Dogwood Middle

Dogwood Middle is a low-enrollment middle school in Richmond, Virginia, operated by Richmond City Public Schools. The school works with 371 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 51% below the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 750 students.

Richmond City Public Schools comprises 47 schools with combined enrollment of 20,962 students; Dogwood Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dogwood Middle lists that Black students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school reports 16% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Richmond city as a whole is about 41% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dogwood Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.2%, the actual is 51.5%, a residual of -9.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Richmond city shows median household earnings sit near $64,587, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dogwood Middle is one of 61 public schools in Richmond city (combined enrollment of about 20,253 students).

Nearest neighbor: William Fox Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dogwood Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dogwood Middle at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 65.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Dogwood Middle's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 371). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Dogwood Middle typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.