J. Michael Lunsford Middle

J. Michael Lunsford Middle is a 6-8 campus of big scale in Chantilly, Virginia, operated by Loudoun County Public Schools, educateing 1,182 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 750 students per school, that is 58% larger than typical.

J. Michael Lunsford Middle is one of 98 schools operated by Loudoun County Public Schools, a district that hosts 81,486 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, J. Michael Lunsford Middle records that the most-represented group is Asian (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 38% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, J. Michael Lunsford Middle records 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 18% of students at J. Michael Lunsford Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Loudoun County (around 28%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, J. Michael Lunsford Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 83.1%, the actual is 86.8%, a residual of +3.7 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Loudoun County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $181,765 per year, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. J. Michael Lunsford Middle is one of 103 public schools in Loudoun County (combined enrollment of about 81,486 students).

The closest other public school is Cardinal Ridge Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around J. Michael Lunsford Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts J. Michael Lunsford Middle at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 84.9%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 28%: 1,650 students in 2018 compared to 1,182 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 47% to 38% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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