510366001601	334	Stafford Middle	Public	6-8	101 Spartan Dr	Stafford	22554	Stafford County	Stafford County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 658-6210	903	68	13.3	47.7%	256 (28.3%)	274 (30.3%)	246 (27.2%)	43 (4.8%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (9.0%)	$7,546			$251			$7,296	26.6	26.7	338	4
510108000058	335	Cumberland Middle	Public	5-8	16 School Road	Cumberland	23040	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 492-4212	352	26	13.6	100.0%	171 (48.6%)	132 (37.5%)	14 (4.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (9.4%)								26.6	25.8	340	5
510279001943	336	Nottoway Middle	Public	7-8	5279 Old Nottoway Rd	Crewe	23930	Nottoway County	Nottoway County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(434) 292-5375	263	26	10.3	98.1%	96 (36.5%)	122 (46.4%)	30 (11.4%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.6%)	$8,232			$398			$7,834	26.5	31.1	316	20
510084000338	337	Manchester Middle	Public	6-8	7401 Hull Street Rd.	Richmond	23235	Chesterfield County	Chesterfield County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 674-1385	1,103	75	14.8	80.6%	217 (19.7%)	474 (43.0%)	325 (29.5%)	33 (3.0%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	51 (4.6%)	$7,026			$124			$6,902	26.4	33	308	29
510093001957	338	Colonial Beach High	Public	8-12	100 First St.	Colonial Beach	22443	Westmoreland County	Colonial Beach Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 224-7166	214			84.6%	128 (59.8%)	49 (22.9%)	11 (5.1%)	3 (1.4%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	20 (9.3%)	$8,215			$00			$8,215	25.9	18.4	372	34
510371002321	339	King's Fork Middle	Public	6-8	350 Kings Fork Rd.	Suffolk	23434	Suffolk city	Suffolk City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 923-5246	1,031	73	14.1	63.4%	201 (19.5%)	674 (65.4%)	73 (7.1%)	15 (1.5%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	62 (6.0%)	$7,656			$331			$7,325	25.8	29	326	13
510330001440	340	Woodrow Wilson Middle	Public	6-8	1813 Carter Rd SW	Roanoke	24015	Roanoke city	Roanoke City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 853-2358	642	44	14.7	98.6%	256 (39.9%)	231 (36.0%)	102 (15.9%)	31 (4.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.3%)	$8,268			$415			$7,853	24.6	22.3	360	20

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