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)
510408001794	1	St. Paul Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	3200 Deacon Drive	Saint Paul	24283	Wise County	Wise County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(276) 762-5941	469	40	11.8	80.8%	432 (92.1%)	11 (2.3%)	10 (2.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.8%)	$7,077			$584			$6,493	95.9	96.8	1
510313002798	2	Mary G. Porter Traditional	Public, Magnet	1-8	15311 Forest Grove Drive	Woodbridge	22191	Prince William County	Prince William County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 580-6501	672	41	16.4	29.9%	109 (16.2%)	312 (46.4%)	72 (10.7%)	140 (20.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (5.7%)	$7,276			$189			$7,087	93.8	94.9	2
510408001790	3	J.W. Adams Combined	Public	PK, KG-8	10824 Orby Cantrell Hwy	Pound	24279	Wise County	Wise County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(276) 796-5419	504	41	12.2	83.1%	466 (92.5%)	14 (2.8%)	8 (1.6%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.4%)	$6,897			$645			$6,252	93.6	92.8	4	1
510313002418	4	Pennington Traditional	Public, Magnet	1-8	9305 Stonewall Rd.	Manassas	20110	Manassas city	Prince William County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 369-6644	654	38	17.4	28.0%	182 (27.8%)	153 (23.4%)	112 (17.1%)	165 (25.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	39 (6.0%)	$7,256			$145			$7,111	92.6	94.7	3	1
510288001185	5	Blue Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-7	5135 Ararat Hwy	Ararat	24053	Patrick County	Patrick County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(276) 251-5271	235	19	12.3	82.6%	201 (85.5%)	2 (0.9%)	25 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.0%)	$7,071			$1,001			$6,070	92.2	85.9	24	19
510408001797	6	L.F. Addington Middle	Public	5-8	324 School St	Wise	24293	Wise County	Wise County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 328-8821	451	40	11.2	100.7%	421 (93.3%)	7 (1.6%)	10 (2.2%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.8%)	$6,282			$456			$5,826	91.7	86.8	18	12
510027000113	7	Williamsburg Middle	Public	6-8	3600 N Harrison St	Arlington	22207	Arlington County	Arlington County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 228-5450	827	55	15.1	2.3%	590 (71.3%)	17 (2.1%)	70 (8.5%)	43 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	105 (12.7%)	$10,987			$00			$10,987	91.4	92.1	6	1
510342001527	8	Swords Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-7	3867 Swords Creek Rd.	Swords Creek	24649	Russell County	Russell County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(276) 991-0016	106	11	9.4	89.6%	105 (99.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,267			$1,692			$6,575	90.2	89.2	10	2
510129000284	9	Mary Ellen Henderson Middle	Public	6-8	105 Mustang Alley	Falls Church	22043	Fairfax County	Falls Church City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 720-5700	581	59	9.8	9.1%	371 (63.9%)	19 (3.3%)	65 (11.2%)	50 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	75 (12.9%)	$14,059			$152			$13,906	88.9	90.5	8	1
510183002277	10	Oak Knoll Middle	Public	6-8	10295 Chamberlayne Rd.	Mechanicsville	23116	Hanover County	Hanover County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 365-4740	941	79	11.9	14.0%	755 (80.2%)	62 (6.6%)	35 (3.7%)	22 (2.3%)	6 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (6.5%)	$9,677			$549			$9,129	87.7	86.9	17	7

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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.