John Yeates Middle

Summary:

John Yeates Middle is a public middle school in Suffolk, Virginia, serving 506 students in grades 6-8 and part of the Suffolk City Public Schools district.

John Yeates Middle consistently outperforms the district and state averages on academic assessments, with 100% proficiency in Algebra I for 7th and 8th grades, compared to 100% and 97.38% for the district, and 98.78% and 92.08% for the state. The school also has a diverse student population, with a balanced racial composition of 41.3% White, 37.55% African American, 7.91% Hispanic, and 3.36% Asian students. Notably, the school ranks in the top 21st and 14th percentiles in Virginia for African American and Hispanic student performance, respectively.

While John Yeates Middle's academic excellence is impressive, the school is facing growing economic challenges, with a significant increase in the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, from 29.17% in 2021-2022 to 64.23% in 2022-2023. This suggests the need for the school and district to allocate additional resources and support to ensure continued success, especially when compared to the generally lower-performing nearby schools, such as Cradock Middle and Deep Creek Middle.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 4901 Bennetts Pasture Rd
       Suffolk, VA  23435


(757) 923-4105

District: Suffolk City Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
77th of 417 Virginia Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,401 Help


Students who attend John Yeates Middle usually attend:

High:    Nansemond River High

Feeder schools for John Yeates Middle:

Elementary:    Florence Bowser Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  13.6 Help
Number of students:  506

Racial breakdown:

White:
41.3%
African American:
37.5%
Two or more races:
9.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  64.2% Help


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Compare Details John Yeates Middle ranks better than 81.5% of middle schools in Virginia. It also ranks first among 5 ranked middle schools in the Suffolk City Public Schools District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 76.5. (See more...)
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Student Body
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Compare Details John Yeates Middle has the largest middle school student body size in the Suffolk City Public Schools District.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at John Yeates Middle is $10,401, which is the highest among 5 middle schools in the Suffolk City Public Schools District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

John Yeates Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks John Yeates Middle 77th of 417 Virginia public middle schools. (See John Yeates Middle in the ranking list.)

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Suffolk City Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Suffolk City Public Schools 66th of 130 Virginia school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for John Yeates Middle

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Rank History for all students at John Yeates Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 65.28 118th 340 65.3%
2006 55.37 159th 383 58.5%
2007 54.21 172nd 387 55.6%
2008 56.08 155th 391 60.4%
2009 52.39 173rd 390 55.6%
2010 58.28 146th 408 64.2%
2011 66.31 87th 413 78.9%
2012 64.26 95th 413 77.0%
2013 58.66 134th 416 67.8%
2014 54.50 166th 416 60.1%
2015 61.83 129th 412 68.7%
2016 61.67 120th 409 70.7%
2017 62.88 114th 415 72.5%
2018 56.55 164th 413 60.3%
2019 70.61 81st 424 80.9%
2021 66.22 100th 419 76.1%
2022 78.20 52nd 415 87.5%
2023 78.14 74th 422 82.5%
2024 76.50 77th 417 81.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at John Yeates Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 80.49 29th 231 87.4%
2024 71.49 54th 237 77.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at John Yeates Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 67.94 109th 402 72.9%
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Rank History for Female students at John Yeates Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 74.17 94th 411 77.1%
2024 75.87 72nd 407 82.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at John Yeates Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 74.33 52nd 281 81.5%
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Rank History for Male students at John Yeates Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 80.98 44th 409 89.2%
2024 76.40 76th 407 81.3%
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Rank History for African American students at John Yeates Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 88.13 13th 298 95.6%
2024 86.47 21st 299 93.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at John Yeates Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 90.43 8th 275 97.1%
2024 87.52 14th 272 94.9%
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Rank History for White students at John Yeates Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 72.83 79th 402 80.3%
2024 69.72 95th 396 76.0%
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Data source: test scores: Virginia Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Virginia Department of Education

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Reviews:
by a student
Saturday, June 1, 2019

