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)
510045000180	231	Virginia Middle	Public	6-8	855 Piedmont Avenue	Bristol	24201	Bristol city	Bristol City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(276) 821-5660	458	51	9	98.7%	339 (74.0%)	38 (8.3%)	30 (6.6%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (10.5%)	$9,091			$1,862			$7,229	48.7	43.5	260	29
510364001999	232	Spotsylvania Middle	Public	6-8	8801 Courthouse Rd	Spotsylvania	22553	Spotsylvania County	Spotsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 582-6341	1,004	75	13.4	41.3%	398 (39.6%)	290 (28.9%)	169 (16.8%)	57 (5.7%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	85 (8.5%)	$6,990			$00			$6,990	48.7	40.2	270	38
510369001607	233	Shelburne Middle	Public	6-8	300 Grubert Ave	Staunton	24401	Staunton city	Staunton City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 332-3930	587	47	12.4	81.4%	371 (63.2%)	71 (12.1%)	50 (8.5%)	9 (1.5%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	81 (13.8%)	$8,163			$619			$7,544	48	45.7	246	13
510339001498	234	J. Frank Hillyard Middle	Public	6-8	226 Hawks Hill Drive	Broadway	22815	Rockingham County	Rockingham County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 896-8961	642	53	12	49.1%	500 (77.9%)	4 (0.6%)	103 (16.0%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.5%)	$7,540			$344			$7,196	47.5	37.2	284	50
510147002437	235	Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle	Public	6-8	134 Rosa Lane	Winchester	22602	Frederick County	Frederick County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 662-0500	808	73	11.1	34.4%	528 (65.3%)	36 (4.5%)	177 (21.9%)	23 (2.8%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	40 (5.0%)	$7,390			$244			$7,146	47.5	40	273	38
510207000878	236	Central High	Public	7-12	17024 The Trail	King and Queen Court House	23085	King and Queen County	King and Queen County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 785-6102	271	28	9.8	103.7%	122 (45.0%)	89 (32.8%)	21 (7.7%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (13.7%)	$12,849			$314			$12,535	47.4	29	325	89
510285002801	237	Page County Middle	Public	6-8	198 Panther Drive	Shenandoah	22849	Page County	Page County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 652-3400	333	29	11.5	70.6%	308 (92.5%)	3 (0.9%)	16 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	$7,652			$00			$7,652	46.9	43.1	262	25
510060000224	238	Brookville Middle	Public	6-8	320 Bee Dr	Lynchburg	24502	Lynchburg city	Campbell County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 239-9267	678	48	14.2	77.9%	443 (65.3%)	88 (13.0%)	69 (10.2%)	19 (2.8%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	55 (8.1%)	$5,872			$155			$5,717	46.7	47.4	235	3
510225002288	239	River Bend Middle	Public	6-8	46240 Algonkian Pkwy.	Sterling	20165	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(571) 434-3220	1,201	97	12.3	40.9%	484 (40.3%)	99 (8.2%)	370 (30.8%)	152 (12.7%)	7 (0.6%)	4 (0.3%)	85 (7.1%)	$13,811			$350			$13,460	46.4	39.4	277	38
510225002446	240	Smart's Mill Middle	Public	6-8	850 N. King St.	Leesburg	20176	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(571) 252-2030	869	77	11.3	35.2%	439 (50.5%)	56 (6.4%)	269 (31.0%)	57 (6.6%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	45 (5.2%)	$15,709			$559			$15,151	46.3	55.5	193	47

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