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)
510126000574	51	Thoreau Middle	Public	7-8	2505 Cedar Ln	Vienna	22180	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 846-8000	1,194	78	15.2	17.7%	621 (52.0%)	52 (4.4%)	188 (15.7%)	234 (19.6%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	95 (8.0%)	$9,823			$141			$9,681	80.9	80.1	54	3
510366002548	52	Rodney E. Thompson Middle	Public	6-8	75 Walpole St	Stafford	22554	Stafford County	Stafford County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 658-6420	1,015	67	15.1	22.7%	458 (45.1%)	216 (21.3%)	199 (19.6%)	60 (5.9%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	75 (7.4%)	$7,217			$259			$6,958	80.8	77	83	31
510408002050	53	Union Middle	Public	5-8	3137 Second Avenue East	Big Stone Gap	24219	Wise County	Wise County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 523-0195	583	45	12.9	88.9%	542 (93.0%)	18 (3.1%)	9 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.1%)	$6,232			$148			$6,085	80.8	80	55	2
510390001739	54	E.B. Stanley Middle	Public	6-8	297 Stanley St	Abingdon	24210	Washington County	Washington County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 739-3300	643	52	12.3	65.6%	581 (90.4%)	8 (1.2%)	23 (3.6%)	9 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.4%)	$7,178			$300			$6,878	80.7	80.1	51	3
510411002329	55	Scott Memorial Middle	Public	6-8	950 S. Seventh St.	Wytheville	24382	Wythe County	Wythe County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 228-2851	318	25	12.8	72.6%	265 (83.3%)	24 (7.5%)	10 (3.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.7%)	$6,533			$216			$6,317	80.4	78.7	69	14
510225002831	56	Harmony Middle	Public	6-8	38174 W. Colonial Highway	Hamilton	20158	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 751-2500	1,083	83	13	12.5%	815 (75.3%)	42 (3.9%)	121 (11.2%)	37 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	67 (6.2%)	$16,322			$662			$15,660	80.3	78	75	19
510225003036	57	Brambleton Middle	Public	6-8	23070 Learning Circle	Ashburn	20148	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 957-4450	1,621	117	13.8	9.6%	653 (40.3%)	93 (5.7%)	121 (7.5%)	633 (39.0%)	24 (1.5%)	5 (0.3%)	92 (5.7%)	$12,057			$556			$11,501	80.2	79.6	58	1
510126002871	58	South County Middle	Public	7-8	8700 Laurel Crest Dr.	Lorton	22079	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 690-5500	951	59	16	22.9%	350 (36.8%)	200 (21.0%)	145 (15.2%)	173 (18.2%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	77 (8.1%)	$9,709			$163			$9,547	80.2	74.1	104	46
510126000561	59	Robinson Secondary	Public, Magnet	7-12	5035 Sideburn Rd	Fairfax	22032	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 426-2100	3,607	218	16.5	13.9%	2,019 (56.0%)	241 (6.7%)	578 (16.0%)	489 (13.6%)	11 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	267 (7.4%)	$9,661			$116			$9,545	80.1	85.2	27	32
510267003018	60	Academy For Discovery At Lakewood	Public	3-8	1701 Alsace Ave	Norfolk	23509	Norfolk city	Norfolk City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 628-2477	719	50	14.3	97.9%	364 (50.6%)	233 (32.4%)	47 (6.5%)	16 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (8.1%)	$7,612			$241			$7,370	80	72.5	112	52

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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.