Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle

Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle, a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Falmouth, Virginia, part of Stafford County Public Schools, enrolls 625 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Stafford County Public Schools runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 31,812 students. Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle reports that the most-represented group is White (29%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 27% Black, 24% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 9% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 54% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 74% of students at Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Stafford County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.8%; this one delivers 60.4%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Stafford County put median household income runs about $137,807, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle is one of 41 public schools in Stafford County (combined enrollment of about 31,812 students).

Falmouth Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 65.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 18%: 531 students in 2018 compared to 625 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 49% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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