Central Academy Middle

Central Academy Middle is one of the modestly sized intermediate schools in Fincastle, Virginia, one of the schools within Botetourt County Public Schools, with 364 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 750 students each, so Central Academy Middle sits 51% smaller than that benchmark.

Botetourt County Public Schools runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 4,424 students. Central Academy Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Central Academy Middle lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Beyond that, the school records 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Botetourt County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Central Academy Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 79.0%; this one delivers 84.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Botetourt County put median household income runs about $81,213, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Botetourt County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,424 students), of which Central Academy Middle is one.

Breckinridge Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Central Academy Middle. On composite proficiency, Central Academy Middle comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 83.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Central Academy Middle has shrank 6%, going from 388 students in 2018 to 364 in 2025.

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