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What's the most underrated thing about CHICKAHOMINY MIDDLE that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,199
Middle
DISTRICT 969 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HANOVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510183002191
Chickahominy Middle
9450 Atlee Station Road, Mechanicsville, VA 23116 · (804) 723-2160 · Hanover County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,199 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Virginia public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
14.4:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
247 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 405 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 375 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 419 | 35% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
89.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
92.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 92 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 | 89.0% | 92.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 89.0% |
| 2022-23 | 87.0% | 88.0% |
% 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
89.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Chickahominy Middle
Chickahominy Middle's state test result (89.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chickahominy Middle this school | 1,199 | 20.6% | 89.1% |
| Midlothian Middle Midlothian | 1,330 | 13.9% | 87.3% |
| Hickory Middle Chesapeake | 1,285 | 14.1% | 85.3% |
| Great Bridge Middle Chesapeake | 1,309 | 14.5% | 87.1% |
| Princess Anne Middle Virginia Beach | 1,358 | 14.7% | 92.5% |
| Blacksburg Middle Blacksburg | 958 | 27.0% | 83.9% |
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 Chickahominy Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.1% | #11 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #9 of 342 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #18 of 342 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,199 | #36 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #237 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.7% | #254 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.6% | #307 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #199 of 224 |
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
1,199
+102 (+9%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 804
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 1,199 | 83 | 14.4:1 | 21% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 1,123 | 79 | 14.2:1 | 19% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 1,131 | 79.3 | 14.3:1 | 18% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 1,097 | 46 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,237 | 86.7 | 14.3:1 | 12% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 1,179 | 83 | 14.2:1 | 9% (111) |
| 2010-11 | 1,243 | 59 | 21.1:1 | 8% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 1,420 | 98 | 14.5:1 | 5% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 804 | 59 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chickahominy Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (1,237 to 1,199); teachers down 4% (86.7 to 83).
About Chickahominy Middle
The public middle school Chickahominy Middle is located in Mechanicsville, Virginia. It enrolled 1,199 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in Virginia average about 750 students each.
Hanover County Public Schools has a total of 24 schools and 17,434 students, Chickahominy Middle among them.
A majority of students at Chickahominy Middle, 73%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 7% multiracial, 7% Black, 7% Asian, and 6% Hispanic. Among all residents of Hanover County, the White share is about 82%. By the diversity index, Chickahominy Middle comes in at 45%.
Chickahominy Middle employs 83 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.4:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Virginia is 13.1:1, lower than at this school. Chickahominy Middle's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 21%. That rate is below the 34% average among public schools in Hanover County.
The allk12 Grade for Chickahominy Middle is A+. Compared with Virginia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 95% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Chickahominy Middle falls in the middle 80% of Virginia schools: 89.1% actual against 82.5% predicted.
Hanover County has about 112,879 residents, and median household income is about $112,805, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 26 public schools in Hanover County, with a combined enrollment of about 17,434.
Atlee High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Chickahominy Middle is ahead of the 83.3% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
Under the NCES locale system, Chickahominy Middle is Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,097 in 2020-21 and 1,199 in 2024-25, a 9% gain. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.4:1) than in 2020-21 (23.9:1).
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Hanover County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,879
Census ACS
Median income
$112,805
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
17,434 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hanover County Public Schools
- Atlee HighHigh · 1,470 students
- Hanover HighHigh · 1,349 students
- Patrick Henry HighHigh · 1,294 students
- Mechanicsville HighHigh · 1,245 students
- Liberty MiddleMiddle · 910 students
- Bell Creek MiddleMiddle · 903 students
Other schools in Mechanicsville
- Atlee HighHigh · 1,470 students
- Hanover HighHigh · 1,349 students
- Mechanicsville HighHigh · 1,245 students
- Bell Creek MiddleMiddle · 903 students
- Oak Knoll MiddleMiddle · 862 students
- Cool Spring ElementaryElementary · 852 students
Nearby schools
- Atlee High0.1 mi · 1,470
- Cool Spring Elementary0.2 mi · 852
- Pearson's Corner Elementary1.5 mi · 571
- Oak Knoll Middle2.0 mi · 862
- Washington-Henry Elementary2.1 mi · 386
- Kersey Creek Elementary2.1 mi · 672
Frequently asked questions
About Chickahominy MiddleHow many students attend Chickahominy Middle?
Chickahominy Middle enrolls approximately 1,199 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Chickahominy Middle serve?
Chickahominy Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Chickahominy Middle have?
Chickahominy Middle employs 83 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chickahominy Middle?
At Chickahominy Middle, the student body is approximately 73% White, 6% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Chickahominy Middle public or private?
Chickahominy Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hanover County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.