Indian River Middle

Indian River Middle is a mid-sized middle-grades school with an address in Chesapeake, Virginia. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 743 students.

Chesapeake City Public Schools is the local district for Indian River Middle. It runs 45 schools with 40,607 students.

The share of Black students at Indian River Middle is 52%, a majority. The remaining students are 24% White, 12% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. Census figures show Chesapeake city is about 29% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.

Indian River Middle reports a ratio of 10.6 students per teacher, from 70.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Virginia, the average ratio is 13.1:1. Lunch program data show 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 23 points above the 49% average for public schools in Chesapeake city.

On the allk12 Grade, Indian River Middle lands at C-, ahead of 18% of Virginia public middle schools.

The BeatsExpectations prediction for Indian River Middle is 68.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 58.3%.

Census data for Chesapeake city show the median household earns about $95,373 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Chesapeake city number 50, with about 40,607 students.

The closest school to Indian River Middle is Indian River High, located about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Indian River Middle. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Indian River Middle ranks 6th on average proficiency.

Indian River Middle has an NCES locale of City: Large.

Enrollment in 2024-25 was 743, close to the 737 recorded in 2020-21.

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