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Enrollment
799
Middle
DISTRICT 786 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510364002165
Chancellor Middle
6320 Harrison Rd, Fredericksburg, VA 22407 · (540) 786-8099 · Spotsylvania County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL799 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% 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.
- C-Beats 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
13.1:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
576 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 257 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 275 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 267 | 33% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
62.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
53.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Chancellor Middle
Chancellor Middle's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chancellor Middle this school | 799 | 72.1% | 57.8% |
| Battlefield Middle Fredericksburg | 780 | 71.0% | 58.8% |
| James Wood Middle Winchester | 873 | 70.1% | 59.5% |
| Journey Middle Charlottesville | 646 | 76.5% | 55.0% |
| Floyd T. Binns Middle Culpeper | 825 | 65.1% | 67.4% |
| Salem Church Middle North Chesterfield | 876 | 75.3% | 50.1% |
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 Chancellor Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Spotsylvania County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #269 of 337 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #288 of 342 ▼ 36 | #5 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #269 of 342 ▼ 36 | #5 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 799 | #147 of 343 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #159 of 327 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #53 of 333 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.1% | #170 of 340 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #158 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
799
-49 (-6%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 937
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 799 | 61 | 13.1:1 | 72% (576) |
| 2023-24 | 791 | 61.7 | 12.8:1 | 72% (568) |
| 2022-23 | 854 | 56 | 15.3:1 | 67% (572) |
| 2020-21 | 848 | 52 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 859 | 44.2 | 19.5:1 | 49% (421) |
| 2015-16 | 824 | 50 | 16.5:1 | 47% (386) |
| 2010-11 | 813 | 46 | 17.7:1 | 32% (257) |
| 2000-01 | 778 | 58 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 937 | 56 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chancellor Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (859 to 799); teachers up 38% (44.2 to 61).
About Chancellor Middle
Chancellor Middle is a medium-sized middle-grades school based in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The student body numbers 799 students, from grades 6 through 8.
Across its 29 schools, Spotsylvania County Public Schools enrolls 24,036 students. Chancellor Middle is one of those schools.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Chancellor Middle, with 40% of enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% White, 16% Black, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 13%. Chancellor Middle has a diversity index of 71%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 61 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.1:1. Middle schools in Virginia have a similar average ratio of 13.1:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 72%. The gap from the 58% average for public schools in Spotsylvania County is 14 points.
The allk12 Grade for Chancellor Middle is C-. Compared with Virginia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 16% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Chancellor Middle lands between the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 57.8%; the prediction is 68.5%.
Federal survey data for Spotsylvania County show that median household income is about $112,738, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Chancellor Middle is among the 34 public schools in Spotsylvania County.
The next-closest public school is Chancellor High, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 65.7% on proficiency, and Chancellor Middle is below that at 57.8%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 848 in 2020-21 and 799 in 2024-25, a 6% decrease. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.3:1 to 13.1:1.
Discussions about Chancellor Middle may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Spotsylvania County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
146,603
Census ACS
Median income
$112,738
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
24,036 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spotsylvania County Public Schools
- Riverbend HighHigh · 1,913 students
- Massaponax HighHigh · 1,692 students
- Courtland HighHigh · 1,497 students
- Spotsylvania HighCombined · 1,394 students
- Chancellor HighHigh · 1,321 students
- Spotsylvania MiddleMiddle · 1,009 students
Other schools in Fredericksburg
- Stafford Senior HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Riverbend HighHigh · 1,913 students
- Massaponax HighHigh · 1,692 students
- Courtland HighHigh · 1,497 students
- Chancellor HighHigh · 1,321 students
- James Monroe HighHigh · 1,013 students
Nearby schools
- Chancellor High0.1 mi · 1,321
- Harrison Road Elementary0.1 mi · 732
- Battlefield Elementary1.1 mi · 665
- Battlefield Middle1.1 mi · 780
- Salem Elementary1.3 mi · 573
- Riverbend High1.8 mi · 1,913
Frequently asked questions
About Chancellor MiddleHow many students attend Chancellor Middle?
Chancellor Middle enrolls approximately 799 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Chancellor Middle serve?
Chancellor Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Chancellor Middle?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Chancellor Middle.
How diverse is Chancellor Middle?
Chancellor Middle reports a student body of 32% White, 40% Hispanic, 16% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Chancellor Middle in?
Chancellor Middle is part of Spotsylvania County Public Schools.
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