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Enrollment
535
Middle
DISTRICT 437 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHENANDOAH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510351000958
Peter Muhlenberg Middle
1251 Susan Ave, Woodstock, VA 22664 · (540) 459-2941 · Shenandoah County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Virginia public middle schools
- B-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
14.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
446 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 191 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 187 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 157 | 29% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
70.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +10.0pp since 2022
Math
81.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +21.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 10 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 21 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 75.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
71.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Peter Muhlenberg Middle
Peter Muhlenberg Middle's state test result (71.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Muhlenberg Middle this school | 535 | 83.4% | 71.4% |
| North Fork Middle Quicksburg | 362 | 84.0% | 78.0% |
| Signal Knob Middle Strasburg | 413 | 83.8% | 74.9% |
| Warren County Middle Front Royal | 569 | 73.6% | 65.6% |
| Tunstall Middle Dry Fork | 609 | 86.0% | 76.8% |
| Shelburne Middle Staunton | 583 | 84.0% | 66.8% |
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 Peter Muhlenberg Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #157 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #78 of 342 ▲ 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #203 of 342 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #244 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #248 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.4% | #243 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.4% | #120 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #209 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 2024-25Enrollment
535
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
0% since 2000-01, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 535 | 36.5 | 14.7:1 | 83% (446) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 41.5 | 12.0:1 | 79% (394) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 43 | 10.5:1 | 73% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 46 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 46.6 | 11.8:1 | 48% (263) |
| 2015-16 | 597 | 45 | 13.3:1 | 44% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 558 | 36 | 15.5:1 | 41% (228) |
| 2000-01 | 537 | 51 | 10.5:1 | 18% (96) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peter Muhlenberg Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (549 to 535); teachers down 22% (46.6 to 36.5).
About Peter Muhlenberg Middle
Peter Muhlenberg Middle is one of the public schools in Woodstock, Virginia. It is a low-enrollment middle-grades school. The school counted 535 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. That is 29% below the average of about 750 students for middle schools in Virginia.
District-wide, Shenandoah County Public Schools has 9 schools and 5,703 students.
The largest group at Peter Muhlenberg Middle is White students, at 70%. Other groups make up 21% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. County-wide, 85% of Shenandoah County residents are White. The diversity index for Peter Muhlenberg Middle is 46%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.7:1. Compared with the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 83% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Shenandoah County is similar, at 84%.
Peter Muhlenberg Middle holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 59% of Virginia public middle schools.
Peter Muhlenberg Middle is 6.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (71.4% versus 65.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Virginia.
For the population of Shenandoah County, median household income comes to about $67,191, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Shenandoah County counts 11 public schools with about 5,703 students.
Peter Muhlenberg Middle's closest public school neighbor is W.W. Robinson Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Peter Muhlenberg Middle, there are 2 other public schools. On proficiency, Peter Muhlenberg Middle is behind the 72.4% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
The federal government classifies Peter Muhlenberg Middle's location as Town: Distant.
Enrollment at Peter Muhlenberg Middle was 534 in 2020-21 and 535 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.7:1.
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Shenandoah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,925
Census ACS
Median income
$67,191
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
5,703 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shenandoah County Public Schools
- W.W. Robinson ElementaryElementary · 1,035 students
- Sandy Hook ElementaryElementary · 828 students
- Central HighHigh · 728 students
- Ashby-Lee ElementaryElementary · 692 students
- Strasburg HighHigh · 614 students
- Stonewall Jackson HighHigh · 496 students
Other schools in Woodstock
- W.W. Robinson ElementaryElementary · 1,035 students
- Central HighHigh · 728 students
Nearby schools
- W.W. Robinson Elementary0.1 mi · 1,035
- Central High0.3 mi · 728
- Springfield Elementary10.9 mi · 208
- Signal Knob Middle11.7 mi · 413
- Sandy Hook Elementary11.7 mi · 828
- Strasburg High12.1 mi · 614
Frequently asked questions
About Peter Muhlenberg MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Peter Muhlenberg Middle?
Peter Muhlenberg Middle enrolls approximately 535 students in grades 06-08.
Is Peter Muhlenberg Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Peter Muhlenberg Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Peter Muhlenberg Middle?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Peter Muhlenberg Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Peter Muhlenberg Middle?
At Peter Muhlenberg Middle, the student body is approximately 70% White, 21% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Peter Muhlenberg Middle?
Peter Muhlenberg Middle is overseen by Shenandoah County Public Schools in Shenandoah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.