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Alumni: what's one memory from KEMPSVILLE MIDDLE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
727
Middle
DISTRICT 998 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510384001695
Kempsville Middle
860 Churchill Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23464 · (757) 648-4700 · Virginia Beach city
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL727 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Virginia public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.2:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
309 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 260 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 240 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 227 | 31% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
79.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
75.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 77.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 77.0% |
% 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
78.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Kempsville Middle
Kempsville Middle's state test result (78.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kempsville Middle this school | 727 | 42.5% | 78.8% |
| Corporate Landing Middle Virginia Beach | 995 | 44.9% | 76.5% |
| T. Benton Gayle Middle Fredericksburg | 939 | 41.1% | 69.9% |
| Westside Elementary Smithfield | 682 | 38.7% | 72.6% |
| Plaza Middle Virginia Beach | 1,033 | 44.6% | 83.5% |
| Lois Hornsby Middle Williamsburg | 805 | 34.3% | 79.9% |
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 Kempsville Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Virginia Beach city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #80 of 337 | #7 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #123 of 342 ▼ 12 | #9 of 15 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #109 of 342 ▲ 18 | #9 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 727 | #176 of 343 | #11 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #279 of 327 | #4 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #65 of 333 | #7 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.5% | #241 of 340 | #10 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #110 of 224 | #8 of 13 |
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
727
-58 (-7%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 1,525
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 727 | 47.7 | 15.2:1 | 43% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 701 | 46.4 | 15.1:1 | 40% (280) |
| 2022-23 | 738 | 49.8 | 14.8:1 | 38% (281) |
| 2020-21 | 785 | 49 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 812 | 50.7 | 16.0:1 | 31% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 818 | 38 | 21.5:1 | 32% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 874 | 47 | 18.6:1 | 22% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 1,226 | 91 | 13.5:1 | 14% (171) |
| 1990-91 | 1,525 | 85 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kempsville Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (812 to 727); teachers down 6% (50.7 to 47.7).
About Kempsville Middle
Kempsville Middle is a medium-sized middle school for students in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 727 students.
Kempsville Middle is among 82 schools run by Virginia Beach City Public Schools, which serves 64,731 students.
At Kempsville Middle, the largest share of students is White, at 48%. Next come 21% Black, 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 6% Asian. The county population is about 61% White. The school's diversity index is 69%, meaning two students picked at random have a 69% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 47.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Kempsville Middle was 15.2:1. This ratio sits 2.1 above the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 43%.
Measured against Virginia public middle schools, Kempsville Middle receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Kempsville Middle is 2.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (78.8% versus 76.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Virginia.
In the county around the school, Virginia Beach city, the median household income is $92,968, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Virginia Beach city is home to 89 public schools and about 64,731 public school students.
Providence Elementary is the public school closest to Kempsville Middle, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 75.5%; Kempsville Middle's is 78.8%, ranking 4th of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Enrollment declined 7% from its 2020-21 level of 785.
Discussions about Kempsville Middle may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Virginia Beach city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
456,349
Census ACS
Median income
$92,968
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
64,731 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Virginia Beach City Public Schools
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Other schools in Virginia Beach
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Nearby schools
- Providence Elementary0.2 mi · 547
- Kempsville High0.6 mi · 2,046
- Kempsville Elementary0.7 mi · 498
- Larkspur Middle0.8 mi · 1,488
- Kempsville Meadows Elementary0.8 mi · 438
- Indian Lakes Elementary1.1 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About Kempsville MiddleHow large is Kempsville Middle?
Kempsville Middle enrolls approximately 727 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Kempsville Middle serve?
Kempsville Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Kempsville Middle?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Kempsville Middle.
How diverse is Kempsville Middle?
Kempsville Middle reports a student body of 48% White, 11% Hispanic, 21% Black, 6% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Kempsville Middle in?
Kempsville Middle is part of Virginia Beach City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.