Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle

Located at 134 Rosa Lane, in Winchester, Virginia, Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle is a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus that caters to 853 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Frederick County Public Schools.

Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle is one of 19 schools operated by Frederick County Public Schools, a district that caters to 14,447 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle lists that White students make up the majority at 62%. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Frederick County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle reports 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Frederick County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 78.2%, the actual is 68.3%, a residual of -10.0 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Frederick County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,606 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Frederick County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,574 students), Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Evendale Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 62.6%.

Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle has fell 9%, going from 942 students in 2018 to 853 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 20% to 25% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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