Open Quote I dont reccomend anyone to go to this school if you want to be smart and successful in life if you go here you'll most likely not learn anything you'll just be wasting 3 years of your life here Close Quote


by a parent
Thursday, October 4, 2018

Open Quote Although faculty and staff are caring and dedicated to their students the building is in need of repairs. Principal Wendy Vanholden has her students needs and faculty 's needs first. However, she needs the help of mayor Linda Johnson, school board and local business to help repair the old lapidaries school building that has our students health at risk. Please show your support to invest in tomorrow's leaders instead of building more homes that would eventually foreclosure because our students' are denied. Please don't use the existence of the new schools a reason to fumble and fix this problem. Thanks Close Quote


by a parent
Saturday, April 4, 2015

Open Quote This school is a complete joke. The teachers all seem to be fed up with it and bored. They aren't interested in helping kids learn in a safe environment. They allow serious bad behavior to continue on a daily basis. Good kids are often neglected while kids who create classroom disruption take the attention away from the learning process. No support for parents. No safety for the students. If I could give it ZERO stars, I would. Close Quote



Enrollment information for John Yeates Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 691 691
1990 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 683 683
1991 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 723 723
1992 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 742 742
1993 311 392 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 703
1994 307 394 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 701
1995 365 449 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 814
1996 365 449 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 814
1997 375 521 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 896
1998 396 543 4 6 0 n/a n/a 0 949
1999 408 533 10 6 0 n/a n/a 0 957
2000 470 518 5 5 6 n/a n/a -4 1000
2001 502 541 10 13 4 n/a n/a 0 1070
2002 372 421 12 12 4 n/a n/a 0 821
2003 372 421 12 12 4 n/a n/a 0 821
2004 378 433 10 14 4 n/a n/a 3 842
2005 399 489 10 14 2 n/a n/a 6 920
2006 409 515 15 19 1 n/a n/a 10 969
2007 385 564 17 35 1 n/a n/a 13 1015
2008 391 555 19 31 1 n/a n/a 22 1019
2009 404 566 21 30 1 n/a n/a 22 1044
2010 450 586 24 34 1 n/a n/a 33 1128
2011 442 523 26 65 3 3 70 0 1132
2012 438 524 29 67 2 3 67 0 1130
2013 416 532 31 61 3 3 60 0 1106
2014 436 542 29 76 1 1 57 0 1142
2015 444 588 28 73 2 4 64 0 1203
2016 475 581 36 73 1 2 74 0 1242
2017 447 578 31 86 2 6 79 0 1229
2018 432 604 29 92 4 5 75 0 1241
2019 239 194 9 34 1 0 35 0 512
2020 243 226 10 26 1 2 44 0 552
2021 209 186 12 25 0 1 44 0 477
2022 213 183 9 31 0 1 43 0 480
2023 209 190 17 40 0 3 47 0 506

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at John Yeates Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 691 41.9 16.4 n/a
1990 683 43.4 15.7 n/a
1991 723 41.8 17.2 n/a
1992 742 42.6 17.4 n/a
1993 703 45.0 15.6 n/a
1994 701 29.1 n/a 37.5
1995 814 n/a 0.0 34.5
1996 814 n/a 0.0 34.5
1997 896 n/a 0.0 32.7
1998 949 n/a 0.0 31.2
1999 957 62.0 15.4 37.6
2000 1000 n/a 0.0 36.4
2001 1070 70.0 15.3 31.7
2002 821 58.0 14.2 27.4
2003 821 58.0 14.2 27.4
2004 842 54.0 15.6 22.4
2005 920 53.0 17.4 22.9
2006 969 63.0 15.4 23.4
2007 1015 69.2 14.7 21.4
2008 1019 58.8 17.3 22.4
2009 1044 59.2 17.6 24.6
2010 1128 60.0 18.7 26.9
2011 1132 62.0 18.2 26.8
2012 1130 74.3 15.1 26.5
2013 1106 72.3 15.2 29.7
2014 1142 80.8 14.1 27.2
2015 1203 80.0 15.0 28.2
2016 1242 78.0 15.9 27
2017 1229 82.2 14.9 28.3
2018 1241 80.7 15.3 27.8
2019 512 41.2 12.4 19.7
2020 552 43.5 12.6 25.4
2021 477 43.5 10.9 n/a
2022 480 40.4 11.8 29.2
2023 506 37.0 13.6 64.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio John Yeates Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 691 41.9 16.4 n/a
1990 683 43.4 15.7 n/a
1991 723 41.8 17.2 n/a
1992 742 42.6 17.4 n/a
1993 703 45.0 15.6 n/a
1994 701 29.1 n/a 37.5
1995 814 n/a 0.0 34.5
1996 814 n/a 0.0 34.5
1997 896 n/a 0.0 32.7
1998 949 n/a 0.0 31.2
1999 957 62.0 15.4 37.6
2000 1000 n/a 0.0 36.4
2001 1070 70.0 15.3 31.7
2002 821 58.0 14.2 27.4
2003 821 58.0 14.2 27.4
2004 842 54.0 15.6 22.4
2005 920 53.0 17.4 22.9
2006 969 63.0 15.4 23.4
2007 1015 69.2 14.7 21.4
2008 1019 58.8 17.3 22.4
2009 1044 59.2 17.6 24.6
2010 1128 60.0 18.7 26.9
2011 1132 62.0 18.2 26.8
2012 1130 74.3 15.1 26.5
2013 1106 72.3 15.2 29.7
2014 1142 80.8 14.1 27.2
2015 1203 80.0 15.0 28.2
2016 1242 78.0 15.9 27
2017 1229 82.2 14.9 28.3
2018 1241 80.7 15.3 27.8
2019 512 41.2 12.4 19.7
2020 552 43.5 12.6 25.4
2021 477 43.5 10.9 n/a
2022 480 40.4 11.8 29.2
2023 506 37.0 13.6 64.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for John Yeates Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $186 (2.3%) $8,067 (97.7%) $8,253
2020 $264 (3.2%) $8,089 (96.8%) $8,353
2021 $272 (2.6%) $10,129 (97.4%) $10,401

