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How has JOHNSON-WILLIAMS MIDDLE changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
415
Middle
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510087000353
Johnson-Williams Middle
200 Swan Ave, Berryville, VA 22611 · (540) 955-6160 · Clarke County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% 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.
- DBeats 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
14.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
139 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 135 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 129 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 151 | 36% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Johnson-Williams Middle→Clarke County High
Based on grade levels within Clarke County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
75.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
64.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 Johnson-Williams Middle
Johnson-Williams Middle's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson-Williams Middle this school | 415 | 33.5% | 66.5% |
| Glenvar Middle Salem | 433 | 38.1% | 77.8% |
| Marshall Middle Marshall | 426 | 33.3% | 69.8% |
| Montevideo Middle Penn Laird | 593 | 37.3% | 75.3% |
| Hamilton Holmes Middle King William | 445 | 40.7% | 64.3% |
| Goochland Middle Goochland | 616 | 30.4% | 72.8% |
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 Johnson-Williams Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #199 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #209 of 342 ▲ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #147 of 342 ▲ 47 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #279 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #242 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.3% | #260 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.5% | #271 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #95 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
415
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 353
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 415 | 28.5 | 14.6:1 | 33% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 423 | 27.2 | 15.6:1 | 34% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 27.8 | 15.3:1 | 29% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 32 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 33.7 | 14.0:1 | 21% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 29 | 15.2:1 | 23% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 481 | 28 | 17.2:1 | 17% (84) |
| 2000-01 | 432 | 35 | 12.3:1 | 12% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 353 | 26 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Johnson-Williams Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (471 to 415); teachers down 16% (33.7 to 28.5).
About Johnson-Williams Middle
Families in Berryville, Virginia, are served by Johnson-Williams Middle, a low-enrollment middle school. The latest federal count shows 415 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Virginia is about 750 students, so this school is 45% smaller than average.
Clarke County Public Schools is the local district for Johnson-Williams Middle. It runs 4 schools with 1,883 students.
White students are the majority at Johnson-Williams Middle, with 73% of enrollment. Other groups make up 17% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. Clarke County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school's share is lower. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Johnson-Williams Middle, 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.6:1. That is higher than the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. Roughly 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Clarke County average 30%.
Johnson-Williams Middle is graded C by allk12, scoring above 29% of Virginia public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Virginia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 79.0%. Johnson-Williams Middle scores 66.5%.
Among Clarke County residents, the median household income is $117,111, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Johnson-Williams Middle is one of 4 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Johnson-Williams Middle is Clarke County High, at a distance of about 0.8 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Johnson-Williams Middle is 5th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 421 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 415. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.2:1 in 2020-21, and 14.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Clarke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,216
Census ACS
Median income
$117,111
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
1,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clarke County Public Schools
- Clarke County HighHigh · 683 students
- D.G. Cooley ElementaryElementary · 504 students
- Boyce ElementaryElementary · 281 students
Other schools in Berryville
- Clarke County HighHigh · 683 students
- D.G. Cooley ElementaryElementary · 504 students
Nearby schools
- Clarke County High0.8 mi · 683
- D.G. Cooley Elementary0.9 mi · 504
- Boyce Elementary5.7 mi · 281
- Greenwood Mill Elementary6.5 mi · 599
- Redbud Run Elementary7.2 mi · 614
- Millbrook High7.4 mi · 1,550
Frequently asked questions
About Johnson-Williams MiddleHow many students attend Johnson-Williams Middle?
Johnson-Williams Middle enrolls approximately 415 students in grades 06-08.
Is Johnson-Williams Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Johnson-Williams Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Johnson-Williams Middle have?
Johnson-Williams Middle employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Johnson-Williams Middle?
Student demographics at Johnson-Williams Middle are roughly 73% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Johnson-Williams Middle?
Johnson-Williams Middle is overseen by Clarke County Public Schools in Clarke County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.