Cedar Lee Middle

Cedar Lee Middle is an intermediate school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Bealeton, Virginia, run under Fauquier County Public Schools, educateing 861 students in grades 6 through 8.

Fauquier County Public Schools runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 10,861 students. Cedar Lee Middle is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Cedar Lee Middle shows that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 36% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fauquier County (around 33%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Cedar Lee Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 75.1%; actual is 56.0%, a gap of -19.1 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Fauquier County put the typical household earns roughly $130,189 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Cedar Lee Middle is one of 22 public schools in Fauquier County (combined enrollment of about 10,861 students).

The closest other public school is Grace Miller Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cedar Lee Middle at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cedar Lee Middle has rose 32%, going from 652 students in 2018 to 861 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 26% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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