Frost Middle

Frost Middle operates as a sprawling intermediate school in Fairfax, Virginia, part of Fairfax County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,272 students spanning grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 750 students each, so Frost Middle sits 70% larger than that benchmark.

Fairfax County Public Schools runs 199 schools in total, collectively educating 179,323 students. Frost Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Frost Middle shows that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 24% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Black. Compared to Fairfax County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 16% of students at Frost Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Fairfax County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Frost Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 83.8%; this one delivers 87.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Fairfax County indicate median household earnings sit near $153,637, about 65% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Frost Middle is one of 222 public schools in Fairfax County (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students).

Nearest neighbor: Woodson High, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Frost Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 81.6%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Frost Middle's enrollment has climbed 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,214 (now 1,272). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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