Enrollment
339
Middle
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TAZEWELL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510381001654
Graham Middle
#1 Academic Cir, Bluefield, VA 24605 · (276) 326-1101 · Tazewell County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
304 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 66%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
82.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
87.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 4 points.
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
84.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% 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 21 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
339
-77 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 17.5:1
% White
86%
was 89%
% Hispanic
1%
was 1%
% Black
5%
was 5%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Graham Middle
Located at #1 Academic Cir, in Bluefield, Virginia, Graham Middle is a compact junior high that serves 339 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Tazewell County Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 750 students per school, that is 55% leaner than typical.
Across the 13 schools in Tazewell County Public Schools (5,134 students total), Graham Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, Graham Middle lists that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 8% multiracial, 5% Black.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Graham Middle has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Graham Middle ranks in the top 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 63.7%; Graham Middle posts 84.5%, +20.8 points above that line.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Tazewell County indicate the typical household earns roughly $47,313 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Tazewell County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,134 students), of which Graham Middle is one.
Nearest neighbor: Graham High, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 19%: 416 students in 2018 compared to 339 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.
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Tazewell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,624
Census ACS
Median income
$47,313
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,134 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tazewell County Public Schools
- Richlands ElementaryElementary · 576 students
- Richlands HighHigh · 557 students
- Tazewell HighHigh · 509 students
- Graham HighHigh · 489 students
- Richlands MiddleMiddle · 447 students
- Tazewell PrimaryElementary · 405 students
Other schools in Bluefield
- Graham HighHigh · 489 students
- Graham IntermediateElementary · 404 students
- Dudley PrimaryElementary · 208 students
- Abb's Valley-Boissevain ElementaryElementary · 144 students
Nearby schools
- Graham High0.5 mi · 489
- Bluefield Middle School1.4 mi · 428
- Graham Intermediate1.5 mi · 404
- Bluefield Intermediate School1.9 mi · 269
- Dudley Primary1.9 mi · 208
- Bluefield Primary School2.4 mi · 349
Frequently asked questions
About Graham MiddleHow many students attend Graham Middle?
Graham Middle enrolls approximately 339 students in grades 06-08.
Is Graham Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Graham Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Graham Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Graham Middle is approximately 14.0:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Graham Middle?
Graham Middle reports a student body of 86% White, 1% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Graham Middle public or private?
Graham Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tazewell County Public Schools.
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