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Jackson P. Burley Middle

901 Rose Hill Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903 · (434) 295-5101 · Charlottesville city
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Virginia public middle schools
  • C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public middle schools

Enrollment
534
Middle
DISTRICT 588 · STATE 750
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
337 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 616731%
Grade 717332%
Grade 819436%
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
21140%
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 43% · US 43%
Hispanic
13225%
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 20% · US 30%
Black
10620%
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Asian
295%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 8% · US 6%
Two+
5610%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 7% · US 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
26449%
Female
27051%

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Test scores

SOL 2024-25 . % Passing
English Language Arts
71.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
62.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022

What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores have held steady.

SOL results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2571.0%62.0%
2023-2468.0%61.0%
2022-2371.0%62.0%
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
65.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Jackson P. Burley Middle

Jackson P. Burley Middle's state test result (65.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Jackson P. Burley Middle this school53463.1%65.3%
James Blair Middle
Williamsburg
50565.1%72.5%
Virginia Beach Middle
Virginia Beach
68561.5%76.6%
Berkeley Middle
Williamsburg
66665.0%78.0%
Thornburg Middle
Spotsylvania
75564.8%54.1%
Northside Middle
Roanoke
64871.9%75.8%
Matched among Virginia middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Jackson P. Burley Middle ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Virginia
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
65.3%#206 of 337
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
62.0%#219 of 342
▼ 7
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
71.0%#187 of 342
▲ 4
Enrollment
ranked largest first
534#245 of 343
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.3:1#109 of 327
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
72.9%#24 of 333
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
63.1%#218 of 340
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-5.5%#177 of 224
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
534
-73 (-12%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 445
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 11.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2553443.312.3:163% (337)
2023-2455145.812.0:146% (255)
2022-2358648.812.0:145% (265)
2020-216075211.7:1N/A
2017-1856543.912.9:142% (238)
2015-165554312.9:137% (203)
2010-114982817.8:134% (171)
2000-014543513.0:120% (92)
1990-914453413.1:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jackson P. Burley Middle.

Since 2017-18: students down 5% (565 to 534); teachers down 1% (43.9 to 43.3).

About Jackson P. Burley Middle

Jackson P. Burley Middle is a small middle school for students in Charlottesville, Virginia. Enrollment totals 534 students across grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 750 students for middle schools in Virginia.

The district for Jackson P. Burley Middle is Albemarle County Public Schools, with 24 schools and 14,149 students.

No group is above 50% at Jackson P. Burley Middle; the largest is White, at 40%. It is also 25% Hispanic, 20% Black, 10% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Charlottesville city's residents are about 67% White, 27 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Jackson P. Burley Middle scores 73%.

A staff of 43.3 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.3:1. Compared with the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia, this school's ratio is lower. By family income, 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Charlottesville city is 72%.

Jackson P. Burley Middle holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 34% of Virginia public middle schools.

Compared with Virginia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Jackson P. Burley Middle's results are 5.7 points below predicted: 65.3% against 70.9%.

Charlottesville city is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $74,824, 63% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Charlottesville city's 15 public schools enroll about 5,150 students and include Jackson P. Burley Middle.

Jackson P. Burley Middle is about 0.2 miles from Community Lab School, its nearest public school. Jackson P. Burley Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 66.3% on proficiency, and Jackson P. Burley Middle is below that at 65.3%.

The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.

Enrollment decreased 12% over 4 years, reaching 534 in 2024-25.

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Charlottesville city at a glance

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Population
45,437
Census ACS
Median income
$74,824
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
63%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,150 students

Quick facts

School name
Jackson P. Burley Middle
District
Albemarle County Public Schools
Address
901 Rose Hill Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903
Phone
(434) 295-5101
County
Charlottesville city
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
534
Teachers (FTE)
43
Student–teacher ratio
12.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
337 (63%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
510009000024
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Jackson P. Burley Middle
What is the total enrollment at Jackson P. Burley Middle?
Jackson P. Burley Middle enrolls approximately 534 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Jackson P. Burley Middle serve?
Jackson P. Burley Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jackson P. Burley Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jackson P. Burley Middle is approximately 12.3:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Jackson P. Burley Middle?
Student demographics at Jackson P. Burley Middle are roughly 40% White, 25% Hispanic, 20% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Jackson P. Burley Middle in?
Jackson P. Burley Middle is part of Albemarle County Public Schools.
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