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Enrollment
879
Middle
DISTRICT 1,029 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000557
Poe Middle
7000 Cindy Ln, Annandale, VA 22003 · (703) 813-3800 · Fairfax County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL879 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
675 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 280 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 293 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 306 | 35% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
51.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
48.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 42.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 67% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Poe Middle
Poe Middle's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poe Middle this school | 879 | 76.8% | 48.5% |
| Unity Braxton Middle Manassas | 1,055 | 69.2% | 57.9% |
| Manassas Park Middle Manassas Park | 753 | 81.4% | 58.6% |
| Sterling Middle Sterling | 967 | 84.6% | 46.0% |
| Mayfield Intermediate Manassas | 839 | 78.8% | 59.8% |
| Key Middle Springfield | 700 | 74.9% | 53.5% |
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 Poe Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #316 of 337 | #22 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #308 of 342 ▲ 12 | #23 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #321 of 342 ▼ 2 | #23 of 23 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 879 | #115 of 343 | #18 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #88 of 327 | #9 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.3% | #229 of 333 | #23 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.8% | #142 of 340 | #2 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #219 of 224 | #17 of 18 |
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
879
-101 (-10%) vs 2020
+89% since 1990-91, when it was 466
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 879 | 73.6 | 11.9:1 | 77% (675) |
| 2023-24 | 895 | 75.7 | 11.8:1 | 77% (688) |
| 2022-23 | 873 | 67.5 | 12.9:1 | 77% (668) |
| 2020-21 | 980 | 96 | 10.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 890 | 82.8 | 10.8:1 | 71% (634) |
| 2015-16 | 884 | 82 | 10.8:1 | 68% (600) |
| 2010-11 | 1,179 | 76 | 15.5:1 | 52% (617) |
| 2000-01 | 1,106 | 92 | 12.0:1 | 36% (397) |
| 1990-91 | 466 | 36 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Poe Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (890 to 879); teachers down 11% (82.8 to 73.6).
About Poe Middle
Poe Middle is a medium-sized middle school in Virginia, located in Annandale. It educates 879 students in grades 6 through 8.
Poe Middle is a school in Fairfax County Public Schools. The district has 199 schools and 179,323 students.
By race and ethnicity, Poe Middle is 69% Hispanic. It is also 12% Asian, 10% White, and 7% Black. For comparison, the population of Fairfax County is roughly 18% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Poe Middle comes in at 49%.
A ratio of 11.9:1 comes from the school's 73.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 77% of students at Poe Middle as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 40 points above the 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County.
Poe Middle is in the bottom 10% of Virginia schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 67.2%. The school's actual rate is 48.5%, 18.7 points lower.
Poe Middle is located in Fairfax County, where median household income is about $153,637, roughly 65% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 222 public schools in Fairfax County, with a combined enrollment of about 174,475.
Of nearby public schools, Columbia Elementary is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Poe Middle comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Poe Middle is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 10%, from 980 to 879. The ratio of students to teachers went from 10.2:1 to 11.9:1 over the same years.
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Fairfax County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,147,837
Census ACS
Median income
$153,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
222
174,475 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairfax County Public Schools
- Lake Braddock SecondaryHigh · 4,411 students
- Robinson SecondaryHigh · 3,710 students
- Hayfield SecondaryHigh · 3,256 students
- Chantilly HighHigh · 2,937 students
- West Springfield HighHigh · 2,799 students
- Westfield HighHigh · 2,737 students
Other schools in Annandale
- Annandale HighHigh · 2,161 students
- Braddock ElementaryElementary · 955 students
- Canterbury Woods ElementaryElementary · 735 students
- Mason Crest ElementaryElementary · 684 students
- Annandale Terrace ElementaryElementary · 680 students
- Camelot ElementaryElementary · 602 students
Nearby schools
- Columbia Elementary0.8 mi · 377
- Thomas Jefferson High for Science and Technology1.0 mi · 2,108
- Fairfax County Adult High1.1 mi · 226
- Weyanoke Elementary1.1 mi · 590
- Annandale High1.2 mi · 2,161
- Annandale Terrace Elementary1.3 mi · 680
Frequently asked questions
About Poe MiddleHow many students attend Poe Middle?
Poe Middle enrolls approximately 879 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Poe Middle serve?
Poe Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Poe Middle have?
Poe Middle employs 74 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Poe Middle?
Student demographics at Poe Middle are roughly 10% White, 69% Hispanic, 7% Black, 12% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Poe Middle in?
Poe Middle is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
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