Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle

Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle is a small middle-grades school in Roanoke, Virginia, (ZIP code 24016). Enrollment stands at 540 students, covering grades 6 through 8. The school is 28% below the average for middle schools in Virginia.

Roanoke City Public Schools, which runs Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle, has 24 schools and 13,811 students.

The largest group at Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle is Black students, at 60%. The remaining students are 19% Hispanic, 14% White, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Roanoke city, the Black share is about 28%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.

Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle reports a ratio of 11.3 students per teacher, from 48 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Virginia, the average ratio is 13.1:1. Lunch program data show 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is in line with the 94% average for public schools in Roanoke city.

Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 2% of Virginia public middle schools.

Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle scores 25.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 36.3% actual versus 61.6% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Roanoke city show that the median household earns about $55,378 a year, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Roanoke city has 30 public schools with about 14,392 students, including Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle.

The closest school to Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle is Lincoln Terrace Elementary, located about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle ranks 9th on average proficiency.

Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.

Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 130 students, from 670 to 540. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 16.3:1 to 11.3:1.

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