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Enrollment
734
Middle
DISTRICT 763 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510192000840
Laurel Park Middle
280 Laurel Park Avenue, Martinsville, VA 24112 · (276) 632-7216 · Henry County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL734 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% 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.
- 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
17.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
735 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 234 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 259 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 241 | 33% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
64.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
55.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
57.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 →
Where Laurel Park Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #271 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #276 of 342 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #249 of 342 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 734 | #172 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #321 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #113 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #18 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #178 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
734
-97 (-12%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 556
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
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 | 734 | 41.4 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 743 | 59.7 | 12.4:1 | 100% (743) |
| 2022-23 | 786 | 59.8 | 13.2:1 | 99% (779) |
| 2020-21 | 831 | 52 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 777 | 53.8 | 14.4:1 | 85% (662) |
| 2015-16 | 768 | 51 | 15.1:1 | 61% (465) |
| 2010-11 | 697 | 30 | 23.2:1 | 61% (427) |
| 2000-01 | 592 | 46 | 12.9:1 | 30% (176) |
| 1990-91 | 556 | 41 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laurel Park Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (777 to 734); teachers down 23% (53.8 to 41.4).
About Laurel Park Middle
Laurel Park Middle serves students in Martinsville, Virginia, as a medium-sized middle school. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 734 students.
Henry County Public Schools operates 13 schools. Combined enrollment is 6,916 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Laurel Park Middle is White (47%). Other groups include 29% Black, 16% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. The county population is about 69% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Laurel Park Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.
With 41.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Laurel Park Middle was 17.7:1. Among middle schools in Virginia, the typical ratio is 13.1:1.
allk12 grades Laurel Park Middle a C. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Laurel Park Middle is -3.2 points: 57.6% actual, 60.8% predicted.
Federal survey data for Henry County show that median household income is about $50,760, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. A total of 15 public schools operate in Henry County, serving about 6,916 students.
Nearest public school: Mount Olivet Elementary, about 1.8 miles away. The five-mile area around Laurel Park Middle holds 5 other public schools. Laurel Park Middle's average proficiency of 57.6% compares with 64.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 734 was 12% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 831. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.7:1) than in 2020-21 (16.0:1).
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Henry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
49,980
Census ACS
Median income
$50,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
6,916 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Henry County Public Schools
- Magna Vista HighHigh · 1,147 students
- Bassett HighHigh · 1,098 students
- Fieldale-Collinsville MiddleMiddle · 792 students
- Meadow View ElementaryElementary · 659 students
- G.W. Carver ElementaryElementary · 460 students
- Drewry Mason ElementaryElementary · 382 students
Other schools in Martinsville
- Meadow View ElementaryElementary · 659 students
- Martinsville HighHigh · 540 students
- G.W. Carver ElementaryElementary · 460 students
- Albert Harris ElementaryElementary · 399 students
- Martinsville MiddleMiddle · 387 students
- Patrick Henry ElementaryElementary · 357 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Olivet Elementary1.8 mi · 271
- Axton Elementary4.1 mi · 371
- Patrick Henry Elementary4.2 mi · 357
- Martinsville High4.6 mi · 540
- Martinsville Middle4.9 mi · 387
- Clearview Early Learning Center5.2 mi · 110
Frequently asked questions
About Laurel Park MiddleHow many students attend Laurel Park Middle?
Laurel Park Middle enrolls approximately 734 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Laurel Park Middle serve?
Laurel Park Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Laurel Park Middle?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at Laurel Park Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Laurel Park Middle?
At Laurel Park Middle, the student body is approximately 47% White, 16% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Laurel Park Middle public or private?
Laurel Park Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Henry County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.