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Enrollment
1,226
Middle
DISTRICT 1,029 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000527
Longfellow Middle
2000 Westmoreland St, Falls Church, VA 22043 · (703) 533-2600 · Fairfax County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,226 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% 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.
- A-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
10.5:1
116 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
130 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 7 | 601 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 625 | 51% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
94.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
93.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 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 are up about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 93.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | 91.0% |
| 2022-23 | 90.0% | 87.0% |
% 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
90.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
85.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 91% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 85% 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 Longfellow Middle
Longfellow Middle's state test result (90.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longfellow Middle this school | 1,226 | 10.6% | 90.8% |
| Short Pump Middle Glen Allen | 1,056 | 16.4% | 89.0% |
| Frost Middle Fairfax | 1,272 | 15.9% | 87.7% |
| Cooper Middle McLean | 997 | 3.1% | 93.3% |
| Trailside Middle Ashburn | 1,131 | 21.7% | 85.4% |
| Franklin Middle Chantilly | 798 | 21.2% | 82.7% |
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 Longfellow Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 90.8% | #7 of 337 | #3 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #5 of 342 ▲ 2 | #2 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #4 of 342 ▲ 2 | #2 of 23 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,226 | #32 of 343 | #6 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #35 of 327 | #3 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #82 of 333 | #14 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.6% | #336 of 340 | #21 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #111 of 224 | #9 of 18 |
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
1,226
-112 (-8%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 855
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 1,226 | 116.3 | 10.5:1 | 11% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 1,253 | 91.7 | 13.7:1 | 11% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 1,225 | 77.3 | 15.9:1 | 14% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 1,338 | 86 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,364 | 84.6 | 16.1:1 | 7% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 1,343 | 83 | 16.2:1 | 5% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 1,270 | 69 | 18.4:1 | 7% (85) |
| 2000-01 | 894 | 68 | 13.2:1 | 6% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 855 | 51 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Longfellow Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,364 to 1,226); teachers up 38% (84.6 to 116.3).
About Longfellow Middle
A large middle school in Falls Church, Virginia, Longfellow Middle is part of Fairfax County Public Schools. Enrolled students number 1,226 students, in grades 7 through 8. Enrollment is 63% higher than the average for middle schools in Virginia, which is about 750.
Fairfax County Public Schools (199 schools, 179,323 students) runs Longfellow Middle.
Longfellow Middle's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 45%. After that, the student body is 30% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 4% Black. That is close to the 49% White share among all Fairfax County residents. By the diversity index, Longfellow Middle comes in at 68%.
The school reported 116.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 10.5:1. The 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia is higher than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 11% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Among public schools in Fairfax County, the average eligibility rate is 37%.
allk12 grades Longfellow Middle an A+. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Longfellow Middle sits between the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 90.8% and a predicted 85.2%.
Fairfax County census figures show that median household income is about $153,637, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 65% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. A total of 222 public schools operate in Fairfax County, serving about 174,475 students.
Nearest public school: Haycock Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Longfellow Middle is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
NCES assigns Longfellow Middle the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 1,226, 8% below the 1,338 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 10.5 students per teacher, compared with 15.6 in 2020-21.
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Fairfax County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,147,837
Census ACS
Median income
$153,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
222
174,475 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairfax County Public Schools
- Lake Braddock SecondaryHigh · 4,411 students
- Robinson SecondaryHigh · 3,710 students
- Hayfield SecondaryHigh · 3,256 students
- Chantilly HighHigh · 2,937 students
- West Springfield HighHigh · 2,799 students
- Westfield HighHigh · 2,737 students
Other schools in Falls Church
- Justice HighHigh · 2,357 students
- Marshall HighHigh · 2,200 students
- Falls Church HighHigh · 2,170 students
- Jackson MiddleMiddle · 991 students
- Meridian HighHigh · 893 students
- Haycock ElementaryElementary · 838 students
Other Longfellow Middle schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Longfellow Middle. Longfellow Middle is the largest of the 7.
- Longfellow MiddleWauwatosa, WI · 782 students
- Longfellow Middle SchoolNorman, OK · 708 students
- Longfellow MiddleLa Crosse, WI · 631 students
- Longfellow Middle SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 597 students
- Longfellow Middle SchoolEnid, OK · 519 students
Nearby schools
- Haycock Elementary0.4 mi · 838
- Kent Gardens Elementary0.8 mi · 918
- Mount Daniel Elementary0.9 mi · 486
- McLean High1.1 mi · 2,428
- Lemon Road Elementary1.2 mi · 595
- Chesterbrook Elementary1.2 mi · 557
Frequently asked questions
About Longfellow MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Longfellow Middle?
Longfellow Middle enrolls approximately 1,226 students in grades 07-08.
Is Longfellow Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Longfellow Middle is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Longfellow Middle have?
Longfellow Middle employs 116 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Longfellow Middle?
Student demographics at Longfellow Middle are roughly 45% White, 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, 30% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Longfellow Middle in?
Longfellow Middle is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.