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)
510333001466	101	Northside Middle	Public	6-8	6810 Northside High School Rd	Roanoke	24019	Roanoke County	Roanoke County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 561-8145	627	49	12.7	53.3%	328 (52.3%)	120 (19.1%)	90 (14.4%)	40 (6.4%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.6%)	44 (7.0%)	$8,854			$369			$8,485	71.6	78	77	24
510201000906	102	Georgie D. Tyler Middle	Public	6-8	23320 N. Court St.	Windsor	23487	Isle of Wight County	Isle of Wight County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 242-3229	375	29	13	68.3%	263 (70.1%)	66 (17.6%)	19 (5.1%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.4%)	$7,415			$89			$7,326	71.3	67.5	132	30
510390001984	103	Damascus Middle	Public	6-8	32101 Government Rd	Damascus	24236	Washington County	Washington County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 739-4100	170	19	8.8	65.3%	162 (95.3%)	2 (1.2%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.9%)	$9,889			$761			$9,128	71.3	76.6	86	17
510126000513	104	Kilmer Middle	Public	7-8	8100 Wolftrap Rd	Vienna	22182	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 846-8800	1,148	68	16.8	19.6%	515 (44.9%)	49 (4.3%)	212 (18.5%)	282 (24.6%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	86 (7.5%)	$9,598			$128			$9,470	71.2	76.5	89	15
510228001930	105	Louisa County Middle	Public	6-8	1009 Davis Hwy	Mineral	23117	Louisa County	Louisa County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 894-5115	1,152			63.5%	801 (69.5%)	159 (13.8%)	91 (7.9%)	6 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	93 (8.1%)	$8,415			$00			$8,415	71.2	68.9	127	22
510075000264	106	Central Middle	Public	6-8	250 Statesman Drive	Charlotte Court House	23923	Charlotte County	Charlotte County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 542-4536	370	29	12.8	84.9%	240 (64.9%)	90 (24.3%)	9 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (8.4%)	$7,791			$553			$7,238	71.1	77.5	80	26
510162002188	107	Peasley Middle	Public	6-8	2885 Hickory Fork Road	Gloucester	23061	Gloucester County	Gloucester County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 693-1499	620	50	12.5	37.4%	485 (78.2%)	36 (5.8%)	58 (9.4%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	34 (5.5%)	$8,173			$215			$7,958	71	66	137	30
510348001536	108	Rye Cove High	Public	8-12	164 Eagles Nest Lane	Duffield	24244	Scott County	Scott County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 940-2701	279	24	11.7	76.3%	263 (94.3%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	$8,818			$788			$8,030	71	59	171	63
510351000581	109	North Fork Middle	Public	6-8	1018 Caverns Road	Quicksburg	22847	Shenandoah County	Shenandoah County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 477-2953	350	32	10.9	73.4%	256 (73.1%)	4 (1.1%)	73 (20.9%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.0%)	$9,835			$83			$9,751	70.9	63.6	151	42
510225000912	110	Blue Ridge Middle	Public	6-8	551 East A St	Purcellville	20132	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 751-2520	801	61	13.1	16.6%	616 (76.9%)	14 (1.7%)	115 (14.4%)	25 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (3.9%)	$16,753			$386			$16,367	70.8	72.5	111	1

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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.