Breckinridge Middle

Breckinridge Middle operates as a moderately sized middle-grades school in Roanoke, Virginia, operated by Roanoke City Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 733 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Roanoke City Public Schools runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 13,811 students. Breckinridge Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Breckinridge Middle records that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 37% Black, 15% White, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 9% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 100% of students at Breckinridge Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Breckinridge Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 60.8%; actual is 43.8%, a gap of -17.1 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Roanoke city indicate the typical household earns roughly $55,378 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Roanoke city runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,392 students), of which Breckinridge Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Preston Park Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Breckinridge Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 48.8%.

Breckinridge Middle operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 17%: 624 students in 2018 compared to 733 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 21% to 39% over that span.

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