Best Middle Schools in Virginia for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Virginia Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the SOL test scores by the Virginia Department of Education. The most recent update was on Sunday, August 25, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 402)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
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	99.8%	99.8%	0.01%
510408001790	2	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	99.5%	99.3%	0.22%
510313002798	3	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	99.3%	99.5%	0.27%
510408001797	4	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	99.0%	98.6%	0.44%
510313002418	5	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	98.8%	99.0%	0.28%
510288001185	6	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	98.5%	98.8%	0.29%
510348001534	7	Nickelsville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-7	11415 Nickesville Hwy	Nickelsville	24271	Scott County	Scott County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(276) 479-2676	298	21	14.1	79.2%	270 (90.6%)	2 (0.7%)	16 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.4%)	$7,994			$963			$7,031	98.3%	94.2%	4.01%
510276001163	8	Norton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-7	205 E Park Ave	Norton	24273	Norton city	Norton City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(276) 679-0971	501	43	11.7	96.2%	440 (87.8%)	21 (4.2%)	9 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.8%)	$8,189			$400			$7,790	98.0%	95.0%	3.05%
510415001821	9	Tabb Middle	Public	6-8	300 Yorktown Rd	Yorktown	23693	York County	York County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 898-0320	903			33.1%	490 (54.3%)	112 (12.4%)	123 (13.6%)	66 (7.3%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.4%)	107 (11.8%)	$7,287			$227			$7,060	97.8%	97.1%	0.64%
510056000218	10	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	97.5%	80.8%	16.70%

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About our rankings:

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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.