Berkeley Middle

Berkeley Middle operates as an average-sized junior high in Williamsburg, Virginia, operated by Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 666 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 11,371 students; Berkeley Middle is among them.

Looking at the student body, Berkeley Middle records that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 19% Black, 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Berkeley Middle has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Berkeley Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.4%; this one delivers 78.0%.

Across the wider county, Williamsburg city reports that median household income runs about $75,604, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Berkeley Middle is one of 3 public schools in Williamsburg city (combined enrollment of about 1,656 students).

James Blair Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Berkeley Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 76.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 25%: 883 students in 2018 compared to 666 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 26% to 19%.

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