Cumberland Middle

Located at 16 School Road, in Cumberland, Virginia, Cumberland Middle is a small 6-8 campus that teaches 374 students (grades 5 through 8), run under Cumberland County Public Schools. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 750 students each, so Cumberland Middle sits 50% below that benchmark.

Cumberland Middle is one of 3 schools operated by Cumberland County Public Schools, a district that works with 1,278 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Cumberland Middle shows that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 34% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Cumberland Middle shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Cumberland Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cumberland Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.8%; this one delivers 55.6%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cumberland County shows the typical household earns roughly $55,325 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cumberland County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,278 students), Cumberland Middle is one campus in the mix.

Cumberland High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Cumberland Middle. On composite proficiency, Cumberland Middle comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 66.4%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cumberland Middle has decreased 5%, going from 395 students in 2018 to 374 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 40% to 34%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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