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Enrollment
967
Middle
DISTRICT 931 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESAPEAKE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510081000310
Oscar Smith Middle
2500 Rodgers St, Chesapeake, VA 23324 · (757) 494-7590 · Chesapeake city
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL967 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Virginia public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
10.3:1
94 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
695 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 339 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 346 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 282 | 29% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
61.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
68.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +14.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 14 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Oscar Smith Middle
Oscar Smith Middle's state test result (55.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Smith Middle this school | 967 | 71.9% | 55.4% |
| King's Fork Middle Suffolk | 986 | 68.8% | 55.5% |
| Carver Middle Chester | 970 | 74.9% | 50.1% |
| Indian River Middle Chesapeake | 743 | 72.1% | 58.3% |
| Colonel Fred Cherry Middle SUFFOLK | 736 | 68.8% | 74.3% |
| Benjamin Syms Middle Hampton | 850 | 72.4% | 68.8% |
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 Oscar Smith Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesapeake city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #283 of 337 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #176 of 342 ▲ 11 | #7 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #271 of 342 ▼ 60 | #10 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 967 | #91 of 343 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #24 of 327 | #1 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.1% | #206 of 333 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.9% | #173 of 340 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #118 of 224 | #3 of 7 |
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
967
-88 (-8%) vs 2020
+82% since 1990-91, when it was 532
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 967 | 93.9 | 10.3:1 | 72% (695) |
| 2023-24 | 970 | 79.9 | 12.2:1 | 82% (793) |
| 2022-23 | 958 | 88 | 10.9:1 | 90% (860) |
| 2020-21 | 1,055 | 78 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,068 | 93 | 11.5:1 | 89% (951) |
| 2015-16 | 1,025 | 93 | 11.0:1 | 87% (888) |
| 2010-11 | 966 | 69 | 14.0:1 | 71% (689) |
| 2000-01 | 979 | 77 | 12.7:1 | 63% (618) |
| 1990-91 | 532 | 36 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oscar Smith Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,068 to 967); teachers up 1% (93 to 93.9).
About Oscar Smith Middle
Oscar Smith Middle is a mid-sized middle school found in Chesapeake, Virginia. It reports enrollment of 967 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 29% bigger than the 750-student average for middle schools in Virginia.
The 45 schools in Chesapeake City Public Schools enroll 40,607 students altogether, Oscar Smith Middle among them.
The student body at Oscar Smith Middle is 64% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 12% White, and 7% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 29%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oscar Smith Middle is 10.3:1, based on 93.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Virginia, 13.1:1, is higher. Oscar Smith Middle counts 72% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 49% average for public schools in Chesapeake city, the school's rate is higher.
Among Virginia public middle schools, Oscar Smith Middle outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Oscar Smith Middle are 13.2 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (55.4% actual, 68.5% predicted).
In Chesapeake city, home to about 252,583 people, the median household earns about $95,373 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Chesapeake city number 50, with about 40,607 students.
Truitt Intermediate is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Oscar Smith Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Oscar Smith Middle ranks 3rd of 6 on average proficiency.
Oscar Smith Middle is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 1,055 to 967, an 8% decline. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.3:1) than in 2020-21 (13.5:1).
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Chesapeake city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
252,583
Census ACS
Median income
$95,373
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
40,607 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chesapeake City Public Schools
- Grassfield HighHigh · 2,345 students
- Oscar F. Smith HighHigh · 2,264 students
- Western Branch HighHigh · 2,138 students
- Deep Creek HighHigh · 1,691 students
- Indian River HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Hickory HighHigh · 1,600 students
Other schools in Chesapeake
- Grassfield HighHigh · 2,345 students
- Oscar F. Smith HighHigh · 2,264 students
- Western Branch HighHigh · 2,138 students
- Deep Creek HighHigh · 1,691 students
- Indian River HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Hickory HighHigh · 1,600 students
Nearby schools
- Truitt Intermediate0.6 mi · 256
- Rena B. Wright Primary0.8 mi · 300
- George W. Carver Intermediate0.8 mi · 535
- Portlock Primary0.9 mi · 518
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary1.4 mi · 395
- Georgetown Primary1.6 mi · 804
Frequently asked questions
About Oscar Smith MiddleHow many students attend Oscar Smith Middle?
Oscar Smith Middle enrolls approximately 967 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Oscar Smith Middle serve?
Oscar Smith Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oscar Smith Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oscar Smith Middle is approximately 10.3:1 (94 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Oscar Smith Middle?
Student demographics at Oscar Smith Middle are roughly 12% White, 17% Hispanic, 64% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Oscar Smith Middle in?
Oscar Smith Middle is part of Chesapeake City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.