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Enrollment
862
Middle
DISTRICT 969 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HANOVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510183002277
Oak Knoll Middle
10295 Chamberlayne Rd., Mechanicsville, VA 23116 · (804) 365-4740 · Hanover County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL862 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Virginia public middle schools
- A+Test 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
12.0:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
145 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 292 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 279 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 291 | 34% |
Student demographics
36%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
86.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
90.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 90.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 89.0% |
| 2022-23 | 86.0% | 90.0% |
% 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
88.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
83.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 84% 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 Oak Knoll Middle
Oak Knoll Middle's state test result (88.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Knoll Middle this school | 862 | 16.8% | 88.8% |
| Forest Middle Forest | 854 | 20.5% | 85.6% |
| Joseph T. Henley Middle Crozet | 847 | 13.5% | 86.6% |
| Blue Ridge Middle Purcellville | 714 | 17.1% | 83.6% |
| Chickahominy Middle Mechanicsville | 1,199 | 20.6% | 89.1% |
| Harmony Middle Hamilton | 1,115 | 12.2% | 85.4% |
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 Oak Knoll Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.8% | #15 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #13 of 342 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #41 of 342 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 862 | #121 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #91 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.3% | #286 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.8% | #320 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #186 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
862
-18 (-2%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 847
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 27.5:1
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 | 862 | 71.9 | 12.0:1 | 17% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 881 | 69 | 12.8:1 | 17% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 941 | 78.5 | 12.0:1 | 14% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 880 | 32 | 27.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 903 | 65.2 | 13.8:1 | 15% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 877 | 65 | 13.5:1 | 10% (90) |
| 2010-11 | 847 | 42 | 20.2:1 | 7% (63) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Knoll Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (903 to 862); teachers up 10% (65.2 to 71.9).
About Oak Knoll Middle
Located in Mechanicsville, Virginia, Oak Knoll Middle is a mid-sized middle school. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 862 students.
Besides Oak Knoll Middle, Hanover County Public Schools runs 23 other schools. The district enrolls 17,434 students.
The student body at Oak Knoll Middle is 79% White. Other reported shares: 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. Among Hanover County residents, the White share is about 82%. A diversity index of 36% means there is a 36% chance two randomly chosen students at Oak Knoll Middle are from different groups.
Oak Knoll Middle reports a ratio of 12.0 students per teacher, from 71.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia is 1.1 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Oak Knoll Middle, 17% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 17 points below the 34% average for public schools in Hanover County.
Among Virginia public middle schools, Oak Knoll Middle outscored 93%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Oak Knoll Middle's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 88.8% is 5.2 points above the 83.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census data for Hanover County show median household income comes to about $112,805, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 26 public schools in the county, enrolling about 17,434, Oak Knoll Middle among them.
Hanover High is the nearest public school to Oak Knoll Middle, about 0.2 miles away. Oak Knoll Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 85.7% proficiency; Oak Knoll Middle posts 88.8%.
The NCES locale for Oak Knoll Middle is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 880 in 2020-21 and 862 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.0:1, from 27.5:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Hanover County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,879
Census ACS
Median income
$112,805
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
17,434 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hanover County Public Schools
- Atlee HighHigh · 1,470 students
- Hanover HighHigh · 1,349 students
- Patrick Henry HighHigh · 1,294 students
- Mechanicsville HighHigh · 1,245 students
- Chickahominy MiddleMiddle · 1,199 students
- Liberty MiddleMiddle · 910 students
Other schools in Mechanicsville
- Atlee HighHigh · 1,470 students
- Hanover HighHigh · 1,349 students
- Mechanicsville HighHigh · 1,245 students
- Chickahominy MiddleMiddle · 1,199 students
- Bell Creek MiddleMiddle · 903 students
- Cool Spring ElementaryElementary · 852 students
Nearby schools
- Hanover High0.2 mi · 1,349
- Kersey Creek Elementary0.5 mi · 672
- Pearson's Corner Elementary0.6 mi · 571
- Cool Spring Elementary1.9 mi · 852
- Chickahominy Middle2.0 mi · 1,199
- Atlee High2.1 mi · 1,470
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Knoll MiddleHow large is Oak Knoll Middle?
Oak Knoll Middle enrolls approximately 862 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Oak Knoll Middle serve?
Oak Knoll Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Oak Knoll Middle have?
Oak Knoll Middle employs 72 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
How diverse is Oak Knoll Middle?
Oak Knoll Middle reports a student body of 79% White, 4% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Oak Knoll Middle public or private?
Oak Knoll Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hanover County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.