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Enrollment
919
Middle
DISTRICT 592 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DINWIDDIE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510117000409
Dinwiddie County Middle
11608 Courthouse Road, Dinwiddie, VA 23841 · (804) 469-5430 · Dinwiddie County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL919 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% 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.
- 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
12.8:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
863 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 | 313 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 307 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 299 | 33% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Dinwiddie County Middle→Dinwiddie County High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Dinwiddie County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
61.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
52.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
53.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Dinwiddie County Middle
Dinwiddie County Middle's state test result (53.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinwiddie County Middle this school | 919 | 93.9% | 53.4% |
| Mecklenburg County Middle Baskerville | 819 | 94.1% | 63.9% |
| Halifax County Middle South Boston | 847 | 98.6% | 62.3% |
| Lynnhaven Middle Virginia Beach | 727 | 93.8% | 74.9% |
| Academy for Discovery at Lakewood Norfolk | 739 | 100.0% | 87.9% |
| Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle Hampton | 613 | 94.3% | 89.0% |
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 Dinwiddie County Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #300 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #290 of 342 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #272 of 342 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 919 | #104 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #140 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #155 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.9% | #67 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #138 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
919
-63 (-6%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 859
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 919 | 71.8 | 12.8:1 | 94% (863) |
| 2023-24 | 926 | 75.3 | 12.3:1 | 90% (831) |
| 2022-23 | 958 | 64.5 | 14.8:1 | 84% (800) |
| 2020-21 | 982 | 63 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,004 | 65.3 | 15.4:1 | 56% (559) |
| 2015-16 | 1,034 | 62 | 16.7:1 | 50% (517) |
| 2010-11 | 685 | 29 | 23.6:1 | 53% (362) |
| 2000-01 | 1,087 | 70 | 15.5:1 | 32% (348) |
| 1990-91 | 859 | 62 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dinwiddie County Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,004 to 919); teachers up 10% (65.3 to 71.8).
About Dinwiddie County Middle
Dinwiddie County Middle sits in Dinwiddie, Virginia, and is classified as a middle school. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 919 students. That compares with an average of about 750 students for middle schools in Virginia.
Dinwiddie County Public Schools runs 7 schools with a combined 4,147 students. Dinwiddie County Middle is one of them.
White students account for 48% of enrollment at Dinwiddie County Middle, more than any other group. Other groups include 36% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Dinwiddie County residents are about 64% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dinwiddie County Middle scores 62%.
With 71.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.8:1. That is in line with the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. Roughly 94% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Dinwiddie County is close, at 94%.
Dinwiddie County Middle holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 13% of Virginia public middle schools.
Dinwiddie County Middle scores 53.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 62.5%.
Dinwiddie County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $83,704, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dinwiddie County's 9 public schools enroll about 4,147 students and include Dinwiddie County Middle.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Dinwiddie County High, is about 0.3 miles. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. Dinwiddie County Middle places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
A 6% decline took enrollment from 982 in 2020-21 to 919 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.8:1) than in 2020-21 (15.6:1).
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Dinwiddie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,191
Census ACS
Median income
$83,704
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
4,147 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dinwiddie County Public Schools
- Dinwiddie County HighHigh · 1,260 students
- Sutherland ElementaryElementary · 548 students
- Southside ElementaryElementary · 446 students
- Midway ElementaryElementary · 352 students
- Dinwiddie ElementaryElementary · 341 students
- Sunnyside ElementaryElementary · 281 students
Other schools in Dinwiddie
- Dinwiddie County HighHigh · 1,260 students
- Southside ElementaryElementary · 446 students
- Dinwiddie ElementaryElementary · 341 students
Nearby schools
- Dinwiddie County High0.3 mi · 1,260
- Dinwiddie Elementary2.2 mi · 341
- Southside Elementary3.2 mi · 446
- Sutherland Elementary5.8 mi · 548
- Midway Elementary6.0 mi · 352
- Matoaca Elementary11.0 mi · 676
Frequently asked questions
About Dinwiddie County MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Dinwiddie County Middle?
Dinwiddie County Middle enrolls approximately 919 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Dinwiddie County Middle serve?
Dinwiddie County Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Dinwiddie County Middle have?
Dinwiddie County Middle employs 72 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dinwiddie County Middle?
At Dinwiddie County Middle, the student body is approximately 48% White, 9% Hispanic, 36% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Dinwiddie County Middle public or private?
Dinwiddie County Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dinwiddie County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.