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)
510195000862	71	Highland High	Public	6-12	244 Myers/Moon Rd	Monterey	24465	Highland County	Highland County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 468-6320	103	14	7.2	30.1%	98 (95.1%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.9%)	$16,345			$318			$16,027	78.1	90.5	9	62
510415001445	72	Grafton Middle	Public	6-8	405 Grafton Dr	Yorktown	23692	York County	York County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 898-0525	874				486 (55.6%)	95 (10.9%)	101 (11.6%)	89 (10.2%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	98 (11.2%)	$7,431			$288			$7,142	77.3	78.4	71	1
510276001162	73	J.I. Burton High	Public	8-12	109 11th St	Norton	24273	Norton city	Norton City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 679-2554	312	24	13	95.8%	269 (86.2%)	16 (5.1%)	9 (2.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.4%)	$8,421			$00			$8,421	77.3	84.1	30	43
510381001669	74	Tazewell Middle	Public	6-8	367 Hope Street	Tazewell	24651	Tazewell County	Tazewell County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 988-6513	369	30	12.3	83.2%	333 (90.2%)	17 (4.6%)	6 (1.6%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.4%)	$8,888			$553			$8,335	77.2	78	76	2
510126000504	75	Irving Middle	Public, Magnet	7-8	8100 Old Keene Mill Rd	Springfield	22152	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 912-4500	1,163	77	15	15.0%	581 (50.0%)	120 (10.3%)	188 (16.2%)	155 (13.3%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	114 (9.8%)	$8,995			$131			$8,864	77	73.6	107	32
510390001740	76	Glade Spring Middle	Public	6-8	33474 Stage Coach Rd	Glade Spring	24340	Washington County	Washington County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 739-3800	254	28	9.2	79.9%	234 (92.1%)	3 (1.2%)	13 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	$8,614			$155			$8,458	76.7	80.1	52	24
510371001623	77	John Yeates Middle	Public	6-8	4901 Bennetts Pasture Rd	Suffolk	23435	Suffolk city	Suffolk City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 923-4105	506	37	13.6	64.2%	209 (41.3%)	190 (37.5%)	40 (7.9%)	17 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	47 (9.3%)	$10,401			$272			$10,129	76.5	78.1	74	3
510381001662	78	Richlands Middle	Public	6-8	185 Learning Lane	Richlands	24614	Buchanan County	Tazewell County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 963-5370	495	27	18.3	82.6%	479 (96.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.0%)	$7,905			$530			$7,375	76.2	76.5	87	9
510009000751	79	Lakeside Middle	Public	6-8	2801 Powell Creek Drive	Charlottesville	22911	Albemarle County	Albemarle County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 975-0599	513	38	13.4	23.0%	315 (61.4%)	37 (7.2%)	61 (11.9%)	61 (11.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.6%)	$8,739			$504			$8,235	76	77.6	79
510056000218	80	Parry McCluer Middle	Public	6-7	2329 Chestnut Ave	Buena Vista	24416	Buena Vista city	Buena Vista City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 261-7340	119	8	15.3	87.4%	99 (83.2%)	5 (4.2%)	5 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	8 (6.7%)	$8,485			$10			$8,474	75.9	63.7	150	70

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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.