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Page County Middle

198 Panther Drive, Shenandoah, VA 22849 · (540) 652-3400 · Page County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
Enrollment
318
Middle
DISTRICT 317 · STATE 750
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
260 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 66%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 69831%
Grade 711737%
Grade 810332%
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
29292%
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 43% · US 43%
Hispanic
186%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 20% · US 30%
Black
10%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 8% · US 6%
Two+
62%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 7% · US 5%
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
Male
15248%
Female
16652%

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Test scores

SOL 2024-25 . % Passing
English Language Arts
71.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
71.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +8.0pp since 2022

What 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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2571.0%71.0%
2023-2464.0%62.0%
2022-2368.0%63.0%
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation

What 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%.

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 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.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Page County Middle this school31881.8%67.4%
Fort Chiswell Middle
Max Meadows
31980.6%78.0%
Gate City Middle
Gate City
27678.3%81.4%
Scott Memorial Middle
Wytheville
30580.3%80.6%
Rural Retreat Middle
Rural Retreat
23679.2%79.4%
Tazewell Middle
Tazewell
37789.1%78.5%
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 Page County Middle ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn 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
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 2024-25
Enrollment
318
-57 (-15%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 437
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2531829.510.8:182% (260)
2023-2433328.811.6:171% (235)
2022-233522912.1:170% (245)
2020-213752813.4:1N/A
2017-1845429.815.2:154% (247)
2015-164452915.3:150% (223)
2010-114372815.6:152% (228)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Page County Middle.

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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Page County at a glance

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Population
23,727
Census ACS
Median income
$57,037
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,928 students

Quick facts

School name
Page County Middle
District
Page County Public Schools
Address
198 Panther Drive, Shenandoah, VA 22849
Phone
(540) 652-3400
County
Page County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
318
Teachers (FTE)
30
Student–teacher ratio
10.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
260 (82%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
510285002801
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Page County Middle
How large is Page County Middle?
Page County Middle enrolls approximately 318 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Page County Middle serve?
Page County Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Page County Middle?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at Page County Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Page County Middle?
At Page County Middle, the student body is approximately 92% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Page County Middle public or private?
Page County Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Page County Public Schools.
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