Buffalo Gap Middle

Buffalo Gap Middle is an intermediate school of very small scale in Swoope, Virginia, operated by Augusta County Public Schools, enrolling 285 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 750 students each, so Buffalo Gap Middle sits 62% leaner than that benchmark.

Buffalo Gap Middle is one of 20 schools operated by Augusta County Public Schools, a district that enrolls 10,742 students overall.

Demographically, Buffalo Gap Middle records that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Augusta County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Buffalo Gap Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Augusta County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Buffalo Gap Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.3%; this one delivers 67.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Augusta County) logs that median household earnings sit near $82,049, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Buffalo Gap Middle is one of 25 public schools in Augusta County (combined enrollment of about 10,742 students).

The closest other public school is Buffalo Gap High, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Buffalo Gap Middle comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 71.5%.

The school occupies a rural site.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Buffalo Gap Middle community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.