Holmes Middle

Holmes Middle is an average-sized 6-8 campus in Alexandria, Virginia, operated by Fairfax County Public Schools. The school caters to 881 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within Fairfax County Public Schools, which oversees 199 schools and 179,323 students, Holmes Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Holmes Middle records that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 18% White, 18% Black, 15% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Fairfax County as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Holmes Middle logs 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Fairfax County (around 37%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Holmes Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.2%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Fairfax County shows median household earnings sit near $153,637, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Fairfax County runs 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), of which Holmes Middle is one.

Weyanoke Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Holmes Middle comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 65.1%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 12%: 996 students in 2018 compared to 881 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 38% to 45% across the same window.

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