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)
510246003089	261	Mecklenburg County Middle	Public	6-8	24999 Hwy 58	Baskerville	23915	Mecklenburg County	Mecklenburg County Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(434) 738-6111	874	53	16.5	88.1%	386 (44.2%)	374 (42.8%)	50 (5.7%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (6.6%)								43.2			(n/a)
510135000617	262	Check Elementary	Public	PK, KG-7	6810 Floyd Highway North	Check	24072	Floyd County	Floyd County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 745-9464	292	22	13.2	75.0%	269 (92.1%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.5%)	$7,981			$947			$7,034	43	49.5	219	43
510078000271	263	Buford Middle	Public	7-8	1000 Cherry Avenue	Charlottesville	22903	Charlottesville city	Charlottesville City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 245-2411	581	48	12.1	73.7%	208 (35.8%)	177 (30.5%)	86 (14.8%)	33 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (13.3%)	$11,874			$60			$11,814	42.9	30.8	317	54
510313001301	264	Graham Park Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	3613 Graham Park Rd	Triangle	22172	Prince William County	Prince William County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 221-2118	675	56	12	66.8%	74 (11.0%)	241 (35.7%)	291 (43.1%)	49 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	19 (2.8%)	$8,481			$209			$8,272	42.7	37.1	285	21
510012000052	265	Patrick Henry K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	4643 Taney Ave	Alexandria	22304	Alexandria city	Alexandria City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(703) 461-4170	978	64	15.2	85.5%	162 (16.6%)	367 (37.5%)	281 (28.7%)	90 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (1.9%)	59 (6.0%)	$10,766			$204			$10,562	42.6	55.1	198	67
510009000024	266	Jackson P. Burley Middle	Public	6-8	901 Rose Hill Drive	Charlottesville	22903	Charlottesville city	Albemarle County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 295-5101	586	49	12	45.2%	245 (41.8%)	113 (19.3%)	151 (25.8%)	26 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	50 (8.5%)	$10,180			$496			$9,684	42.6	50.2	217	49
510216000887	267	Lancaster High	Public	8-12	8815 Mary Ball Rd	Lancaster	22503	Lancaster County	Lancaster County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 462-5100	403	33	12.4	100.2%	170 (42.2%)	194 (48.1%)	8 (2.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.2%)	$9,521			$607			$8,914	42.6	4.6	408	141
510177000714	268	Halifax County Middle	Public	6-8	1011 Middle School Cir	South Boston	24592	Halifax County	Halifax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 572-4100	925	81	11.4	91.6%	451 (48.8%)	376 (40.6%)	45 (4.9%)	7 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (4.9%)	$7,512			$247			$7,265	42.4	39.8	275	7
510264002344	269	Achievable Dream Middle/High	Public, Magnet	6-12	5720 Marshall Ave.	Newport News	23605	Newport News city	Newport News City Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(757) 283-7820	488			90.2%	7 (1.4%)	416 (85.2%)	43 (8.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.9%)	$9,358			$169			$9,189	41.8	46.4	242	27
510180000744	270	Cesar Tarrant Middle	Public	6-8	1435 Todds Ln	Hampton	23666	Hampton city	Hampton City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(757) 825-4520	676	48	14.2	74.1%	114 (16.9%)	447 (66.1%)	45 (6.7%)	11 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (8.6%)	$8,380			$890			$7,490	41.6	43.7	259	11

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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.