Page County Middle
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 98 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 117 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 103 | 32% |
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 62.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.0% | 63.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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%.
Schools most like Page County Middle
Page County Middle's state test result (67.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Page County Middle this school | 318 | 81.8% | 67.4% |
| Fort Chiswell Middle Max Meadows | 319 | 80.6% | 78.0% |
| Gate City Middle Gate City | 276 | 78.3% | 81.4% |
| Scott Memorial Middle Wytheville | 305 | 80.3% | 80.6% |
| Rural Retreat Middle Rural Retreat | 236 | 79.2% | 79.4% |
| Tazewell Middle Tazewell | 377 | 89.1% | 78.5% |
Where Page County Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #193 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #155 of 342 ▲ 53 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #193 of 342 ▲ 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #306 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #42 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.3% | #317 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.8% | #125 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.0% | #11 of 224 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 318 | 29.5 | 10.8:1 | 82% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 333 | 28.8 | 11.6:1 | 71% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 352 | 29 | 12.1:1 | 70% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 28 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 29.8 | 15.2:1 | 54% (247) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 50% (223) |
| 2010-11 | 437 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 52% (228) |
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (454 to 318); teachers down 1% (29.8 to 29.5).
About Page County Middle
Page County Middle is a small middle school with an address in Shenandoah, Virginia. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 318 students. By comparison, middle schools in Virginia enroll about 750 students on average.
Enrollment across the 8 schools in Page County Public Schools totals 2,928 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Page County Middle is White, at 92%. Other reported shares: 6% Hispanic. Among Page County residents, the White share is about 92%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Page County Middle scores 15%.
With 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.8:1. Middle schools in Virginia have an average ratio of 13.1:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Page County Middle, 82% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On BeatsExpectations, Page County Middle is 1.5 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Virginia schools.
For Page County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $57,037 a year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Page County number 9, with about 2,928 students.
Page County Middle is about 0.2 miles from Page County High, its nearest public school. There are 5 other public schools within ten miles. Page County Middle's average proficiency of 67.4% compares with 72.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 15%. The school's ratio dropped from 13.4:1 to 10.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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