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)
510126000493	191	Hayfield Secondary	Public, Magnet	7-12	7630 Telegraph Rd	Alexandria	22315	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 924-7400	3,145	188	16.7	31.5%	988 (31.4%)	828 (26.3%)	700 (22.3%)	384 (12.2%)	12 (0.4%)	10 (0.3%)	223 (7.1%)	$9,716			$153			$9,563	57.8	47.6	231	40
510132000609	192	Marshall Middle	Public	6-8	4048 Zulla Road	Marshall	20115	Fauquier County	Fauquier County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 422-7450	417	42	10	37.6%	243 (58.3%)	21 (5.0%)	120 (28.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.4%)	$10,576			$00			$10,576	57.6	55.4	196	4
510219000904	193	Thomas Walker High	Public	8-12	126 Blue Gray Road	Ewing	24248	Lee County	Lee County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 445-4111	278	23	11.9	100.4%	263 (94.6%)	5 (1.8%)	9 (3.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,168			$3,536			$4,631	57.6	51.5	210	17
510225001913	194	Harper Park Middle	Public	6-8	701 Potomac Station Dr NE	Leesburg	20176	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(571) 252-2820	844	71	11.8	32.8%	370 (43.8%)	89 (10.5%)	213 (25.2%)	107 (12.7%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	61 (7.2%)	$17,250			$461			$16,789	57.5	58	181	13
510165000687	195	Goochland Middle	Public	6-8	3250B River Road West	Goochland	23063	Goochland County	Goochland County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 556-5320	573	49	11.6	32.1%	396 (69.1%)	69 (12.0%)	63 (11.0%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (6.8%)	$8,133			$307			$7,826	57.3	59.8	167	28
510135000618	196	Floyd County High	Public	8-12	721 Baker St. SW	Floyd	24091	Floyd County	Floyd County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 745-9450	701	59	11.9	73.8%	617 (88.0%)	8 (1.1%)	38 (5.4%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.4%)	$7,444			$105			$7,339	56.3	47.1	239	43
510056000217	197	Parry McCluer High	Public	8-12	100 Bradford Drive	Buena Vista	24416	Buena Vista city	Buena Vista City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 261-2127	330	25	13.3	86.1%	290 (87.9%)	19 (5.8%)	9 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.7%)	$8,771			$545			$8,226	56.2	56	189	8
510258001033	198	Nelson Middle	Public	6-8	6925 Thomas Nelson Highway	Lovingston	22949	Nelson County	Nelson County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 263-4801	340	31	10.9	77.9%	229 (67.4%)	50 (14.7%)	39 (11.5%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.3%)	$10,782			$271			$10,511	56.1	49.1	222	24
510366001978	199	Andrew G. Wright Middle	Public	6-8	100 Wood Dr	Stafford	22556	Stafford County	Stafford County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 658-6240	868	64	13.5	35.0%	398 (45.9%)	103 (11.9%)	249 (28.7%)	25 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.8%)	86 (9.9%)	$7,720			$272			$7,447	56.1	44.4	252	53
510351000958	200	Peter Muhlenberg Middle	Public	6-8	1251 Susan Ave	Woodstock	22664	Shenandoah County	Shenandoah County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 459-2941	451	43	10.4	72.7%	328 (72.7%)	18 (4.0%)	91 (20.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.7%)	$9,015			$89			$8,926	56	37.7	282	82

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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.