Irving Middle

Irving Middle is a big middle school in Springfield, Virginia, part of Fairfax County Public Schools. The school instructs 1,204 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 61% above the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 750 students.

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

In terms of who attends, Irving Middle logs that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 11% Black, 9% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Irving Middle reports 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Fairfax County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Irving Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 83.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 83.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Fairfax County put the typical household earns roughly $153,637 per year, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fairfax County runs 222 public schools (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students), of which Irving Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Keene Mill Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Irving Middle comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 76.9%.

Irving Middle operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Irving Middle has increased 6%, going from 1,136 students in 2018 to 1,204 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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