Data source: Virginia Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on John Yeates Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 81st of 424 Middle schoolsRanks 74th of 422 Middle schools
 1.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (John Yeates Middle)9375.2
 17.8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Suffolk City Public Schools)8158.8
 22.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Virginia)7857.8
 20.2%
6th Grade English Reading (John Yeates Middle)8078.9
 1.1%
   6th Grade English Reading (Suffolk City Public Schools)7768.5
 8.5%
   6th Grade English Reading (Virginia)7770.4
 6.6%
7th Grade Mathematics (John Yeates Middle)8977.7
 11.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Suffolk City Public Schools)7055.9
 14.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Virginia)7851.4
 26.6%
7th Grade English Reading (John Yeates Middle)8985.1
 3.9%
   7th Grade English Reading (Suffolk City Public Schools)7971.4
 7.6%
   7th Grade English Reading (Virginia)7970.3
 8.7%
8th Grade Writing (John Yeates Middle)7262.3
 9.7%
   8th Grade Writing (Suffolk City Public Schools)6553.7
 11.3%
   8th Grade Writing (Virginia)7055.5
 14.5%
8th Grade Mathematics (John Yeates Middle)8868.8
 19.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Suffolk City Public Schools)8363
 20.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Virginia)7748.4
 28.6%
8th Grade Science (John Yeates Middle)8868.4
 19.6%
   8th Grade Science (Suffolk City Public Schools)7854.8
 23.2%
   8th Grade Science (Virginia)7860.7
 17.3%
8th Grade English Reading (John Yeates Middle)8088.3
 8.3%
   8th Grade English Reading (Suffolk City Public Schools)7672.2
 3.8%
   8th Grade English Reading (Virginia)7670.7
 5.3%
End of Course Geometry (John Yeates Middle)10096
 4%
   End of Course Geometry (Suffolk City Public Schools)8577
 8%
   End of Course Geometry (Virginia)8380
 3%
End of Course Algebra I (John Yeates Middle)9999
   End of Course Algebra I (Suffolk City Public Schools)9074
 16%
   End of Course Algebra I (Virginia)8680
 6%
End of Course Earth Science (John Yeates Middle)10098
 2%
   End of Course Earth Science (Suffolk City Public Schools)8875
 13%
   End of Course Earth Science (Virginia)8172
 9%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students512506
 1.2%
African American194190
 2.1%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian917
 88.9%
Hispanic3440
 17.6%
Pacific Islander03
White239209
 12.6%
Two or More Races3547
 34.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients19.7%64.2%
 44.5%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 506 students attended John Yeates Middle.

Students at John Yeates Middle are 41% White, 38% African American, 9% Two or more races, 8% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

John Yeates Middle ranks 77th of 417 Virginia middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students who attend John Yeates Middle usually go on to attend Nansemond River High


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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.

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