John Yeates Middle

In Suffolk, Virginia, part of Suffolk city, John Yeates Middle is a middle school. Federal data show 509 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in Virginia enroll around 750, and this school is 32% below that mark.

John Yeates Middle belongs to Suffolk City Public Schools, a district of 19 schools and 14,565 students.

No group is above 50% at John Yeates Middle; the largest is White, at 42%. Other reported shares: 36% Black, 11% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, John Yeates Middle scores 67%.

Staffing at John Yeates Middle comes to 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.0:1. The school's 10.0:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for middle schools in Virginia. On the income side, 70% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 69% average for public schools in Suffolk city.

John Yeates Middle earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 89% of Virginia public middle schools.

John Yeates Middle's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (80.8%) and its predicted rate (69.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools.

For Suffolk city, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $92,666 a year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Suffolk city number 22, with about 14,565 students.

Florence Bowser Elementary is about 1.4 miles from John Yeates Middle, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 5 other public schools. John Yeates Middle places 3rd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.

Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.

The school's student count rose 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 10.0:1, from 11.1:1.

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