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If you could change one rule at NANDUA MIDDLE, what would it be?
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Enrollment
454
Middle
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACCOMACK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510006002433
Nandua Middle
20330 Warrior Dr., Onley, VA 23418 · (757) 787-7037 · Accomack County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% 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.
- ABeats 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
12.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
445 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 146 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 139 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 169 | 37% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
70.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -1.0pp 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 70 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 down about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 72.0% |
| 2022-23 | 73.0% | 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
71.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% 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 →
Schools most like Nandua Middle
Nandua Middle's state test result (71.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nandua Middle this school | 454 | 98.0% | 71.1% |
| John P. Fishwick Middle Roanoke | 456 | 97.6% | 53.0% |
| Lunenburg Middle Victoria | 341 | 92.7% | 54.9% |
| Woodrow Wilson Middle Roanoke | 601 | 99.3% | 59.4% |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle for Innovation Lynchburg | 531 | 97.2% | 57.5% |
| James Madison Middle Roanoke | 598 | 99.7% | 58.0% |
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 Nandua Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.1% | #158 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #160 of 342 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #143 of 342 ▲ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 454 | #268 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #97 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #98 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.0% | #51 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #96 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
454
-31 (-6%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 472
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 454 | 37.5 | 12.1:1 | 98% (445) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 43 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 44.5 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 485 | 32 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 514 | 33.5 | 15.3:1 | 69% (357) |
| 2015-16 | 540 | 33 | 16.4:1 | 68% (365) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 64% (304) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nandua Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (514 to 454); teachers up 12% (33.5 to 37.5).
About Nandua Middle
Families in Onley, Virginia, are served by Nandua Middle, a low-enrollment middle school. The school's 454 students are in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Virginia average about 750 students.
Nandua Middle is one of 11 schools in Accomack County Public Schools, which enrolls 4,623 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Nandua Middle, at 39%. Other reported shares: 35% Black, 21% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Accomack County's residents are about 59% White, 20 points above the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Nandua Middle is 37.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.1:1. That is 1.0 students per teacher below the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. Around 98% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 99% average for public schools in Accomack County.
The allk12 Grade for Nandua Middle is B. Compared with Virginia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 63% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Virginia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Nandua Middle's results are 9.7 points above predicted: 71.1% against 61.4%.
Across Accomack County, the median household income is $58,993, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Accomack County is home to 13 public schools and about 4,623 public school students.
The school nearest to Nandua Middle is Nandua High, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Nandua Middle ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment is down 6% from 2020-21, when Nandua Middle had 485 students, to 2024-25, when it had 454. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.2:1 in 2020-21, and 12.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Accomack County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,335
Census ACS
Median income
$58,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,623 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Accomack County Public Schools
- Arcadia HighHigh · 688 students
- Nandua HighHigh · 621 students
- Kegotank ElementaryElementary · 501 students
- Arcadia MiddleMiddle · 469 students
- Accawmacke ElementaryElementary · 453 students
- Pungoteague ElementaryElementary · 452 students
Other schools in Onley
- Nandua HighHigh · 621 students
- Badger Vocational Education Center - SouthElementary
Nearby schools
- Nandua High0.2 mi · 621
- Accawmacke Elementary3.2 mi · 453
- Pungoteague Elementary4.2 mi · 452
- Metompkin Elementary8.1 mi · 435
- Occohannock Elementary12.1 mi · 385
- Kegotank Elementary15.0 mi · 501
Frequently asked questions
About Nandua MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Nandua Middle?
Nandua Middle enrolls approximately 454 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Nandua Middle serve?
Nandua Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nandua Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nandua Middle is approximately 12.1:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Nandua Middle?
Student demographics at Nandua Middle are roughly 39% White, 21% Hispanic, 35% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Nandua Middle public or private?
Nandua Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Accomack County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.