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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at GAINESVILLE MIDDLE this year?
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Enrollment
1,403
Middle
DISTRICT 1,150 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313002753
Gainesville Middle
8001 Limestone Dr, Gainesville, VA 20155 · (703) 753-2997 · Prince William County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,403 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Virginia public middle schools
- ATest 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
15.9:1
88 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
344 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 480 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 447 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 476 | 34% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
86.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
86.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 86.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 85.0% |
| 2022-23 | 80.0% | 84.0% |
% 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
84.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 Gainesville Middle
Gainesville Middle's state test result (84.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gainesville Middle this school | 1,403 | 24.5% | 84.8% |
| Thoreau Middle Vienna | 1,239 | 18.8% | 85.5% |
| E.H. Marsteller Middle Bristow | 1,153 | 23.9% | 85.5% |
| Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle Haymarket | 1,436 | 16.9% | 85.1% |
| Louise A. Benton Middle Manassas | 1,339 | 25.0% | 83.4% |
| Belmont Ridge Middle Leesburg | 1,071 | 21.6% | 84.1% |
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 Gainesville Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.8% | #42 of 337 | #3 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #32 of 342 ▲ 5 | #1 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #45 of 342 ▲ 13 | #3 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,403 | #12 of 343 | #3 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #294 of 327 | #13 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #40 of 333 | #6 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.5% | #299 of 340 | #15 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #208 of 224 | #11 of 11 |
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
1,403
+3 (+0%) vs 2020
+3% since 2010-11, when it was 1,366
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 1,403 | 88.2 | 15.9:1 | 25% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 1,363 | 86.2 | 15.8:1 | 22% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 1,398 | 88 | 15.9:1 | 22% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 1,400 | 73 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,440 | 86 | 16.7:1 | 15% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 1,382 | 78 | 17.7:1 | 13% (184) |
| 2010-11 | 1,366 | 65 | 21.0:1 | 12% (167) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gainesville Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (1,440 to 1,403); teachers up 2% (86 to 88.2).
About Gainesville Middle
Families in Gainesville, Virginia, are served by Gainesville Middle, a large middle-grades school. Federal data show 1,403 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in Virginia enroll around 750, and this school is 87% bigger than that mark.
Gainesville Middle is among 95 schools run by Prince William County Public Schools, which serves 90,242 students.
About 45% of students at Gainesville Middle are White, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 18% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 9% multiracial. Among Prince William County residents, the White share is about 43%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 72%.
There are about 15.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Gainesville Middle, which has 88.2. Middle schools in Virginia average 13.1:1, 2.8 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Gainesville Middle is about 25%. On average, public schools in Prince William County report 55%.
Gainesville Middle earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 80% of Virginia public middle schools.
Gainesville Middle's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (84.8%) and its predicted rate (81.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools.
In the surrounding county, Prince William County, median household income comes to about $131,402, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 102, with about 89,591 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Gainesville High, is the closest to Gainesville Middle. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Gainesville Middle ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 1,400 to 1,403. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 19.2:1 to 15.9:1.
Gainesville Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Prince William County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
488,880
Census ACS
Median income
$131,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
102
89,591 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince William County Public Schools
- Charles J. Colgan Sr. HighHigh · 2,956 students
- Woodbridge HighHigh · 2,898 students
- Osbourn Park HighHigh · 2,661 students
- Gainesville HighHigh · 2,648 students
- Gar-Field HighHigh · 2,524 students
- Forest Park HighHigh · 2,343 students
Other schools in Gainesville
- Gainesville HighHigh · 2,648 students
- Bull Run MiddleMiddle · 1,129 students
- Buckland Mills ElementaryElementary · 735 students
- Glenkirk ElementaryElementary · 554 students
- George G. Tyler ElementaryElementary · 490 students
- Pace WestElementary
Nearby schools
- Gainesville High0.3 mi · 2,648
- Piney Branch Elementary0.6 mi · 760
- Glenkirk Elementary1.4 mi · 554
- Chris Yung Elementary1.5 mi · 719
- Bristow Run Elementary1.5 mi · 562
- George G. Tyler Elementary2.1 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Gainesville MiddleHow large is Gainesville Middle?
Gainesville Middle enrolls approximately 1,403 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Gainesville Middle serve?
Gainesville Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Gainesville Middle?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Gainesville Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gainesville Middle?
At Gainesville Middle, the student body is approximately 45% White, 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, 18% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Gainesville Middle public or private?
Gainesville Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prince William County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.