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What do you wish you knew before starting at PRINCE EDWARD MIDDLE?
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Enrollment
520
Middle
DISTRICT 615 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510306002130
Prince Edward Middle
35 Eagle Drive, Farmville, VA 23901 · (434) 315-2120 · Prince Edward County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of Virginia public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
13.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
102%
530 students
DISTRICT 101% · 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 5 | 142 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 121 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 132 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 125 | 24% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Prince Edward Middle→Prince Edward County High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Prince Edward County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
56.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
56.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 →
Where Prince Edward Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #307 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #270 of 342 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #309 of 342 ▼ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #248 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #154 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #201 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 102% | #5 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #92 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
520
-80 (-13%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 585
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 520 | 40 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 38 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 544 | 41 | 13.3:1 | 98% (532) |
| 2020-21 | 600 | 42 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 593 | 54.7 | 10.8:1 | 73% (434) |
| 2015-16 | 588 | 51 | 11.5:1 | 69% (404) |
| 2010-11 | 753 | 48 | 15.7:1 | 63% (472) |
| 2000-01 | 859 | 48 | 17.9:1 | 53% (457) |
| 1990-91 | 585 | 36 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prince Edward Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (593 to 520); teachers down 27% (54.7 to 40).
About Prince Edward Middle
Prince Edward Middle is the name of a small middle school in Farmville, Virginia. The school reports 520 students in grades 5 through 8. The school's enrollment is 31% smaller than the 750 average for middle schools in Virginia.
Across its 3 schools, Prince Edward County Public Schools enrolls 1,845 students. Prince Edward Middle is one of those schools.
Black students are the majority at Prince Edward Middle, with 61% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 28% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Prince Edward County, the Black share is about 30%. The school's diversity index is 55%, meaning two students picked at random have a 55% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.0 students per teacher. For comparison, middle schools in Virginia average 13.1:1.
The allk12 Grade for Prince Edward Middle is D. Compared with Virginia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 12% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 60.4% for Prince Edward Middle. The school posts 51.1%, 9.2 points below the prediction.
County data help place the school in context: in Prince Edward County, the median household income is $56,315, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. In all, Prince Edward County has 5 public schools and roughly 1,845 students.
The next-closest public school is Prince Edward Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Prince Edward Middle ranks 9th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Prince Edward Middle as Town: Distant.
Federal data show a 13% enrollment decrease, from 600 in 2020-21 to 520 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.0:1, from 14.3:1.
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Prince Edward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,996
Census ACS
Median income
$56,315
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,845 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince Edward County Public Schools
- Prince Edward ElementaryElementary · 823 students
- Prince Edward County HighHigh · 502 students
- Prince Edward County Vocational TechnicalElementary
Other schools in Farmville
- Prince Edward ElementaryElementary · 823 students
- Prince Edward County HighHigh · 502 students
- Piedmont Regional Juvenile Detention CenterElementary
Nearby schools
- Prince Edward Elementary0.2 mi · 823
- Prince Edward County High0.2 mi · 502
- Eureka Elementary17.4 mi · 471
- Cumberland Elementary17.5 mi · 530
- Crewe Primary17.5 mi · 370
- Cumberland Middle17.8 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About Prince Edward MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Prince Edward Middle?
Prince Edward Middle enrolls approximately 520 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Prince Edward Middle serve?
Prince Edward Middle serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Prince Edward Middle?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Prince Edward Middle.
How diverse is Prince Edward Middle?
Prince Edward Middle reports a student body of 28% White, 5% Hispanic, 61% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Prince Edward Middle public or private?
Prince Edward Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prince Edward County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.