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Hamilton Holmes Middle
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 150 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 139 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 156 | 35% |
School pathway
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.0% | 57.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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%.
Schools most like Hamilton Holmes Middle
Hamilton Holmes Middle's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Holmes Middle this school | 445 | 40.7% | 64.3% |
| Glenvar Middle Salem | 433 | 38.1% | 77.8% |
| Goochland Middle Goochland | 616 | 30.4% | 72.8% |
| Read Mountain Middle Cloverdale | 670 | 35.1% | 81.9% |
| Johnson-Williams Middle Berryville | 415 | 33.5% | 66.5% |
| Central Academy Middle Fincastle | 364 | 33.2% | 84.3% |
Where Hamilton Holmes Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #211 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #277 of 342 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #208 of 342 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #272 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #164 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.4% | #262 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.7% | #244 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #82 of 224 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 445 | 33.9 | 13.1:1 | 41% (181) |
| 2023-24 | 463 | 35.2 | 13.2:1 | 43% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 35.3 | 12.8:1 | 41% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 38 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 40.3 | 12.8:1 | 34% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 533 | 37 | 14.4:1 | 37% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 498 | 30 | 16.6:1 | 35% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 404 | 33 | 12.2:1 | 27% (108) |
| 1990-91 | 586 | 38 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (516 to 445); teachers down 16% (40.3 to 33.9).
About Hamilton Holmes Middle
Hamilton Holmes Middle is a middle-grades school in King William, Virginia, reachable at (804) 769-3434. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 445 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 41% below the 750-student average for middle schools in Virginia.
King William County Public Schools is responsible for 4 schools, Hamilton Holmes Middle included, with 2,114 students in all.
The share of White students at Hamilton Holmes Middle is 74%, a majority. After that, the student body is 13% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Native American. Census estimates put King William County at about 78% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 42, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.1:1. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 41%.
Hamilton Holmes Middle holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 24% of Virginia public middle schools.
A school with Hamilton Holmes Middle's lunch-eligibility share in Virginia is predicted to score 77.0%. Hamilton Holmes Middle scores 64.3%, 12.8 points below that line.
King William County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $86,056 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in King William County number 7, with about 2,957 students.
Acquinton Elementary sits about 0.1 miles from Hamilton Holmes Middle. Other public schools within five miles: 2. On average proficiency, Hamilton Holmes Middle is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The NCES locale for Hamilton Holmes Middle is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was 445 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 494.
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