Landstown Middle

Landstown Middle is one of the large intermediate schools in Virginia Beach, Virginia, run under Virginia Beach City Public Schools, with 1,272 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 750 students per school, that is 70% above typical.

Landstown Middle is one of 82 schools operated by Virginia Beach City Public Schools, a district that teaches 64,731 students overall.

On demographics, Landstown Middle logs that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 25% Black, 14% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Virginia Beach city as a whole is about 61% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Landstown Middle higher than the state norm the norm. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Virginia Beach city (around 49%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Landstown Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 77.4%, the actual is 82.4%, a residual of +5.0 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Virginia Beach city indicate median household income runs about $92,968, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Landstown Middle is one of 89 public schools in Virginia Beach city (combined enrollment of about 64,731 students).

The closest other public school is Landstown Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Landstown Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Landstown Middle at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 72.6%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Landstown Middle's enrollment has declined 12% since 2018, when it stood at 1,440 (now 1,272).

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