Northumberland Middle

Northumberland Middle, a rural-scale intermediate school in Heathsville, Virginia, overseen by Northumberland County Public Schools, hosts 279 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 63% below the state mean of about 750.

Northumberland County Public Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,162 students. Northumberland Middle is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Northumberland Middle shows that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 41% Black, 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Northumberland County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Northumberland Middle logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Northumberland Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.9%; this one delivers 64.8%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Northumberland County) shows that median household earnings sit near $66,480, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Northumberland Middle is one of 3 public schools in Northumberland County (combined enrollment of about 1,162 students).

Nearest neighbor: Northumberland High, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Northumberland Middle. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northumberland Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 64.1%.

Northumberland Middle operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Northumberland Middle's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 285 (now 279). White enrollment moved from 49% to 42% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 9.5:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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