Jackson P. Burley Middle

Jackson P. Burley Middle operates as a modestly sized 6-8 campus in Charlottesville, Virginia, part of Albemarle County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 534 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 29% below the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 750 students.

Jackson P. Burley Middle is one of 24 schools operated by Albemarle County Public Schools, a district that works with 14,149 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Jackson P. Burley Middle records that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 25% Hispanic, 20% Black, 10% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 63% of students at Jackson P. Burley Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Charlottesville city runs at roughly 72%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Jackson P. Burley Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.9%; this one delivers 65.3%.

Across the wider county, Charlottesville city reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,824 per year, about 63% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Charlottesville city's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,150 students), Jackson P. Burley Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Community Lab School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jackson P. Burley Middle. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jackson P. Burley Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 66.3%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jackson P. Burley Middle has decreased 5%, going from 565 students in 2018 to 534 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 48% to 40% over that span.

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