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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 123 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 111 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 105 | 31% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
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.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 88.0% |
| 2022-23 | 80.0% | 83.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like Graham Middle
Graham Middle's state test result (84.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Middle this school | 339 | 89.7% | 84.5% |
| Tazewell Middle Tazewell | 377 | 89.1% | 78.5% |
| Coeburn Middle Coeburn | 304 | 92.8% | 81.5% |
| Lebanon Middle Lebanon | 301 | 92.4% | 67.9% |
| Luray Middle Luray | 315 | 98.4% | 74.5% |
| Page County Middle Shenandoah | 318 | 81.8% | 67.4% |
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 Graham Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #43 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #27 of 342 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #79 of 342 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #300 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #214 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.0% | #304 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.7% | #90 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #49 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
339
-61 (-15%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 339 | 24.3 | 14.0:1 | 90% (304) |
| 2023-24 | 325 | 31.3 | 10.4:1 | 86% (278) |
| 2022-23 | 372 | 27 | 13.8:1 | 83% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 27 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 416 | 23.8 | 17.5:1 | 50% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | 25 | 16.1:1 | 42% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | 24 | 18.1:1 | 44% (190) |
| 2000-01 | 387 | 26 | 14.9:1 | 33% (129) |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 26 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Graham Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (416 to 339); teachers up 2% (23.8 to 24.3).
About Graham Middle
Graham Middle is a public middle school in Bluefield, Virginia. The school enrolls 339 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Virginia) has about 750 students.
The district, Tazewell County Public Schools, operates 13 schools serving 5,134 students.
The student body at Graham Middle is 86% White. Enrollment also includes 8% multiracial and 5% Black. The school's diversity index is 26%, meaning two students picked at random have a 26% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 14.0:1 comes from the school's 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 0.9 students per teacher above the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 90% in 2024-25. That tracks the 89% average for public schools in Tazewell County.
Graham Middle is a top-10% school in Virginia on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 63.7% with an actual 84.5%.
Census estimates describe Tazewell County this way: the median household income is $47,313, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. In all, Tazewell County has 14 public schools and roughly 5,134 students.
Graham High is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.
Graham Middle is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
The school enrolled 339 students in 2024-25, 61 fewer than the 400 it had in 2020-21.
Posts about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Other Graham Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Graham Middle. Graham Middle is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Graham MiddleGraham, NC · 553 students
- Graham Middle SchoolSaint Paris, OH · 362 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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