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Alumni: what's one memory from FLUVANNA MIDDLE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
745
Middle
DISTRICT 829 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FLUVANNA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510138000089
Fluvanna Middle
3717 Central Plains Road, Palmyra, VA 22963 · (434) 510-1000 · Fluvanna County
GRADES 05–07MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL745 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Virginia public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
13.1:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
454 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 5 | 249 | 33% |
| Grade 6 | 239 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 257 | 34% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Fluvanna Middle→Fluvanna County High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Fluvanna County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
70.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
Math
75.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +14.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 14 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
69.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Fluvanna Middle
Fluvanna Middle's state test result (69.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluvanna Middle this school | 745 | 60.9% | 69.2% |
| Post Oak Middle Spotsylvania | 679 | 63.6% | 60.6% |
| Wilson Middle Fishersville | 641 | 66.8% | 68.3% |
| William Byrd Middle Vinton | 802 | 67.1% | 72.1% |
| Locust Grove Middle Locust Grove | 685 | 70.8% | 69.6% |
| Page Middle Gloucester | 573 | 65.1% | 75.8% |
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 Fluvanna Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #179 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #120 of 342 ▲ 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #201 of 342 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 745 | #166 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #157 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #198 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.9% | #220 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #84 of 224 |
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
745
-43 (-5%) vs 2020
+5% since 2000-01, when it was 708
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 745 | 57 | 13.1:1 | 61% (454) |
| 2023-24 | 737 | 57 | 12.9:1 | 37% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 763 | 57 | 13.4:1 | 42% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 788 | 53 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 861 | 57.7 | 14.9:1 | 36% (310) |
| 2015-16 | 864 | 57 | 15.2:1 | 32% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 868 | 37 | 23.5:1 | 24% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 708 | 44 | 16.1:1 | 21% (147) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fluvanna Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (861 to 745); teachers down 1% (57.7 to 57).
About Fluvanna Middle
Fluvanna Middle is a medium-sized middle school with its address in Palmyra, Virginia. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 745 students in grades 5 through 7.
The 4 schools in Fluvanna County Public Schools enroll 3,315 students altogether, Fluvanna Middle among them.
Fluvanna Middle's enrollment is 64% White. The remaining shares are 13% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Fluvanna County's population at about 76%. By the diversity index, Fluvanna Middle comes in at 55%.
Federal data list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers at Fluvanna Middle in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.1:1. Middle schools in Virginia average about 13.1:1, a similar figure. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 61%. Across public schools in Fluvanna County, the average is about the same, 61%.
Measured against Virginia public middle schools, Fluvanna Middle receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Fluvanna Middle's lunch-eligibility share in Virginia is predicted to score 71.5%. Fluvanna Middle scores 69.2%, 2.3 points below that line.
Fluvanna County census figures show that median household income is about $96,768, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. A total of 6 public schools operate in Fluvanna County, serving about 3,315 students.
The shortest distance from Fluvanna Middle to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Central Elementary. The five-mile area around Fluvanna Middle holds 3 other public schools. The school's 69.2% average proficiency ranks 5th among 8 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Federal counts put enrollment at 788 in 2020-21 and 745 in 2024-25, a 5% decrease. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 14.9:1 to 13.1:1.
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Fluvanna County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,092
Census ACS
Median income
$96,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
3,315 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fluvanna County Public Schools
- Fluvanna County HighHigh · 1,362 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 751 students
- Carysbrook ElementaryElementary · 457 students
Other schools in Palmyra
- Fluvanna County HighHigh · 1,362 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 751 students
- Blue Ridge Governor's SchoolElementary
- Project Return/Fluvanna CoElementary
Nearby schools
- Central Elementary0.2 mi · 751
- Carysbrook Elementary1.9 mi · 457
- Fluvanna County High3.5 mi · 1,362
- Byrd Elementary12.8 mi · 281
- Scottsville Elementary12.9 mi · 216
- Moss-Nuckols Elementary13.6 mi · 637
Frequently asked questions
About Fluvanna MiddleHow large is Fluvanna Middle?
Fluvanna Middle enrolls approximately 745 students in grades 05-07.
Is Fluvanna Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fluvanna Middle is a middle school covering grades 05-07.
How many students per teacher at Fluvanna Middle?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Fluvanna Middle.
How diverse is Fluvanna Middle?
Fluvanna Middle reports a student body of 64% White, 11% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Fluvanna Middle?
Fluvanna Middle is overseen by Fluvanna County Public Schools in Fluvanna County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.