John P. Fishwick Middle

John P. Fishwick Middle is a middle-grades school located in Roanoke, Virginia, in Roanoke city. Its enrollment is 456 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Virginia average about 750 students, which makes this school 39% below average.

Roanoke City Public Schools serves 13,811 students across 24 schools.

Of every 100 students at John P. Fishwick Middle, about 39 are White, the largest group. Smaller groups are 30% Black, 20% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Roanoke city is roughly 57% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.

There are 36.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at John P. Fishwick Middle, giving a ratio of 12.5:1. The average for middle schools in Virginia is about 13.1:1. By family income, 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

Compared with Virginia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, John P. Fishwick Middle's results are 8.5 points below predicted: 53.0% against 61.5%.

In Roanoke city, home to about 98,355 people, the median household earns about $55,378 a year, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. John P. Fishwick Middle shares Roanoke city with 29 other public schools.

Measured in a straight line, Morningside Elementary is about 0.5 miles from John P. Fishwick Middle. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, John P. Fishwick Middle is behind the 56.3% nearby average, ranking 4th of 9.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 10%, from 507 to 456.

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