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Enrollment
1,033
Middle
DISTRICT 998 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510384001710
Plaza Middle
3080 S Lynnhaven Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23452 · (757) 648-4900 · Virginia Beach city
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,033 STUDENTS
A
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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
15.5:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
461 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 338 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 348 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 347 | 34% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
85.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
78.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 80.0% |
| 2022-23 | 83.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
83.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Plaza Middle
Plaza Middle's state test result (83.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plaza Middle this school | 1,033 | 44.6% | 83.5% |
| Corporate Landing Middle Virginia Beach | 995 | 44.9% | 76.5% |
| Independence Middle Virginia Beach | 1,193 | 47.3% | 77.4% |
| T. Benton Gayle Middle Fredericksburg | 939 | 41.1% | 69.9% |
| Kempsville Middle Virginia Beach | 727 | 42.5% | 78.8% |
| Landstown Middle Virginia Beach | 1,272 | 39.3% | 82.4% |
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 Plaza Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Virginia Beach city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #53 of 337 | #5 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #104 of 342 ▼ 24 | #5 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #55 of 342 ▼ 9 | #5 of 15 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,033 | #74 of 343 | #9 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #287 of 327 | #6 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #58 of 333 | #5 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.6% | #237 of 340 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #167 of 224 | #11 of 13 |
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
1,033
+4 (+0%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 1,524
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 1,033 | 66.6 | 15.5:1 | 45% (461) |
| 2023-24 | 1,055 | 68 | 15.5:1 | 45% (473) |
| 2022-23 | 1,036 | 74 | 14.0:1 | 46% (472) |
| 2020-21 | 1,029 | 75 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,104 | 77.2 | 14.3:1 | 46% (513) |
| 2015-16 | 1,092 | 69 | 15.8:1 | 44% (483) |
| 2010-11 | 1,097 | 66 | 16.6:1 | 35% (386) |
| 2000-01 | 1,030 | 81 | 12.7:1 | 43% (443) |
| 1990-91 | 1,524 | 94 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Plaza Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,104 to 1,033); teachers down 14% (77.2 to 66.6).
About Plaza Middle
Plaza Middle is a medium-sized middle school in Virginia Beach, Virginia, (ZIP code 23452). The school's enrollment of 1,033 students covers grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Virginia average about 750 students each.
Plaza Middle is one of 82 schools in Virginia Beach City Public Schools, which enrolls 64,731 students in total.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Plaza Middle. The largest is White students, at 46%. Next come 24% Black, 13% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 61% White among all Virginia Beach city residents. The school's diversity index is 70%, meaning two students picked at random have a 70% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 66.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 15.5:1. That is 2.4 students per teacher above the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 45%.
allk12 grades Plaza Middle an A. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Plaza Middle falls in the middle 80% of Virginia schools: 83.5% actual against 76.0% predicted.
Census estimates describe Virginia Beach city this way: the median household income is $92,968, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Virginia Beach city has 89 public schools and roughly 64,731 students.
The next-closest public school is Lynnhaven Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Plaza Middle ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (1,029) to 2024-25 (1,033). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 15.5:1, from 13.7:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Plaza Middle. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Virginia Beach city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
456,349
Census ACS
Median income
$92,968
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
64,731 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Virginia Beach City Public Schools
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Other schools in Virginia Beach
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Other Plaza Middle schools
One other US public school is named Plaza Middle. Plaza Middle is the largest of the 2.
- PLAZA MIDDLEKANSAS CITY, MO · 673 students
Nearby schools
- Lynnhaven Elementary0.5 mi · 339
- Brookwood Elementary0.7 mi · 574
- Windsor Woods Elementary1.4 mi · 487
- Windsor Oaks Elementary1.5 mi · 497
- Malibu Elementary1.6 mi · 398
- King's Grant Elementary1.7 mi · 475
Frequently asked questions
About Plaza MiddleHow large is Plaza Middle?
Plaza Middle enrolls approximately 1,033 students in grades 06-08.
Is Plaza Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Plaza Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Plaza Middle?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Plaza Middle.
What is the student diversity at Plaza Middle?
Student demographics at Plaza Middle are roughly 46% White, 13% Hispanic, 24% Black, 5% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Plaza Middle in?
Plaza Middle is part of Virginia Beach City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.