Auburn Middle

Auburn Middle is one of the low-enrollment 6-8 campuss in Warrenton, Virginia, one of the schools within Fauquier County Public Schools, with 570 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 24% smaller than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 750 students.

Within Fauquier County Public Schools, which oversees 18 schools and 10,861 students, Auburn Middle is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Auburn Middle shows that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment; the rest reads as 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Fauquier County's rate of about 33%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Auburn Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 84.3%; this one delivers 76.7%.

In the broader community, census data for Fauquier County shows median household income runs about $130,189, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fauquier County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,861 students), Auburn Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kettle Run High, around 1.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Auburn Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Auburn Middle at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 74.9%.

Auburn Middle operates from a town-based location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 5%: 544 students in 2018 compared to 570 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 76% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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