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Enrollment
1,364
Middle
DISTRICT 1,192 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510084002767
Elizabeth Davis Middle
601 Corvus Court, Chester, VA 23836 · (804) 541-4700 · Chesterfield County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,364 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Virginia public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
14.6:1
93 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
1,027 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 460 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 431 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 473 | 35% |
Student demographics
72%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
71.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
73.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
72.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% 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 Elizabeth Davis Middle
Elizabeth Davis Middle's state test result (72.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Davis Middle this school | 1,364 | 75.3% | 72.8% |
| Larkspur Middle Virginia Beach | 1,488 | 76.3% | 71.0% |
| Manchester Middle North Chesterfield | 1,109 | 75.2% | 64.1% |
| Lake Ridge Middle Woodbridge | 1,487 | 69.3% | 78.4% |
| Spotsylvania Middle Spotsylvania | 1,009 | 65.2% | 66.5% |
| Brandon Middle Virginia Beach | 1,053 | 67.4% | 75.3% |
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 Elizabeth Davis Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #144 of 337 | #5 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #135 of 342 ▼ 22 | #6 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #189 of 342 ▼ 17 | #6 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,364 | #17 of 343 | #4 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #243 of 327 | #6 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #35 of 333 | #1 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.3% | #150 of 340 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.4% | #56 of 99 | #5 of 7 |
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
1,364
+142 (+12%) vs 2020
+17% since 2010-11, when it was 1,165
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 1,364 | 93.4 | 14.6:1 | 75% (1,027) |
| 2023-24 | 1,325 | 92 | 14.4:1 | 76% (1,007) |
| 2022-23 | 1,337 | 87.5 | 15.3:1 | 44% (588) |
| 2020-21 | 1,222 | 86 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,270 | 78.9 | 16.1:1 | 35% (445) |
| 2015-16 | 1,243 | 81 | 15.3:1 | 31% (388) |
| 2010-11 | 1,165 | 62 | 18.8:1 | 22% (262) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elizabeth Davis Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (1,270 to 1,364); teachers up 18% (78.9 to 93.4).
About Elizabeth Davis Middle
Elizabeth Davis Middle is a large middle school in Chester, Virginia, under Chesterfield County Public Schools. It teaches 1,364 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Virginia enroll about 750 students on average.
The 65 schools in Chesterfield County Public Schools enroll 64,194 students altogether, Elizabeth Davis Middle among them.
White students make up 33% of enrollment at Elizabeth Davis Middle, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 33% Black, 25% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Chesterfield County's population at about 58%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 72%.
The school had 93.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Virginia is 13.1:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 75%. The 54% average for public schools in Chesterfield County is 21 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Elizabeth Davis Middle lands at B, ahead of 61% of Virginia public middle schools.
Elizabeth Davis Middle is 5.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (72.8% versus 67.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Virginia.
In Chesterfield County, home to about 377,869 people, median household income comes to about $101,931, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 76 public schools in the county, enrolling about 64,194, Elizabeth Davis Middle among them.
Elizabeth Scott Elementary, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Elizabeth Davis Middle is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 1,364 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,222.
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Chesterfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
377,869
Census ACS
Median income
$101,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
64,194 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chesterfield County Public Schools
- Thomas Dale HighHigh · 2,582 students
- Cosby HighHigh · 2,507 students
- Manchester HighHigh · 2,236 students
- Lloyd C. Bird HighHigh · 2,131 students
- Midlothian HighHigh · 2,048 students
- Meadowbrook HighHigh · 1,953 students
Other schools in Chester
- Thomas Dale HighHigh · 2,582 students
- Carver MiddleMiddle · 970 students
- C.E. Curtis ElementaryElementary · 767 students
- Ecoff ElementaryElementary · 764 students
- Elizabeth Scott ElementaryElementary · 729 students
- Enon ElementaryElementary · 691 students
Nearby schools
- Elizabeth Scott Elementary0.3 mi · 729
- Enon Elementary1.1 mi · 691
- Marguerite F. Christian Elementary2.8 mi · 642
- Patrick Copeland Elementary3.4 mi · 579
- Dupont Elementary3.5 mi · 589
- Hopewell High3.5 mi · 1,136
Frequently asked questions
About Elizabeth Davis MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Elizabeth Davis Middle?
Elizabeth Davis Middle enrolls approximately 1,364 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Elizabeth Davis Middle serve?
Elizabeth Davis Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Elizabeth Davis Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Elizabeth Davis Middle is approximately 14.6:1 (93 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Elizabeth Davis Middle?
At Elizabeth Davis Middle, the student body is approximately 33% White, 25% Hispanic, 33% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Elizabeth Davis Middle in?
Elizabeth Davis Middle is part of Chesterfield County Public Schools.
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