Enrollment
339
Middle
DISTRICT 588 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBEMARLE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510009000026
Leslie H. Walton Middle
4217 Red Hill Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903 · (434) 977-5615 · Albemarle County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% 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
10.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
193 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 66%
Community
0
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 | 104 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 113 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 122 | 36% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
69.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -4.0pp since 2022
Math
64.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 69 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 down about 4 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 64.0% |
| 2022-23 | 73.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
68.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Leslie H. Walton Middle
Leslie H. Walton Middle's state test result (68.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie H. Walton Middle this school | 339 | 56.9% | 68.3% |
| William H. Wetsel Middle Madison | 356 | 66.6% | 62.0% |
| Riverheads Middle Staunton | 366 | 60.1% | 77.3% |
| Georgie D. Tyler Middle Windsor | 368 | 68.8% | 78.4% |
| Stuarts Draft Middle Stuarts Draft | 513 | 64.7% | 66.6% |
| Buffalo Gap Middle Swoope | 285 | 58.2% | 67.5% |
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 Leslie H. Walton Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #184 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #206 of 342 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #205 of 342 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #299 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #22 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #235 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.9% | #223 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #196 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
339
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 339 | 33 | 10.3:1 | 57% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 33.2 | 9.9:1 | 39% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 339 | 33 | 10.3:1 | 38% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 29 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 351 | 31.2 | 11.3:1 | 36% (126) |
| 2015-16 | 335 | 33 | 10.2:1 | 40% (135) |
| 2010-11 | 402 | 27 | 14.9:1 | 32% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 594 | 48 | 12.4:1 | 29% (173) |
| 1990-91 | 527 | 34 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leslie H. Walton Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (351 to 339); teachers up 6% (31.2 to 33).
About Leslie H. Walton Middle
Students in Charlottesville, Virginia, attend Leslie H. Walton Middle, a small middle school. The student body numbers 339 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Virginia is about 750, so this school runs 55% smaller than that.
Albemarle County Public Schools (24 schools, 14,149 students) runs Leslie H. Walton Middle.
A majority of students at Leslie H. Walton Middle, 70%, are White. The next largest groups are 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 6% multiracial. Leslie H. Walton Middle has a diversity index of 48%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Leslie H. Walton Middle operates with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.3:1. That ratio is under the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. Leslie H. Walton Middle reports 57% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Albemarle County, the average eligibility rate is 37%.
Measured against Virginia public middle schools, Leslie H. Walton Middle receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Virginia, Leslie H. Walton Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 68.3% actual against a predicted 72.6%.
In Albemarle County (population about 114,919), median household income is about $104,392, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 61%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. A total of 26 public schools operate in Albemarle County, serving about 13,438 students.
The closest public school to Leslie H. Walton Middle is Red Hill Elementary, about 5.4 miles away. Other public schools within ten miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 60.0% proficiency; Leslie H. Walton Middle posts 68.3%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (345) to 2024-25 (339). The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.9:1 to 10.3:1 over the same years.
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Albemarle County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
114,919
Census ACS
Median income
$104,392
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
13,438 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Albemarle County Public Schools
- Albemarle HighHigh · 1,964 students
- Western Albemarle HighHigh · 1,273 students
- Monticello HighHigh · 1,184 students
- Joseph T. Henley MiddleMiddle · 847 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 769 students
- Baker-Butler ElementaryElementary · 692 students
Other schools in Charlottesville
- Albemarle HighHigh · 1,964 students
- Charlottesville HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Monticello HighHigh · 1,184 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 769 students
- Baker-Butler ElementaryElementary · 692 students
- Journey MiddleMiddle · 646 students
Nearby schools
- Red Hill Elementary5.4 mi · 210
- Mountain View Elementary5.9 mi · 769
- Monticello High6.4 mi · 1,184
- Jackson-Via Elementary6.9 mi · 370
- Johnson Elementary7.4 mi · 327
- Scottsville Elementary7.5 mi · 216
Frequently asked questions
About Leslie H. Walton MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Leslie H. Walton Middle?
Leslie H. Walton Middle enrolls approximately 339 students in grades 06-08.
Is Leslie H. Walton Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Leslie H. Walton Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Leslie H. Walton Middle have?
Leslie H. Walton Middle employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Leslie H. Walton Middle?
Student demographics at Leslie H. Walton Middle are roughly 70% White, 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Leslie H. Walton Middle in?
Leslie H. Walton Middle is part of Albemarle County Public Schools.
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