Peasley Middle

Located at 2885 Hickory Fork Road, in Gloucester, Virginia, Peasley Middle is a tight-knit junior high that caters to 565 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Gloucester County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 25% smaller than the state mean of about 750.

Gloucester County Public Schools comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,917 students; Peasley Middle is among them.

Looking at the student body, Peasley Middle shows that White students make up the majority at 78%. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black.

On the resource side, Peasley Middle lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Peasley Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 65% of students at Peasley Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Peasley Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.3%, the actual is 76.5%, a residual of +6.2 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Gloucester County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $84,306 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Gloucester County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,917 students), of which Peasley Middle is one.

Bethel Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Peasley Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 78.6%.

Peasley Middle operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Peasley Middle has contracted 9%, going from 623 students in 2018 to 565 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 78% across the same window.

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