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Enrollment
625
Middle
DISTRICT 909 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STAFFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510366001595
Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle
501 Cambridge St, Falmouth, VA 22405 · (540) 371-1415 · Stafford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL625 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Virginia public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.3:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
465 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 208 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 201 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 216 | 35% |
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
65.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
65.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 65 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
60.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% 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 Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle
Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle's state test result (60.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle this school | 625 | 74.4% | 60.4% |
| Journey Middle Charlottesville | 646 | 76.5% | 55.0% |
| Buford Middle Charlottesville | 563 | 74.2% | 61.4% |
| Walker Upper Elementary Charlottesville | 570 | 79.1% | 61.0% |
| Greenbrier Middle Chesapeake | 788 | 73.9% | 77.9% |
| Thornburg Middle Spotsylvania | 755 | 64.8% | 54.1% |
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 Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Stafford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #247 of 337 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #202 of 342 ▲ 30 | #5 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #241 of 342 ▲ 14 | #6 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 625 | #205 of 343 | #8 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #108 of 327 | #1 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.9% | #3 of 333 | #1 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.4% | #158 of 340 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.7% | #24 of 99 | #2 of 6 |
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
625
-30 (-5%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 531
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
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 | 625 | 51 | 12.3:1 | 74% (465) |
| 2023-24 | 600 | 51 | 11.8:1 | 76% (458) |
| 2022-23 | 617 | 48.3 | 12.8:1 | 48% (299) |
| 2020-21 | 655 | 42 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 531 | 36.1 | 14.7:1 | 40% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 563 | 36 | 15.6:1 | 36% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 26 | 17.9:1 | 32% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 718 | 48 | 15.0:1 | 17% (121) |
| 1990-91 | 531 | 37 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (531 to 625); teachers up 41% (36.1 to 51).
About Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle
Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle, located in Falmouth, Virginia, is a small middle school. The student body numbers 625 students, from grades 6 through 8.
Stafford County Public Schools is made up of 32 schools with 31,812 students in all.
The most common group at Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle is White students, at 29%. Other groups include 27% Black, 24% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 9% Asian. The county population is about 54% White. Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle's diversity index is 77%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 51 full-time equivalents, or about 12.3 students per teacher. This ratio sits 0.9 below the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 74%. Among public schools in Stafford County, the average eligibility rate is 45%.
The allk12 Grade for Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle is C. Compared with Virginia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 25% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle is 7.5 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (60.4% versus 67.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Virginia.
Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle is located in Stafford County, where the median household income is $137,807, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Besides Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle, Stafford County has 40 other public schools.
The closest public school to Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle is Falmouth Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle is behind the 65.7% nearby average, ranking 6th of 8.
The federal government classifies Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle's location as Suburb: Mid-size.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 30 fewer students in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.3:1) than in 2020-21 (15.6:1).
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Stafford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
163,466
Census ACS
Median income
$137,807
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
31,812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stafford County Public Schools
- Mountain View HighHigh · 2,233 students
- Brooke Point HighHigh · 2,199 students
- Stafford Senior HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Colonial Forge HighHigh · 2,122 students
- North Stafford HighHigh · 1,982 students
- Rodney E. Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,063 students
Other schools in Falmouth
- Grafton Village ElementaryElementary · 737 students
- Falmouth ElementaryElementary · 724 students
Nearby schools
- Falmouth Elementary0.5 mi · 724
- Stafford Senior High1.0 mi · 2,198
- Conway Elementary1.1 mi · 904
- Rising Star Early Childhood Education Center at Melchers1.2 mi · 280
- Donald B. Dixon-Lyle R. Smith Middle2.4 mi · 887
- T. Benton Gayle Middle2.4 mi · 939
Frequently asked questions
About Edward E. Drew Jr. MiddleHow large is Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle?
Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle enrolls approximately 625 students in grades 06-08.
Is Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle.
What is the student diversity at Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle?
Student demographics at Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle are roughly 29% White, 24% Hispanic, 27% Black, 9% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle in?
Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle is part of Stafford County Public Schools.
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