1
Enrollment
516
Middle
DISTRICT 621 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTSMOUTH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510300001234
Cradock Middle
21 Alden Ave, Portsmouth, VA 23702 · (757) 393-8788 · Portsmouth city
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of Virginia public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
103%
534 students
DISTRICT 101% · 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 7 | 264 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 252 | 49% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
58.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
45.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 10 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 →
Where Cradock Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #321 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #319 of 342 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #298 of 342 ▲ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #252 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #188 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.8% | #277 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 103% | #3 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.6% | #85 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
516
-38 (-7%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 660
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 516 | 38 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 42 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 533 | 41 | 13.0:1 | 100% (533) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 39 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 503 | 39.5 | 12.7:1 | 99% (500) |
| 2015-16 | 589 | 46 | 12.8:1 | 99% (586) |
| 2010-11 | 562 | 35 | 16.1:1 | 79% (445) |
| 2000-01 | 826 | 56 | 14.8:1 | 77% (640) |
| 1990-91 | 660 | 41 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cradock Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (503 to 516); teachers down 4% (39.5 to 38).
About Cradock Middle
Cradock Middle is a small middle school in Portsmouth City Public Schools, located in Portsmouth, Virginia. The school offers grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 516 students. Across middle schools in Virginia, the average enrollment is about 750.
Cradock Middle is one school in Portsmouth City Public Schools, a system of 22 schools with 12,905 students.
Black students are 77% of those enrolled at Cradock Middle. Next come 8% multiracial, 7% White, and 7% Hispanic. Portsmouth city as a whole is about 51% Black, so the school's share is higher. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 40%.
There are about 13.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Cradock Middle, which has 38. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia.
Cradock Middle holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 6% of Virginia public middle schools.
In Virginia, Cradock Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 47.1% actual against a predicted 59.9%.
Looking at the county, Portsmouth city, the median household earns about $60,491 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Portsmouth city has 24 public schools with about 12,905 students, including Cradock Middle.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Cradock Elementary, is the closest to Cradock Middle. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Cradock Middle. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Cradock Middle is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school shrank from 554 students in 2020-21 to 516 in 2024-25.
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Portsmouth city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
97,190
Census ACS
Median income
$60,491
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
12,905 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Portsmouth City Public Schools
- Churchland HighHigh · 1,453 students
- Manor HighHigh · 1,149 students
- I.C. Norcom HighHigh · 1,009 students
- Churchland MiddleMiddle · 798 students
- Churchland ElementaryElementary · 721 students
- Churchland Academy ElementaryElementary · 626 students
Other schools in Portsmouth
- Churchland HighHigh · 1,453 students
- Manor HighHigh · 1,149 students
- I.C. Norcom HighHigh · 1,009 students
- Churchland MiddleMiddle · 798 students
- Churchland ElementaryElementary · 721 students
- Churchland Academy ElementaryElementary · 626 students
Nearby schools
- Cradock Elementary0.5 mi · 616
- Brighton Elementary1.1 mi · 483
- Victory Elementary1.1 mi · 586
- Douglass Park Elementary1.6 mi · 510
- G.A. Treakle Elementary2.0 mi · 440
- Rena B. Wright Primary2.1 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About Cradock MiddleHow large is Cradock Middle?
Cradock Middle enrolls approximately 516 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Cradock Middle serve?
Cradock Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Cradock Middle?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Cradock Middle.
What is the student diversity at Cradock Middle?
Student demographics at Cradock Middle are roughly 7% White, 7% Hispanic, 77% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Cradock Middle in?
Cradock Middle is part of Portsmouth City Public Schools.
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