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What's something ELKTON MIDDLE does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
561
Middle
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKINGHAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510339001495
Elkton Middle
21063 Blue and Gold Dr, Elkton, VA 22827 · (540) 298-1228 · Rockingham County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL561 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% 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.
- 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
11.5:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
372 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 182 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 191 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 188 | 34% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
67.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
55.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 10 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Elkton Middle
Elkton Middle's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkton Middle this school | 561 | 66.3% | 60.3% |
| S. Gordon Stewart Middle Fort Defiance | 516 | 68.6% | 63.0% |
| Page Middle Gloucester | 573 | 65.1% | 75.8% |
| Peasley Middle Gloucester | 565 | 65.3% | 76.5% |
| Stuarts Draft Middle Stuarts Draft | 513 | 64.7% | 66.6% |
| Warren County Middle Front Royal | 569 | 73.6% | 65.6% |
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 Elkton Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #250 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #279 of 342 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #224 of 342 ▲ 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 561 | #236 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #65 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.2% | #281 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.3% | #204 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.4% | #17 of 99 |
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
561
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
+92% since 1990-91, when it was 292
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 561 | 49 | 11.5:1 | 66% (372) |
| 2023-24 | 608 | 50.3 | 12.1:1 | 64% (390) |
| 2022-23 | 625 | 46 | 13.6:1 | 49% (308) |
| 2020-21 | 558 | 37 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 36 | 12.9:1 | 39% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 34% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | 28 | 17.4:1 | 33% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 316 | 24 | 13.2:1 | 29% (91) |
| 1990-91 | 292 | 23 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elkton Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (466 to 561); teachers up 36% (36 to 49).
About Elkton Middle
Elkton Middle is a small middle school located in Elkton, Virginia. It educates 561 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Virginia is about 750 students.
The Rockingham County Public Schools system has 23 schools and 11,679 students.
White students make up a majority at Elkton Middle, at 76%. The remaining students are 14% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Rockingham County is about 86% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.5 students per teacher. That is 1.7 students per teacher below the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 66% of students. The 54% average for public schools in Rockingham County is 12 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Elkton Middle is C-. Compared with Virginia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 21% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Elkton Middle's lunch-eligibility share in Virginia is predicted to score 70.0%. Elkton Middle scores 60.3%, 9.8 points below that line.
Rockingham County census figures show that the median household income is $80,693, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Rockingham County is home to 22 public schools and about 11,397 public school students.
The shortest distance from Elkton Middle to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to Elkton Elementary. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Elkton Middle ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 561, close to the 558 recorded in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.1:1 to 11.5:1.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Rockingham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
85,600
Census ACS
Median income
$80,693
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
11,397 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rockingham County Public Schools
- Turner Ashby HighHigh · 998 students
- Broadway HighHigh · 932 students
- Spotswood HighHigh · 880 students
- East Rockingham HighHigh · 821 students
- J. Frank Hillyard MiddleMiddle · 726 students
- Wilbur S. Pence MiddleMiddle · 671 students
Other schools in Elkton
- East Rockingham HighHigh · 821 students
- River Bend ElementaryElementary · 341 students
- Elkton ElementaryElementary · 269 students
Other Elkton Middle schools
One other US public school is named Elkton Middle. Elkton Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Elkton MiddleElkton, MD · 538 students
Nearby schools
- Elkton Elementary0.9 mi · 269
- East Rockingham High2.5 mi · 821
- River Bend Elementary2.6 mi · 341
- Shenandoah Elementary5.7 mi · 351
- McGaheysville Elementary7.2 mi · 262
- Spotswood High8.6 mi · 880
Frequently asked questions
About Elkton MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Elkton Middle?
Elkton Middle enrolls approximately 561 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Elkton Middle serve?
Elkton Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Elkton Middle?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Elkton Middle.
How diverse is Elkton Middle?
Elkton Middle reports a student body of 76% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Elkton Middle in?
Elkton Middle is part of Rockingham County Public Schools.
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