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What's the most underrated thing about KATE COLLINS MIDDLE that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
602
Middle
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNESBORO CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510393001755
Kate Collins Middle
1625 Ivy St, Waynesboro, VA 22980 · (540) 946-4635 · Waynesboro city
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL602 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of Virginia public middle schools
- DTest 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
12.0:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
568 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 | 185 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 210 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 207 | 34% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Kate Collins Middle→Waynesboro High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Waynesboro City Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
59.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
49.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 | 59.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
54.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Kate Collins Middle
Kate Collins Middle's state test result (54.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kate Collins Middle this school | 602 | 94.4% | 54.1% |
| John P. Fishwick Middle Roanoke | 456 | 97.6% | 53.0% |
| Colonial Heights Middle Colonial Heights | 700 | 98.4% | 64.3% |
| Nandua Middle Onley | 454 | 98.0% | 71.1% |
| Lynnhaven Middle Virginia Beach | 727 | 93.8% | 74.9% |
| Woodrow Wilson Middle Roanoke | 601 | 99.3% | 59.4% |
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 Kate Collins Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #295 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #306 of 342 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #292 of 342 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 602 | #215 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #94 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #61 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.4% | #63 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #117 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
602
-96 (-14%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 770
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 602 | 50 | 12.0:1 | 94% (568) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 50 | 12.5:1 | 91% (565) |
| 2022-23 | 644 | 59 | 10.9:1 | 86% (551) |
| 2020-21 | 698 | 49 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 666 | 49.8 | 13.4:1 | 58% (388) |
| 2015-16 | 684 | 46 | 14.9:1 | 59% (405) |
| 2010-11 | 706 | 49 | 14.4:1 | 60% (425) |
| 2000-01 | 692 | 50 | 13.8:1 | 31% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 770 | 51 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kate Collins Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (666 to 602); teachers unchanged (49.8 to 50).
About Kate Collins Middle
Kate Collins Middle is a small middle school with its address in Waynesboro, Virginia. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 602 students.
Waynesboro City Public Schools runs 7 schools with a combined 3,043 students. Kate Collins Middle is one of them.
Kate Collins Middle's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 44%. After that, the student body is 24% Hispanic, 18% Black, and 11% multiracial. Among all residents of Waynesboro city, the White share is about 74%. By the diversity index, Kate Collins Middle comes in at 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.0:1, with 50 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Kate Collins Middle is 94%. That is close to the 96% average for public schools in Waynesboro city.
The allk12 Grade for Kate Collins Middle is C-. Compared with Virginia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 15% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at Kate Collins Middle are 8.3 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (54.1% actual, 62.4% predicted).
Waynesboro city census figures show that median household income is about $59,994, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. A total of 7 public schools operate in Waynesboro city, serving about 3,043 students.
Wayne Hills Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Kate Collins Middle ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Kate Collins Middle is Suburb: Small, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Kate Collins Middle had 698 students in 2020-21 and 602 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease. The ratio was 14.2:1 in 2020-21 and 12.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Waynesboro city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,841
Census ACS
Median income
$59,994
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
3,043 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Waynesboro City Public Schools
- Waynesboro HighHigh · 926 students
- William Perry ElementaryElementary · 447 students
- Westwood Hills ElementaryElementary · 382 students
- Berkeley Glenn ElementaryElementary · 256 students
- Wenonah ElementaryElementary · 246 students
- Wayne Hills CenterElementary · 184 students
Other schools in Waynesboro
- Waynesboro HighHigh · 926 students
- Cassell ElementaryElementary · 634 students
- William Perry ElementaryElementary · 447 students
- Westwood Hills ElementaryElementary · 382 students
- Berkeley Glenn ElementaryElementary · 256 students
- Wenonah ElementaryElementary · 246 students
Nearby schools
- Wayne Hills Center0.3 mi · 184
- Waynesboro High0.8 mi · 926
- William Perry Elementary0.8 mi · 447
- Westwood Hills Elementary1.2 mi · 382
- Wenonah Elementary1.2 mi · 246
- Berkeley Glenn Elementary1.8 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About Kate Collins MiddleHow large is Kate Collins Middle?
Kate Collins Middle enrolls approximately 602 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Kate Collins Middle serve?
Kate Collins Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kate Collins Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kate Collins Middle is approximately 12.0:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kate Collins Middle?
At Kate Collins Middle, the student body is approximately 44% White, 24% Hispanic, 18% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Kate Collins Middle?
Kate Collins Middle is overseen by Waynesboro City Public Schools in Waynesboro city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.