Enrollment
387
Middle
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARTINSVILLE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510240000989
Martinsville Middle
201 Brown St., Martinsville, VA 24112 · (276) 403-5886 · Martinsville city
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Virginia public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
11.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
101%
389 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 121 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 124 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 142 | 37% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Martinsville Middle→Martinsville High
Based on grade levels within Martinsville City Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
65.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
65.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 Martinsville Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #246 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #198 of 342 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #239 of 342 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #285 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #50 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #190 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 101% | #11 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #124 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
387
-46 (-11%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 456
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 387 | 35 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 389 | 34.8 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 33.3 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 433 | 30 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 427 | 34.5 | 12.4:1 | 99% (424) |
| 2015-16 | 600 | 41 | 14.6:1 | 80% (477) |
| 2010-11 | 504 | 28 | 18.0:1 | 69% (348) |
| 2000-01 | 635 | 74 | 8.6:1 | 48% (306) |
| 1990-91 | 456 | 36 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martinsville Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (427 to 387); teachers up 2% (34.5 to 35).
About Martinsville Middle
Martinsville Middle is a middle school with a street address in Martinsville, Virginia. A federal count lists 387 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Virginia) has about 750 students.
District-wide, Martinsville City Public Schools has 5 schools and 1,793 students.
At 61%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Martinsville Middle combined. Smaller groups are 18% Hispanic, 15% White, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 44% of Martinsville city residents are Black. By the diversity index, Martinsville Middle comes in at 57%.
Dividing enrollment by its 35 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 11.1:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Virginia is 13.1:1, higher than at this school.
The allk12 Grade for Martinsville Middle is C+. Compared with Virginia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 35% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Martinsville Middle is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (60.5% versus 60.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Virginia.
Martinsville city census figures show that median household income is about $46,727, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 18%. Martinsville Middle is among the 5 public schools in Martinsville city.
The next-closest public school is Martinsville High, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Martinsville Middle's average proficiency of 60.5% compares with 64.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Martinsville Middle is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 433 in 2020-21 and 387 in 2024-25, a decrease of 46 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.4:1 to 11.1:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Martinsville city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,658
Census ACS
Median income
$46,727
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,793 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Martinsville City Public Schools
- Martinsville HighHigh · 540 students
- Albert Harris ElementaryElementary · 399 students
- Patrick Henry ElementaryElementary · 357 students
- Clearview Early Learning CenterElementary · 110 students
Other schools in Martinsville
- Laurel Park MiddleMiddle · 734 students
- Meadow View ElementaryElementary · 659 students
- Martinsville HighHigh · 540 students
- G.W. Carver ElementaryElementary · 460 students
- Albert Harris ElementaryElementary · 399 students
- Patrick Henry ElementaryElementary · 357 students
Nearby schools
- Martinsville High0.6 mi · 540
- Patrick Henry Elementary0.7 mi · 357
- Albert Harris Elementary1.0 mi · 399
- Clearview Early Learning Center1.3 mi · 110
- Mount Olivet Elementary3.1 mi · 271
- Fieldale-Collinsville Middle3.3 mi · 792
Frequently asked questions
About Martinsville MiddleHow many students attend Martinsville Middle?
Martinsville Middle enrolls approximately 387 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Martinsville Middle serve?
Martinsville Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Martinsville Middle?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at Martinsville Middle.
How diverse is Martinsville Middle?
Martinsville Middle reports a student body of 15% White, 18% Hispanic, 61% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Martinsville Middle public or private?
Martinsville Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Martinsville City Public Schools.
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