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Which teacher or staff member at FRANCIS W. JONES MAGNET MIDDLE deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
613
Middle
DISTRICT 679 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMPTON CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510180001890
Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle
1819 Nickerson Blvd, Hampton, VA 23663 · (757) 850-7900 · Hampton city
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL613 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Virginia public middle schools
- A+Test 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
13.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
578 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 215 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 213 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 185 | 30% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
88.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
94.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 94 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 94.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 93.0% |
| 2022-23 | 82.0% | 89.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
89.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 27 points, placing it in Virginia's top 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 Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle
Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle's state test result (89.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle this school | 613 | 94.3% | 89.0% |
| Linkhorne Middle Lynchburg | 519 | 94.6% | 50.9% |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle for Innovation Lynchburg | 531 | 97.2% | 57.5% |
| James Madison Middle Roanoke | 598 | 99.7% | 58.0% |
| Mecklenburg County Middle Baskerville | 819 | 94.1% | 63.9% |
| Woodrow Wilson Middle Roanoke | 601 | 99.3% | 59.4% |
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 Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #12 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #4 of 342 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #28 of 342 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 613 | #209 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #204 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #114 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.3% | #65 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #171 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
613
-72 (-11%) vs 2020
+2% since 2000-01, when it was 599
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 613 | 44.3 | 13.8:1 | 94% (578) |
| 2023-24 | 597 | 44.6 | 13.4:1 | 93% (556) |
| 2022-23 | 610 | 45.5 | 13.4:1 | 88% (535) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 45 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 652 | 44.8 | 14.6:1 | 42% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 699 | 45 | 15.5:1 | 34% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 695 | 74 | 9.4:1 | 46% (321) |
| 2000-01 | 599 | 40 | 15.0:1 | 24% (144) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (652 to 613); teachers down 1% (44.8 to 44.3).
About Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle
Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle is a middle-grades school located in Hampton, Virginia, in Hampton city. The school serves 613 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Hampton City Public Schools has 30 schools and 19,472 students, and Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle is one of those schools.
Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 42%. The school is also 38% White, 10% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 44.3 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.8:1. That ratio is over the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. Around 94% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle an A+. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle is 26.6 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Virginia.
In the county around the school, Hampton city, median household income is about $69,621, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. A total of 36 public schools operate in Hampton city, serving about 19,472 students.
Nearby, Mary T. Christian Elementary is about 0.3 miles away. Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle ranks 1st of 8 nearby schools, at 89.0% versus a 70.7% average.
Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle had 685 students in 2020-21 and 613 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.2:1 in 2020-21, and 13.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Hampton city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
137,557
Census ACS
Median income
$69,621
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
19,472 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hampton City Public Schools
- Bethel HighHigh · 1,769 students
- Kecoughtan HighHigh · 1,553 students
- George P. Phenix ElementaryElementary · 1,438 students
- Phoebus HighHigh · 1,391 students
- Hampton HighHigh · 1,301 students
- Hunter B. AndrewsElementary · 1,081 students
Other schools in Hampton
- Bethel HighHigh · 1,769 students
- Kecoughtan HighHigh · 1,553 students
- George P. Phenix ElementaryElementary · 1,438 students
- Phoebus HighHigh · 1,391 students
- Hampton HighHigh · 1,301 students
- Hunter B. AndrewsElementary · 1,081 students
Nearby schools
- Mary T. Christian Elementary0.3 mi · 313
- Kecoughtan High0.9 mi · 1,553
- Phoebus High0.9 mi · 1,391
- Captain John Smith Elementary0.9 mi · 374
- Jane H. Bryan Elementary1.2 mi · 367
- Phillips Elementary1.2 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About Francis W. Jones Magnet MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle?
Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle enrolls approximately 613 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle serve?
Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle have?
Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle?
Student demographics at Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle are roughly 38% White, 8% Hispanic, 42% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle in?
Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle is part of Hampton City Public Schools.
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