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Enrollment
426
Middle
DISTRICT 620 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAUQUIER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510132000609
Marshall Middle
4048 Zulla Road, Marshall, VA 20115 · (540) 422-7450 · Fauquier County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL426 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Virginia public middle schools
- B-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
9.1:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
142 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 127 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 160 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 139 | 33% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
75.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
66.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 71.0% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
69.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 Marshall Middle
Marshall Middle's state test result (69.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Middle this school | 426 | 33.3% | 69.8% |
| Montevideo Middle Penn Laird | 593 | 37.3% | 75.3% |
| Johnson-Williams Middle Berryville | 415 | 33.5% | 66.5% |
| Queens Lake Middle Williamsburg | 554 | 31.9% | 80.4% |
| Wilbur S. Pence Middle Dayton | 671 | 43.1% | 66.1% |
| Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle Winchester | 853 | 36.2% | 68.3% |
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 Marshall Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #172 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #189 of 342 ▼ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #148 of 342 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 426 | #278 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #11 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #194 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.3% | #272 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #127 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
426
-20 (-4%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 389
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 426 | 46.6 | 9.1:1 | 33% (142) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 42.5 | 9.7:1 | 37% (153) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 41.5 | 10.1:1 | 38% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 46 | 9.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 469 | 45.4 | 10.3:1 | 28% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 482 | 45 | 10.7:1 | 23% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 502 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 25% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 498 | 42 | 11.9:1 | 11% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 389 | 28 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marshall Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (469 to 426); teachers up 3% (45.4 to 46.6).
About Marshall Middle
Marshall Middle sits in Marshall, Virginia, and is classified as a middle-grades school. Enrollment stands at 426 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 43% below the 750-student average for middle schools in Virginia.
Fauquier County Public Schools is responsible for 18 schools, Marshall Middle included, with 10,861 students in all.
The student body at Marshall Middle is 59% White. Other reported shares: 30% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Black. Fauquier County's residents are about 80% White, 21 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at Marshall Middle are from different groups.
The school had 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 9.1:1. The school's 9.1:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for middle schools in Virginia. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 33%. That is in line with the 33% average for public schools in Fauquier County.
Among Virginia public middle schools, Marshall Middle outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
In Virginia, Marshall Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 69.8% actual against a predicted 79.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Fauquier County show that median household income comes to about $130,189, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 22, with about 10,861 students.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, W.G. Coleman Elementary, is the closest to Marshall Middle. Marshall Middle has 2 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 78.2%, higher than Marshall Middle's 69.8%.
Locale data from NCES put Marshall Middle in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 426, from 446 in 2020-21.
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Fauquier County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
74,577
Census ACS
Median income
$130,189
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
10,861 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fauquier County Public Schools
- Liberty HighHigh · 1,313 students
- Kettle Run HighHigh · 1,175 students
- Fauquier HighHigh · 1,156 students
- Cedar Lee MiddleMiddle · 861 students
- W.C. Taylor MiddleMiddle · 623 students
- Auburn MiddleMiddle · 570 students
Other Marshall Middle schools
11 other US public schools in 9 states are named Marshall Middle. Marshall Middle is the 10th largest of the 12.
- Marshall MiddleSan Diego, CA · 1,390 students
- Marshall Middle SchoolWexford, PA · 847 students
- Marshall MiddleJanesville, WI · 747 students
- Marshall Middle SchoolBEAUMONT, TX · 694 students
- MARSHALL MIDDLE SCHOOLMARSHALL, MN · 655 students
Nearby schools
- W.G. Coleman Elementary0.2 mi · 355
- Claude Thompson Elementary3.0 mi · 254
- Middleburg Community Charter8.1 mi · 145
- Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle8.6 mi · 1,436
- J.W. Alvey Elementary9.0 mi · 523
- Banneker Elementary9.1 mi · 139
Frequently asked questions
About Marshall MiddleHow many students attend Marshall Middle?
Marshall Middle enrolls approximately 426 students in grades 06-08.
Is Marshall Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Marshall Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Marshall Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Marshall Middle is approximately 9.1:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Marshall Middle?
Student demographics at Marshall Middle are roughly 59% White, 30% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Marshall Middle?
Marshall Middle is overseen by Fauquier County Public Schools in Fauquier County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.