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Enrollment
764
Middle
DISTRICT 931 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESAPEAKE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510081000289
Deep Creek Middle
1955 Deal Dr, Chesapeake, VA 23323 · (757) 558-5321 · Chesapeake city
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL764 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% 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.
- B-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
11.7:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
556 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 274 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 233 | 30% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
74.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
65.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 64.0% |
| 2022-23 | 70.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
67.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% 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 Deep Creek Middle
Deep Creek Middle's state test result (67.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Creek Middle this school | 764 | 72.8% | 67.9% |
| Jolliff Middle Chesapeake | 753 | 73.8% | 77.9% |
| Greenbrier Middle Chesapeake | 788 | 73.9% | 77.9% |
| Western Branch Middle Chesapeake | 855 | 73.3% | 74.5% |
| Thornburg Middle Spotsylvania | 755 | 64.8% | 54.1% |
| Matoaca Middle Matoaca | 775 | 76.3% | 59.8% |
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 Deep Creek Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesapeake city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #189 of 337 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #193 of 342 no change | #8 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #161 of 342 ▼ 10 | #7 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 764 | #159 of 343 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #74 of 327 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #45 of 333 | #2 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.8% | #166 of 340 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +62.2% | #2 of 99 | 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
764
-75 (-9%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 836
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 764 | 65.6 | 11.7:1 | 73% (556) |
| 2023-24 | 801 | 63.2 | 12.7:1 | 83% (662) |
| 2022-23 | 770 | 61.3 | 12.6:1 | 43% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 839 | 61 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 39.7 | 11.9:1 | 52% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 36 | 12.8:1 | 46% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | 32 | 14.7:1 | 45% (213) |
| 2000-01 | 561 | 49 | 11.4:1 | 31% (173) |
| 1990-91 | 836 | 61 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deep Creek Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 62% (471 to 764); teachers up 65% (39.7 to 65.6).
About Deep Creek Middle
Deep Creek Middle is a middle school located in Chesapeake, Virginia, in Chesapeake city. The school reports 764 students in grades 6 through 8.
Deep Creek Middle is in Chesapeake City Public Schools, a district with 40,607 students across 45 schools.
Enrollment at Deep Creek Middle is mixed, with White students the largest group at 36%. Other students are 34% Black, 20% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. That is lower than the 55% White share among all Chesapeake city residents. Deep Creek Middle has a diversity index of 71%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1 at Deep Creek Middle, with 65.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia is higher than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 73%. For comparison, public schools in Chesapeake city average 49%.
Measured against Virginia public middle schools, Deep Creek Middle receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Deep Creek Middle is 68.3%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 67.9%.
Within Chesapeake city, median household income is about $95,373, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 50 public schools in Chesapeake city, with a combined enrollment of about 40,607.
Deep Creek Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Deep Creek Middle places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES describes the area around Deep Creek Middle as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Deep Creek Middle saw enrollment fall 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 11.7 students per teacher, compared with 13.8 in 2020-21.
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Chesapeake city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
252,583
Census ACS
Median income
$95,373
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
40,607 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chesapeake City Public Schools
- Grassfield HighHigh · 2,345 students
- Oscar F. Smith HighHigh · 2,264 students
- Western Branch HighHigh · 2,138 students
- Deep Creek HighHigh · 1,691 students
- Indian River HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Hickory HighHigh · 1,600 students
Other schools in Chesapeake
- Grassfield HighHigh · 2,345 students
- Oscar F. Smith HighHigh · 2,264 students
- Western Branch HighHigh · 2,138 students
- Deep Creek HighHigh · 1,691 students
- Indian River HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Hickory HighHigh · 1,600 students
Other Deep Creek Middle schools
One other US public school is named Deep Creek Middle. Deep Creek Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Deep Creek MiddleBaltimore, MD · 670 students
Nearby schools
- Deep Creek Elementary0.3 mi · 767
- Deep Creek High0.6 mi · 1,691
- Deep Creek Central Elementary1.1 mi · 888
- Hugo A. Owens Middle1.5 mi · 1,286
- Camelot Elementary1.7 mi · 491
- G.A. Treakle Elementary1.7 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About Deep Creek MiddleHow many students attend Deep Creek Middle?
Deep Creek Middle enrolls approximately 764 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Deep Creek Middle serve?
Deep Creek Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Deep Creek Middle have?
Deep Creek Middle employs 66 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
How diverse is Deep Creek Middle?
Deep Creek Middle reports a student body of 36% White, 20% Hispanic, 34% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Deep Creek Middle?
Deep Creek Middle is overseen by Chesapeake City Public Schools in Chesapeake city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.