Beverley Manor Middle

Set in Staunton, Virginia, Beverley Manor Middle is a tight-knit middle school, run under Augusta County Public Schools. It teaches 612 students across grades 6 through 8.

Within Augusta County Public Schools, which oversees 20 schools and 10,742 students, Beverley Manor Middle is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Beverley Manor Middle logs that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder consists of 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. Compared to Augusta County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Beverley Manor Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Beverley Manor Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.3%, the actual is 63.0%, a residual of -7.3 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Augusta County shows median household income runs about $82,049, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Augusta County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,742 students), Beverley Manor Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Shelburne Middle, around 1.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Beverley Manor Middle. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Beverley Manor Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 76.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 6-year window, the student count declined 14%: 714 students in 2018 compared to 612 in 2024. Over the same period, the White share fell from 93% to 89%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2024.

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