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Enrollment
469
Middle
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACCOMACK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510006002434
Arcadia Middle
29485 Horsey Rd., Oak Hall, VA 23416 · (757) 824-4862 · Accomack County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Virginia public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
462 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 149 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 158 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 162 | 35% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
63.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
61.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 55.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Arcadia Middle
Arcadia Middle's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcadia Middle this school | 469 | 98.5% | 60.3% |
| Nandua Middle Onley | 454 | 98.0% | 71.1% |
| John P. Fishwick Middle Roanoke | 456 | 97.6% | 53.0% |
| Northside Middle Norfolk | 732 | 89.8% | 57.4% |
| Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle Roanoke | 540 | 97.2% | 36.3% |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle for Innovation Lynchburg | 531 | 97.2% | 57.5% |
Matched among Virginia middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Arcadia Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #249 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #229 of 342 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #256 of 342 ▲ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #264 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #40 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #108 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #42 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #115 of 224 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
469
-76 (-14%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 467
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 16.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 469 | 44 | 10.7:1 | 99% (462) |
| 2023-24 | 487 | 43 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 482 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 545 | 33 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 31.7 | 16.4:1 | 75% (390) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 80% (399) |
| 2010-11 | 467 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 72% (338) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arcadia Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (519 to 469); teachers up 39% (31.7 to 44).
About Arcadia Middle
Arcadia Middle is a small middle school in Oak Hall, Virginia. Total enrollment is 469 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. Middle schools in Virginia have about 750 students on average; enrollment here is 37% lower.
Accomack County Public Schools enrolls 4,623 students, and its 11 schools include Arcadia Middle.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Arcadia Middle is Black, with 40% of students. The next largest groups are 34% Hispanic and 24% White. The school's Black share is 12 points above the 27% share among Accomack County residents. The diversity index for Arcadia Middle is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 44 full-time-equivalent teachers at Arcadia Middle, giving a ratio of 10.7:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Virginia is 13.1:1. A total of 462 students, or 99%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Accomack County is similar, at 99%.
Among Virginia public middle schools, Arcadia Middle outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Arcadia Middle is 1.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Virginia schools.
In Accomack County, home to about 33,335 people, median household income comes to about $58,993, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Accomack County's 13 public schools enroll about 4,623 students and include Arcadia Middle.
About 0.2 miles separate Arcadia Middle from the closest public school, Arcadia High. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 60.3%; Arcadia Middle's is 60.3%, ranking 5th of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 14% decline, from 545 to 469. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.5:1 to 10.7:1 over the same years.
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Accomack County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,335
Census ACS
Median income
$58,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,623 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Accomack County Public Schools
- Arcadia HighHigh · 688 students
- Nandua HighHigh · 621 students
- Kegotank ElementaryElementary · 501 students
- Nandua MiddleMiddle · 454 students
- Accawmacke ElementaryElementary · 453 students
- Pungoteague ElementaryElementary · 452 students
Other schools in Oak Hall
- Arcadia HighHigh · 688 students
- Badger Vocational Education Center - NorthElementary
Other Arcadia Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Arcadia Middle. Arcadia Middle is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- ARCADIA MIDDLE SCHOOLROCHESTER, NY · 673 students
- Arcadia MiddleArcadia, WI · 359 students
- Arcadia Middle SchoolArcadia, OH · 85 students
Nearby schools
- Arcadia High0.2 mi · 688
- Kegotank Elementary4.8 mi · 501
- Pocomoke Elementary9.2 mi · 491
- Pocomoke High9.3 mi · 374
- Pocomoke Middle9.8 mi · 465
- Chincoteague High10.4 mi · 271
Frequently asked questions
About Arcadia MiddleHow many students attend Arcadia Middle?
Arcadia Middle enrolls approximately 469 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Arcadia Middle serve?
Arcadia Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Arcadia Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Arcadia Middle is approximately 10.7:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Arcadia Middle?
At Arcadia Middle, the student body is approximately 24% White, 34% Hispanic, 40% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Arcadia Middle public or private?
Arcadia Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Accomack County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.