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Enrollment
861
Middle
DISTRICT 620 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAUQUIER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510132000605
Cedar Lee Middle
11138 Marsh Road, Bealeton, VA 22712 · (540) 422-7430 · Fauquier County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL861 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Virginia public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
411 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 278 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 292 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 291 | 34% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
61.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
56.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 down about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 75% 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 Cedar Lee Middle
Cedar Lee Middle's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Lee Middle this school | 861 | 47.7% | 56.0% |
| Hughes Middle Reston | 1,012 | 41.4% | 74.2% |
| Smart's Mill Middle Leesburg | 885 | 37.9% | 70.6% |
| George Washington Middle Alexandria | 1,458 | 45.6% | 63.0% |
| Andrew G. Wright Middle Stafford | 851 | 33.1% | 71.0% |
| Shirley C. Heim Middle Stafford | 953 | 54.0% | 54.8% |
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 Cedar Lee Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #279 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #265 of 342 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #273 of 342 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 861 | #124 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #151 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #146 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.7% | #230 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +32.1% | #8 of 99 |
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
861
+229 (+36%) vs 2020
+87% since 1990-91, when it was 460
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 861 | 66.4 | 13.0:1 | 48% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 853 | 66.8 | 12.8:1 | 49% (418) |
| 2022-23 | 610 | 53.3 | 11.5:1 | 51% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 632 | 53 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 652 | 56.6 | 11.5:1 | 44% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 633 | 57 | 11.1:1 | 35% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 656 | 47 | 14.0:1 | 33% (218) |
| 2000-01 | 592 | 47 | 12.6:1 | 20% (119) |
| 1990-91 | 460 | 35 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar Lee Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 32% (652 to 861); teachers up 17% (56.6 to 66.4).
About Cedar Lee Middle
Cedar Lee Middle is a mid-sized middle school with its address in Bealeton, Virginia. Its enrollment is 861 students, spread over grades 6 through 8.
Cedar Lee Middle is one school in an 18-school district, Fauquier County Public Schools, which enrolls 10,861 students.
The biggest share of students at Cedar Lee Middle, 47%, is White. Smaller groups are 36% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Fauquier County is roughly 80% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Cedar Lee Middle scores 64%.
Teacher count: 66.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.0:1. That is in line with the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 48%. That is 15 points above the 33% average for public schools in Fauquier County.
Cedar Lee Middle earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 10% of Virginia public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Cedar Lee Middle ranks in the bottom 10% of Virginia schools. It scores 56.0%; the prediction is 75.1%.
In the wider Fauquier County area, the median household earns about $130,189 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Fauquier County, 22 public schools serve about 10,861 students.
Grace Miller Elementary is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 3. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Cedar Lee Middle ranks 8th of 9 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 632 (2020-21) to 861 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.0:1.
This page is set up for the Cedar Lee Middle community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Fauquier County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
74,577
Census ACS
Median income
$130,189
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
10,861 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fauquier County Public Schools
- Liberty HighHigh · 1,313 students
- Kettle Run HighHigh · 1,175 students
- Fauquier HighHigh · 1,156 students
- W.C. Taylor MiddleMiddle · 623 students
- Auburn MiddleMiddle · 570 students
- Margaret M. Pierce ElementaryElementary · 543 students
Other schools in Bealeton
- Liberty HighHigh · 1,313 students
- Grace Miller ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- Mary Walter ElementaryElementary · 397 students
Nearby schools
- Grace Miller Elementary0.8 mi · 528
- Liberty High1.0 mi · 1,313
- Margaret M. Pierce Elementary3.3 mi · 543
- Mary Walter Elementary6.1 mi · 397
- H.M. Pearson Elementary7.0 mi · 388
- James G. Brumfield Elementary8.8 mi · 496
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar Lee MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Cedar Lee Middle?
Cedar Lee Middle enrolls approximately 861 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Cedar Lee Middle serve?
Cedar Lee Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cedar Lee Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cedar Lee Middle is approximately 13.0:1 (66 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cedar Lee Middle?
At Cedar Lee Middle, the student body is approximately 47% White, 36% Hispanic, 9% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Cedar Lee Middle in?
Cedar Lee Middle is part of Fauquier County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.