Hickory Middle

Located at 1997 Hawk Blvd, in Chesapeake, Virginia, Hickory Middle is a high-enrollment 6-8 campus that serves 1,285 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Chesapeake City Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 750 students per school, that is 71% bigger than typical.

Chesapeake City Public Schools runs 45 schools in total, collectively educating 40,607 students. Hickory Middle is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Hickory Middle records that White students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school shows 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 99 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 14% of students at Hickory Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Chesapeake city (around 49%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hickory Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 84.3%; this one delivers 85.3%.

Around the school, Chesapeake city reports that median household earnings sit near $95,373, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Chesapeake city runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 40,607 students), of which Hickory Middle is one.

Hickory High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hickory Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 87.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hickory Middle's enrollment has declined 19% since 2018, when it stood at 1,591 (now 1,285). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 79% to 75%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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