Enrollment
126
Middle
DISTRICT 222 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUENA VISTA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510056000218
Parry McCluer Middle
2329 Chestnut Ave, Buena Vista, VA 24416 · (540) 261-7340 · Buena Vista city
GRADES 06–07MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL126 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% 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.
- A+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
10.0:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
114 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 62 | 49% |
| Grade 7 | 64 | 51% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Parry McCluer Middle→Parry McCluer High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Buena Vista City Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
80.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
83.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 83.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 83.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Virginia's top 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 Parry McCluer Middle
Parry McCluer Middle's state test result (79.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parry McCluer Middle this school | 126 | 90.5% | 79.7% |
| Elydale Middle Ewing | 133 | 98.5% | 70.1% |
| Rye Cove Intermediate Clinchport | 138 | 79.0% | 74.4% |
| Northwood Middle Saltville | 158 | 99.4% | 76.3% |
| Shawsville Middle Shawsville | 193 | 85.0% | 62.4% |
| Hardin Reynolds Memorial School Critz | 203 | 98.5% | 78.0% |
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 Parry McCluer Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #72 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #55 of 342 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #86 of 342 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 126 | #342 of 343 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.5% | #84 of 340 |
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
126
-16 (-11%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 280
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 126 | 12.7 | 10.0:1 | 90% (114) |
| 2023-24 | 119 | 12.7 | 9.4:1 | 89% (106) |
| 2022-23 | 119 | 7.8 | 15.3:1 | 87% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 142 | 12 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 144 | 11.3 | 12.7:1 | 64% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 149 | 15 | 9.9:1 | 48% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 365 | 21 | 17.4:1 | 44% (162) |
| 2000-01 | 258 | 19 | 13.6:1 | 28% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 280 | 19 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parry McCluer Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (144 to 126); teachers up 12% (11.3 to 12.7).
About Parry McCluer Middle
Parry McCluer Middle is a very small middle school in Buena Vista, Virginia, administered by Buena Vista City Public Schools. The school offers grades 6 through 7 and enrolls 126 students. That puts enrollment 83% below the 750-student average for middle schools in Virginia.
Parry McCluer Middle is a school in Buena Vista City Public Schools. The district has 4 schools and 886 students.
Parry McCluer Middle is 83% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 5% Black. That is in line with Buena Vista city, where about 85% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 31%.
Based on 12.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, Parry McCluer Middle has a ratio of 10.0:1. Across middle schools in Virginia, the average ratio is 13.1:1. Income data for the school show 90% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Buena Vista city average a similar 92%.
Parry McCluer Middle holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 89% of Virginia public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 63.5% for Parry McCluer Middle, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 79.7%. The 16.2-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Virginia schools.
The school's county is Buena Vista city. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $57,833 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Public schools in Buena Vista city number 5, with about 886 students.
Parry McCluer Middle is about 0.8 miles from F.W. Kling Jr. Elementary, its nearest public school. Within five miles are 4 other public schools. On proficiency, Parry McCluer Middle is ahead of the 73.2% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant.
Enrollment was 126 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 142. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.8:1 to 10.0:1.
Parry McCluer Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Buena Vista city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,593
Census ACS
Median income
$57,833
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
886 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Buena Vista City Public Schools
- Parry McCluer HighHigh · 315 students
- Enderly Heights ElementaryElementary · 268 students
- F.W. Kling Jr. ElementaryElementary · 177 students
Other schools in Buena Vista
- Parry McCluer HighHigh · 315 students
- Enderly Heights ElementaryElementary · 268 students
- F.W. Kling Jr. ElementaryElementary · 177 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 154 students
- Regional Alternative Education Center/Buena VistaElementary
Nearby schools
- F.W. Kling Jr. Elementary0.8 mi · 177
- Parry McCluer High1.4 mi · 315
- Enderly Heights Elementary1.8 mi · 268
- Mountain View Elementary3.1 mi · 154
- Central Elementary5.5 mi · 466
- Maury River Middle5.6 mi · 481
Frequently asked questions
About Parry McCluer MiddleHow many students attend Parry McCluer Middle?
Parry McCluer Middle enrolls approximately 126 students in grades 06-07.
What age range does Parry McCluer Middle serve?
Parry McCluer Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 07.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Parry McCluer Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Parry McCluer Middle is approximately 10.0:1 (13 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Parry McCluer Middle?
Parry McCluer Middle reports a student body of 83% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 7% Two or more.
What district is Parry McCluer Middle in?
Parry McCluer Middle is part of Buena Vista City Public Schools.
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