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)
510183002191	11	Chickahominy Middle	Public	6-8	9450 Atlee Station Road	Mechanicsville	23116	Hanover County	Hanover County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 723-2160	1,131	79	14.2	18.2%	882 (78.0%)	86 (7.6%)	45 (4.0%)	48 (4.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (6.1%)	$8,615			$376			$8,239	87.3	86.6	19	8
510415001821	12	Tabb Middle	Public	6-8	300 Yorktown Rd	Yorktown	23693	York County	York County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 898-0320	903			33.1%	490 (54.3%)	112 (12.4%)	123 (13.6%)	66 (7.3%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.4%)	107 (11.8%)	$7,287			$227			$7,060	87.2	87	16	4
510288001187	13	Meadows Of Dan Elementary	Public	PK, KG-7	3003 Jeb Stuart Hwy	Meadows of Dan	24120	Patrick County	Patrick County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(276) 952-2424	401	11	36.4	21.4%	226 (56.4%)	78 (19.5%)	40 (10.0%)	12 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (11.0%)	$4,971			$195			$4,776	86.9	78.7	68	55
510384001353	14	Old Donation School	Public, Magnet	2-8	4633 Honeygrove Road	Virginia Beach	23455	Virginia Beach city	Virginia Beach City Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(757) 648-3240	1,335	87	15.3	12.1%	761 (57.0%)	69 (5.2%)	100 (7.5%)	275 (20.6%)	2 (0.1%)	7 (0.5%)	121 (9.1%)	$10,485			$531			$9,954	86.8	88.9	11	3
510288001192	15	Woolwine Elementary	Public	PK, KG-7	9993 Woolwine Hwy	Woolwine	24185	Patrick County	Patrick County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(276) 930-2811	141	11	12.8	80.9%	121 (85.8%)	2 (1.4%)	12 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.3%)	$9,037			$1,084			$7,954	86.4	83.1	37	22
510324002214	16	Franklin Military Academy	Public	6-12	701 North 37th Street	Richmond	23223	Richmond city	Richmond City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(804) 780-4968	293	50	5.9	99.3%	35 (11.9%)	177 (60.4%)	72 (24.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	$10,735			$506			$10,229	86	82.3	41	25
510333001448	17	Cave Spring Middle	Public	6-8	4880 Brambleton Ave	Roanoke	24018	Roanoke County	Roanoke County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 772-7560	765	54	14.2	30.5%	581 (75.9%)	52 (6.8%)	42 (5.5%)	54 (7.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.6%)	$7,042			$228			$6,814	85.9	82.7	39	22
510169002806	18	Grayson Highlands	Public	PK, KG-7	6459 Troutdale Hwy.	Troutdale	24378	Grayson County	Grayson County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(276) 579-2235	149	15	10.2	87.9%	143 (96.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	$9,651			$1,722			$7,929	85.9	62.2	160	142
510126000453	19	Cooper Middle	Public, Magnet	7-8	977 Balls Hill Rd	Mclean	22101	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 442-5800	1,054	64	16.4	4.3%	556 (52.8%)	26 (2.5%)	59 (5.6%)	312 (29.6%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	98 (9.3%)	$9,077			$191			$8,886	85.6	86	23	4
510126001841	20	Rocky Run Middle	Public	7-8	4400 Stringfellow Rd	Chantilly	20151	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 802-7700	936	60	15.6	18.8%	294 (31.4%)	64 (6.8%)	123 (13.1%)	396 (42.3%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (5.8%)	$10,088			$190			$9,898	85.6	88.5	12	8

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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.