Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle

Set in Roanoke, Virginia, Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle is a small junior high, one of the schools within Roanoke City Public Schools. It serves 540 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 28% smaller than the state mean of about 750.

Roanoke City Public Schools comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 13,811 students; Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle is among them.

In terms of who attends, Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle records that the largest single group is Black, at 60% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 19% Hispanic, 14% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle is in the bottom 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 61.6%; Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle posts 36.3%, -25.4 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Roanoke city indicate median household income runs about $55,378, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Roanoke city's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,392 students), Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle is one campus in the mix.

Lincoln Terrace Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 11%: 609 students in 2018 compared to 540 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 71% to 60% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.