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Enrollment
593
Middle
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKINGHAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510339001975
Montevideo Middle
7648 McGaheysville Rd, Penn Laird, VA 22846 · (540) 289-3401 · Rockingham County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL593 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Virginia public middle schools
- BTest 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
11.6:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
221 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 208 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 192 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 193 | 33% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
72.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
78.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 10 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 74.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
75.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Montevideo Middle
Montevideo Middle's state test result (75.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montevideo Middle this school | 593 | 37.3% | 75.3% |
| Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle Winchester | 853 | 36.2% | 68.3% |
| Robert E. Aylor Middle White Post | 861 | 37.2% | 62.3% |
| Wilbur S. Pence Middle Dayton | 671 | 43.1% | 66.1% |
| Marshall Middle Marshall | 426 | 33.3% | 69.8% |
| J. Lupton Simpson Middle Leesburg | 874 | 30.1% | 75.4% |
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 Montevideo Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #120 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #103 of 342 ▲ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #181 of 342 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 593 | #220 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #72 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #199 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.3% | #258 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #45 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
593
-76 (-11%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 477
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 593 | 51.1 | 11.6:1 | 37% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 619 | 52.2 | 11.9:1 | 44% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 613 | 52 | 11.8:1 | 44% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 669 | 51 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 733 | 50.5 | 14.5:1 | 37% (271) |
| 2015-16 | 684 | 40 | 17.1:1 | 39% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 40 | 16.1:1 | 36% (233) |
| 2000-01 | 597 | 48 | 12.4:1 | 17% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 477 | 35 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montevideo Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (733 to 593); teachers up 1% (50.5 to 51.1).
About Montevideo Middle
Montevideo Middle is a middle school in Penn Laird, Virginia, according to federal school records. It reported 593 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Virginia have about 750 students on average; enrollment here is 21% lower.
Montevideo Middle is part of a district of 23 schools: Rockingham County Public Schools, with 11,679 students.
The student body at Montevideo Middle is 62% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 25% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 86%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
Classroom staffing at Montevideo Middle totals 51.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.6:1. The average for middle schools in Virginia, 13.1:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Montevideo Middle is about 37%. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in Rockingham County, the school's rate is lower.
Among Virginia public middle schools, Montevideo Middle outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Virginia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 78.0%. Montevideo Middle scores 75.3%.
In Rockingham County, home to about 85,600 people, the median household earns about $80,693 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Rockingham County number 22, with about 11,397 students.
Cub Run Elementary is the nearest public school to Montevideo Middle, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Montevideo Middle is 2nd of 8 on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 669 to 593, an 11% decline. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.6:1) than in 2020-21 (13.1:1).
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Rockingham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
85,600
Census ACS
Median income
$80,693
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
11,397 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rockingham County Public Schools
- Turner Ashby HighHigh · 998 students
- Broadway HighHigh · 932 students
- Spotswood HighHigh · 880 students
- East Rockingham HighHigh · 821 students
- J. Frank Hillyard MiddleMiddle · 726 students
- Wilbur S. Pence MiddleMiddle · 671 students
Other schools in Penn Laird
- Spotswood HighHigh · 880 students
- Cub Run ElementaryElementary · 614 students
- Peak View ElementaryElementary · 538 students
Other Montevideo Middle schools
One other US public school is named Montevideo Middle. Montevideo Middle is the largest of the 2.
- MONTEVIDEO MIDDLEMONTEVIDEO, MN · 393 students
Nearby schools
- Cub Run Elementary0.2 mi · 614
- Spotswood High0.9 mi · 880
- Peak View Elementary1.5 mi · 538
- McGaheysville Elementary2.1 mi · 262
- Smithland Elementary6.1 mi · 514
- Skyline Middle6.1 mi · 738
Frequently asked questions
About Montevideo MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Montevideo Middle?
Montevideo Middle enrolls approximately 593 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Montevideo Middle serve?
Montevideo Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Montevideo Middle?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Montevideo Middle.
How diverse is Montevideo Middle?
Montevideo Middle reports a student body of 62% White, 25% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Montevideo Middle public or private?
Montevideo Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rockingham County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.