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Enrollment
970
Middle
DISTRICT 1,192 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510084000321
Carver Middle
3800 Cougar Trail, Chester, VA 23831 · (804) 524-3620 · Chesterfield County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL970 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
727 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 6 | 325 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 299 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 346 | 36% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
56.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
48.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 44.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 68% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Carver Middle
Carver Middle's state test result (50.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carver Middle this school | 970 | 74.9% | 50.1% |
| Benjamin Syms Middle Hampton | 850 | 72.4% | 68.8% |
| Indian River Middle Chesapeake | 743 | 72.1% | 58.3% |
| Oscar Smith Middle Chesapeake | 967 | 71.9% | 55.4% |
| Colonel Fred Cherry Middle SUFFOLK | 736 | 68.8% | 74.3% |
| Greenbrier Middle Chesapeake | 788 | 73.9% | 77.9% |
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 Carver Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #311 of 337 | #10 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #307 of 342 no change | #11 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #307 of 342 ▲ 11 | #9 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 970 | #89 of 343 | #10 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #139 of 327 | #2 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #137 of 333 | #6 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.9% | #154 of 340 | #7 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #145 of 224 | N/A |
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
970
-45 (-4%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 649
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 970 | 75.9 | 12.8:1 | 75% (727) |
| 2023-24 | 1,013 | 73.2 | 13.8:1 | 76% (766) |
| 2022-23 | 1,022 | 71.3 | 14.3:1 | 80% (821) |
| 2020-21 | 1,015 | 73 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,051 | 72.7 | 14.5:1 | 49% (513) |
| 2015-16 | 980 | 72 | 13.6:1 | 40% (396) |
| 2010-11 | 1,122 | 61 | 18.4:1 | 33% (371) |
| 2000-01 | 1,258 | 86 | 14.6:1 | 18% (229) |
| 1990-91 | 649 | 43 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carver Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,051 to 970); teachers up 4% (72.7 to 75.9).
About Carver Middle
In Chester, Virginia, part of Chesterfield County, Carver Middle is a middle-grades school. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 970 students. The school is 29% larger than the average for middle schools in Virginia.
Chesterfield County Public Schools runs Carver Middle along with 64 other schools, enrolling 64,194 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Carver Middle is Black: 52%. Enrollment also includes 24% White, 16% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. The school's Black share is 28 points above the 23% share among Chesterfield County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carver Middle is 12.8:1, based on 75.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. Carver Middle counts 75% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Chesterfield County report 54%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Carver Middle is -17.6 points, in the bottom 10% of Virginia. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 50.1%, and the predicted rate is 67.7%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Chesterfield County show that the median household earns about $101,931 a year, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Chesterfield County has 76 public schools with about 64,194 students, including Carver Middle.
The closest school to Carver Middle is Harrowgate Elementary, located about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Carver Middle ranks 8th of 8 nearby schools, at 50.1% versus a 66.3% average.
For locale, NCES codes Carver Middle as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 45 students, from 1,015 to 970. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 13.9:1 to 12.8:1.
Carver Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Chesterfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
377,869
Census ACS
Median income
$101,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
64,194 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chesterfield County Public Schools
- Thomas Dale HighHigh · 2,582 students
- Cosby HighHigh · 2,507 students
- Manchester HighHigh · 2,236 students
- Lloyd C. Bird HighHigh · 2,131 students
- Midlothian HighHigh · 2,048 students
- Meadowbrook HighHigh · 1,953 students
Other schools in Chester
- Thomas Dale HighHigh · 2,582 students
- Elizabeth Davis MiddleMiddle · 1,364 students
- C.E. Curtis ElementaryElementary · 767 students
- Ecoff ElementaryElementary · 764 students
- Elizabeth Scott ElementaryElementary · 729 students
- Enon ElementaryElementary · 691 students
Other Carver Middle schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Carver Middle. Carver Middle is the largest of the 9.
- Carver Middle SchoolMonroe, GA · 914 students
- CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOLLEESBURG, FL · 737 students
- CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOLDELRAY BEACH, FL · 680 students
- Carver Middle SchoolTulsa, OK · 651 students
- CARVER MIDDLEORLANDO, FL · 639 students
Nearby schools
- Harrowgate Elementary0.1 mi · 486
- Chester Early Childhood Learning Academy0.4 mi · 326
- North Elementary2.3 mi · 311
- C.C. Wells Elementary2.4 mi · 606
- Lakeview Elementary2.6 mi · 422
- Marguerite F. Christian Elementary2.6 mi · 642
Frequently asked questions
About Carver MiddleHow large is Carver Middle?
Carver Middle enrolls approximately 970 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Carver Middle serve?
Carver Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Carver Middle?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Carver Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carver Middle?
At Carver Middle, the student body is approximately 24% White, 16% Hispanic, 52% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Carver Middle public or private?
Carver Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chesterfield County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.