Brookland Middle

Brookland Middle is a middle-of-the-pack junior high in Richmond, Virginia, overseen by Henrico County Public Schools. The school enrolls 1,034 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 38% larger than the state mean of about 750.

Henrico County Public Schools comprises 69 schools with combined enrollment of 51,044 students; Brookland Middle is among them.

Demographically, Brookland Middle logs that the most-represented group is Black (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 32% Hispanic, 15% White, 8% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Brookland Middle has 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Henrico County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Brookland Middle falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 63.5%; this one comes in at 45.6%, -17.9 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, Henrico County reports that median household earnings sit near $88,783, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Henrico County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,753 students), Brookland Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Maude Trevvett Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Brookland Middle. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brookland Middle ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 64.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Brookland Middle's enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,138 (now 1,034). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 25% to 32% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.