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Enrollment
873
Middle
DISTRICT 830 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREDERICK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510147000523
James Wood Middle
1313 Amherst Street, Winchester, VA 22601 · (540) 667-7500 · Winchester city
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL873 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% 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
12.7:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
612 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 301 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 278 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 294 | 34% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
63.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
55.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Wood Middle
James Wood Middle's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Wood Middle this school | 873 | 70.1% | 59.5% |
| Chancellor Middle Fredericksburg | 799 | 72.1% | 57.8% |
| Culpeper Middle Culpeper | 1,040 | 65.1% | 61.6% |
| Floyd T. Binns Middle Culpeper | 825 | 65.1% | 67.4% |
| Battlefield Middle Fredericksburg | 780 | 71.0% | 58.8% |
| Daniel Morgan Middle Winchester | 642 | 84.4% | 63.9% |
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 Wood Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #255 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #275 of 342 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #261 of 342 ▲ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 873 | #119 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #134 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #142 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.1% | #177 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #142 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 2024-25Enrollment
873
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-13% since 2000-01, when it was 1,005
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 873 | 69 | 12.7:1 | 70% (612) |
| 2023-24 | 834 | 68 | 12.3:1 | 69% (576) |
| 2022-23 | 803 | 56 | 14.3:1 | 52% (415) |
| 2020-21 | 871 | 68 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 948 | 59.3 | 16.0:1 | 40% (380) |
| 2015-16 | 874 | 63 | 13.9:1 | 38% (328) |
| 2010-11 | 836 | 49 | 17.1:1 | 34% (281) |
| 2000-01 | 1,005 | 79 | 12.7:1 | 14% (137) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James Wood Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (948 to 873); teachers up 16% (59.3 to 69).
About James Wood Middle
Students in Winchester, Virginia, attend James Wood Middle, a mid-sized middle school. There are 873 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8.
James Wood Middle is a school in Frederick County Public Schools. The district has 19 schools and 14,447 students.
The student body at James Wood Middle has no majority group. White students lead at 44%. Other groups include 40% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 62% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
James Wood Middle has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1, with 69 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. The school has 70% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Winchester city is 82%.
James Wood Middle holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 20% of Virginia public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, James Wood Middle falls in the middle 80% of Virginia schools: 59.5% actual against 69.0% predicted.
The school is in Winchester city, where median household income comes to about $63,974, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Winchester city counts 8 public schools with about 5,235 students.
John Kerr Elementary, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, James Wood Middle ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment went from 871 in 2020-21 to 873 in 2024-25, a change of 2 students.
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Winchester city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,913
Census ACS
Median income
$63,974
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
5,235 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Frederick County Public Schools
- Sherando HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 1,550 students
- James Wood HighHigh · 1,462 students
- Robert E. Aylor MiddleMiddle · 861 students
- Admiral Richard E. Byrd MiddleMiddle · 853 students
- Frederick County MiddleMiddle · 732 students
Other schools in Winchester
- Millbrook HighHigh · 1,550 students
- James Wood HighHigh · 1,462 students
- John Handley HighHigh · 1,361 students
- Admiral Richard E. Byrd MiddleMiddle · 853 students
- Frederick County MiddleMiddle · 732 students
- Daniel Morgan MiddleMiddle · 642 students
Nearby schools
- John Kerr Elementary0.4 mi · 583
- John Handley High0.9 mi · 1,361
- Garland R. Quarles Elementary1.5 mi · 410
- Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary1.7 mi · 415
- James Wood High1.7 mi · 1,462
- Apple Pie Ridge Elementary1.8 mi · 393
Frequently asked questions
About James Wood MiddleHow many students attend James Wood Middle?
James Wood Middle enrolls approximately 873 students in grades 06-08.
Is James Wood Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
James Wood Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at James Wood Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at James Wood Middle is approximately 12.7:1 (69 FTE teachers).
How diverse is James Wood Middle?
James Wood Middle reports a student body of 44% White, 40% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees James Wood Middle?
James Wood Middle is overseen by Frederick County Public Schools in Winchester city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.