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What's the state of after-school transportation at CARSON MIDDLE?
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Enrollment
1,358
Middle
DISTRICT 1,029 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126001756
Carson Middle
13618 McLearen Road, Herndon, VA 20171 · (703) 925-3600 · Fairfax County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,358 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
120 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
279 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 646 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 712 | 52% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
88.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
86.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 86.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 88.0% |
| 2022-23 | 89.0% | 88.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
86.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 83% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Carson Middle
Carson Middle's state test result (86.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Middle this school | 1,358 | 20.5% | 86.2% |
| J. Michael Lunsford Middle Chantilly | 1,182 | 18.4% | 86.8% |
| Eagle Ridge Middle Ashburn | 1,258 | 12.4% | 91.3% |
| Brambleton Middle Ashburn | 1,164 | 11.8% | 88.3% |
| Rocky Run Middle Chantilly | 882 | 19.6% | 91.2% |
| Mercer Middle Aldie | 1,459 | 20.4% | 83.8% |
Matched among Virginia middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Carson Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.2% | #26 of 337 | #5 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #30 of 342 ▼ 13 | #6 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #27 of 342 ▼ 7 | #5 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,358 | #18 of 343 | #3 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #63 of 327 | #7 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.9% | #48 of 333 | #7 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.5% | #308 of 340 | #16 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #141 of 224 | #12 of 18 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,358
-114 (-8%) vs 2020
+41% since 2000-01, when it was 964
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 16.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,358 | 119.5 | 11.4:1 | 21% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 1,381 | 90.4 | 15.3:1 | 18% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 1,361 | 84.5 | 16.1:1 | 16% (212) |
| 2020-21 | 1,472 | 91 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,475 | 93.1 | 15.8:1 | 10% (144) |
| 2015-16 | 1,471 | 88 | 16.7:1 | 10% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 1,290 | 66 | 19.6:1 | 8% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 964 | 68 | 14.2:1 | 5% (46) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carson Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,475 to 1,358); teachers up 28% (93.1 to 119.5).
About Carson Middle
At 13618 McLearen Road in Herndon, Virginia, Carson Middle operates as a high-enrollment middle-grades school. Students in grades 7 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 1,358 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Virginia is about 750 students.
Fairfax County Public Schools has 199 schools and 179,323 students, and Carson Middle is one of those schools.
Enrollment at Carson Middle is mixed, with Asian students the largest group at 43%. Other students are 28% White, 12% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. That is higher than the 20% Asian share among all Fairfax County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Carson Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
Carson Middle's 119.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.4:1. That ratio is under the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 21%. The 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County is 16 points higher.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Carson Middle is +3.7 points: 86.2% actual, 82.5% predicted.
Carson Middle is located in Fairfax County, where median household income is about $153,637, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 65%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Carson Middle is one of 222 public schools in Fairfax County, which together enroll about 174,475 students.
Nearest public school: Floris Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Carson Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Carson Middle at 3rd of 8.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 1,472 to 1,358. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 11.4:1, from 16.2:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Fairfax County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,147,837
Census ACS
Median income
$153,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
222
174,475 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairfax County Public Schools
- Lake Braddock SecondaryHigh · 4,411 students
- Robinson SecondaryHigh · 3,710 students
- Hayfield SecondaryHigh · 3,256 students
- Chantilly HighHigh · 2,937 students
- West Springfield HighHigh · 2,799 students
- Westfield HighHigh · 2,737 students
Other schools in Herndon
- Herndon HighHigh · 2,261 students
- Coates ElementaryElementary · 996 students
- Hutchison ElementaryElementary · 970 students
- Herndon MiddleMiddle · 895 students
- Herndon ElementaryElementary · 792 students
- Floris ElementaryElementary · 666 students
Other Carson Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Carson Middle. Carson Middle is the largest of the 4.
- Carson Middle SchoolCarson City, NV · 833 students
- Carson Middle SchoolFORT CARSON, CO · 657 students
- Carson Middle SchoolPittsburgh, PA · 652 students
Nearby schools
- Floris Elementary0.6 mi · 666
- Oak Hill Elementary1.1 mi · 628
- Franklin Middle1.4 mi · 798
- McNair Elementary1.5 mi · 520
- McNair Upper Elementary1.6 mi · 605
- Coates Elementary1.7 mi · 996
Frequently asked questions
About Carson MiddleHow large is Carson Middle?
Carson Middle enrolls approximately 1,358 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Carson Middle serve?
Carson Middle serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Carson Middle?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Carson Middle.
How diverse is Carson Middle?
Carson Middle reports a student body of 28% White, 11% Hispanic, 12% Black, 43% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Carson Middle in?
Carson Middle is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.