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Hamilton Holmes Middle

18444 King William Road, King William, VA 23086 · (804) 769-3434 · King William County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Virginia public middle schools
  • 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
445
Middle
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 750
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
181 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 615034%
Grade 713931%
Grade 815635%
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
33174%
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 43% · US 43%
Hispanic
184%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 20% · US 30%
Black
5913%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 8% · US 6%
Two+
256%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 7% · US 5%
Native American
102%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
22551%
Female
22049%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Hamilton Holmes Middle→King William High
Feeds from
Acquinton Elementary03–05
Based on grade levels within King William County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

SOL 2024-25 . % Passing
English Language Arts
69.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
55.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -2.0pp since 2022

What 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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2569.0%55.0%
2023-2467.0%56.0%
2022-2364.0%57.0%
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation

What 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%.

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 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.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Hamilton Holmes Middle this school44540.7%64.3%
Glenvar Middle
Salem
43338.1%77.8%
Goochland Middle
Goochland
61630.4%72.8%
Read Mountain Middle
Cloverdale
67035.1%81.9%
Johnson-Williams Middle
Berryville
41533.5%66.5%
Central Academy Middle
Fincastle
36433.2%84.3%
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 Hamilton Holmes Middle ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn 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
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 2024-25
Enrollment
445
-49 (-10%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 586
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2544533.913.1:141% (181)
2023-2446335.213.2:143% (200)
2022-2345035.312.8:141% (186)
2020-214943813.0:1N/A
2017-1851640.312.8:134% (173)
2015-165333714.4:137% (198)
2010-114983016.6:135% (176)
2000-014043312.2:127% (108)
1990-915863815.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamilton Holmes Middle.

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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King William County at a glance

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Population
18,593
Census ACS
Median income
$86,056
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,957 students

Quick facts

School name
Hamilton Holmes Middle
District
King William County Public Schools
Address
18444 King William Road, King William, VA 23086
Phone
(804) 769-3434
County
King William County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
445
Teachers (FTE)
34
Student–teacher ratio
13.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
181 (41%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
510212000885
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Hamilton Holmes Middle
What is the total enrollment at Hamilton Holmes Middle?
Hamilton Holmes Middle enrolls approximately 445 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Hamilton Holmes Middle serve?
Hamilton Holmes Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Hamilton Holmes Middle have?
Hamilton Holmes Middle employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Hamilton Holmes Middle?
Student demographics at Hamilton Holmes Middle are roughly 74% White, 4% Hispanic, 13% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Hamilton Holmes Middle public or private?
Hamilton Holmes Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by King William County Public Schools.
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