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What's the most underrated thing about JAMES MADISON MIDDLE that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
598
Middle
DISTRICT 586 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROANOKE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510330001424
James Madison Middle
1160 Overland Rd SW, Roanoke, VA 24015 · (540) 853-2351 · Roanoke city
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL598 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
596 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 208 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 174 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 216 | 36% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · US 70%
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
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
66.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
56.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 54.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 James Madison Middle
James Madison Middle's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Madison Middle this school | 598 | 99.7% | 58.0% |
| Woodrow Wilson Middle Roanoke | 601 | 99.3% | 59.4% |
| Academy for Discovery at Lakewood Norfolk | 739 | 100.0% | 87.9% |
| Colonial Heights Middle Colonial Heights | 700 | 98.4% | 64.3% |
| Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle Hampton | 613 | 94.3% | 89.0% |
| Lynnhaven Middle Virginia Beach | 727 | 93.8% | 74.9% |
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 James Madison Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Roanoke city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #266 of 337 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #272 of 342 ▲ 6 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #235 of 342 ▲ 35 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 598 | #217 of 343 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #227 of 327 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #111 of 333 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #25 of 340 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.2% | #88 of 99 | N/A |
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 2024-25Enrollment
598
-24 (-4%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 587
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 598 | 42.2 | 14.2:1 | 100% (596) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 42.7 | 13.1:1 | 98% (545) |
| 2022-23 | 580 | 40 | 14.5:1 | 96% (557) |
| 2020-21 | 622 | 40 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 38.5 | 15.2:1 | 56% (327) |
| 2015-16 | 630 | 37 | 17.0:1 | 56% (352) |
| 2010-11 | 570 | 30 | 19.0:1 | 51% (292) |
| 2000-01 | 489 | 36 | 13.6:1 | 41% (201) |
| 1990-91 | 587 | 40 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James Madison Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (585 to 598); teachers up 10% (38.5 to 42.2).
About James Madison Middle
James Madison Middle operates as a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Roanoke, Virginia. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 598 students enrolled. Middle schools in Virginia have about 750 students on average; enrollment here is 20% lower.
Besides James Madison Middle, Roanoke City Public Schools runs 23 other schools. The district enrolls 13,811 students.
Of every 100 students at James Madison Middle, about 45 are White, the largest group. After that, the student body is 34% Black, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Roanoke city is about 57% White. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at James Madison Middle are from different groups.
There are about 14.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at James Madison Middle, which has 42.2. Middle schools in Virginia have an average ratio of 13.1:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 100%.
James Madison Middle holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 30% of Virginia public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, James Madison Middle is 3.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Virginia schools.
In Roanoke city, median household income comes to about $55,378, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The county's public schools total 30, with about 14,392 students.
James Madison Middle is about 0.2 miles from Fishburn Park Elementary, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 58.0% is below the 69.7% average for nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around James Madison Middle as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's student count decreased 4% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 14.2 students per teacher, compared with 15.6 in 2020-21.
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Roanoke city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,355
Census ACS
Median income
$55,378
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
14,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Roanoke City Public Schools
- Patrick Henry HighHigh · 2,030 students
- William Fleming HighHigh · 1,957 students
- Breckinridge MiddleMiddle · 733 students
- Round Hill ElementaryElementary · 720 students
- Westside ElementaryElementary · 624 students
- Woodrow Wilson MiddleMiddle · 601 students
Other schools in Roanoke
- Patrick Henry HighHigh · 2,030 students
- William Fleming HighHigh · 1,957 students
- Cave Spring HighHigh · 1,046 students
- Northside HighHigh · 919 students
- Hidden Valley HighHigh · 832 students
- Cave Spring MiddleMiddle · 746 students
Other James Madison Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named James Madison Middle. James Madison Middle is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- James Madison MiddleNorth Hollywood, CA · 1,148 students
- James Madison MiddleUPPER MARLBORO, MD · 800 students
- James Madison Middle SchoolMadisonville, KY · 466 students
- JAMES MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOLTITUSVILLE, FL · 447 students
Nearby schools
- Fishburn Park Elementary0.2 mi · 279
- Patrick Henry High0.7 mi · 2,030
- Wasena Elementary0.7 mi · 247
- Grandin Court Elementary1.0 mi · 331
- Woodrow Wilson Middle1.1 mi · 601
- Virginia Heights Elementary1.2 mi · 245
Frequently asked questions
About James Madison MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at James Madison Middle?
James Madison Middle enrolls approximately 598 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does James Madison Middle serve?
James Madison Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at James Madison Middle?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at James Madison Middle.
What is the student diversity at James Madison Middle?
Student demographics at James Madison Middle are roughly 45% White, 9% Hispanic, 34% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is James Madison Middle in?
James Madison Middle is part of Roanoke City Public Schools.
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