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What's the biggest difference between PROSPECT HEIGHTS MIDDLE and what you expected?
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Enrollment
466
Middle
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510282001176
Prospect Heights Middle
202 Dailey Drive, Orange, VA 22960 · (540) 661-4400 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Virginia public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
12.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
327 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 154 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 148 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 164 | 35% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Prospect Heights Middle→Orange County High
Based on grade levels within Orange County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
71.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +11.0pp since 2022
Math
68.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +15.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 11 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 15 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Prospect Heights Middle
Prospect Heights Middle's state test result (68.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Heights Middle this school | 466 | 70.2% | 68.0% |
| William Monroe Middle Stanardsville | 596 | 69.5% | 61.6% |
| Georgie D. Tyler Middle Windsor | 368 | 68.8% | 78.4% |
| Appomattox Middle Appomattox | 542 | 77.9% | 74.3% |
| Skyline Middle Front Royal | 536 | 74.1% | 51.6% |
| Brookville Middle Lynchburg | 648 | 77.6% | 69.3% |
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 Prospect Heights Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #188 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #179 of 342 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #192 of 342 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #266 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #132 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #172 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.2% | #176 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #156 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
466
-53 (-10%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 714
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 466 | 37 | 12.6:1 | 70% (327) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 37 | 12.1:1 | 69% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 37.5 | 12.2:1 | 68% (310) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | 35 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 48% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 44% (239) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | 28 | 18.9:1 | 44% (232) |
| 2000-01 | 720 | 55 | 13.1:1 | 28% (205) |
| 1990-91 | 714 | 47 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prospect Heights Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (502 to 466); teachers up 3% (36 to 37).
About Prospect Heights Middle
This page covers Prospect Heights Middle, a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Orange, Virginia. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 466 students. Middle schools in Virginia have about 750 students on average; enrollment here is 38% lower.
Orange County Public Schools serves 5,074 students across 9 schools.
The student body at Prospect Heights Middle is 59% White. Other reported shares: 14% Black, 14% multiracial, and 11% Hispanic. Orange County's residents are about 76% White, 17 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
Prospect Heights Middle has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1, with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 70% at Prospect Heights Middle. Public schools in Orange County average a similar 68%.
Prospect Heights Middle holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 45% of Virginia public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Prospect Heights Middle is 1.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Virginia schools.
The school's county is Orange County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $94,008 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Orange County number 11, with about 5,074 students.
Prospect Heights Middle is about 0.6 miles from Orange Elementary, its nearest public school. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Prospect Heights Middle is 5th of 7 on proficiency.
Prospect Heights Middle falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 519 to 466, a 10% decline. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.6:1.
Prospect Heights Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,822
Census ACS
Median income
$94,008
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
5,074 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Orange County Public Schools
- Orange County HighHigh · 1,477 students
- Locust Grove MiddleMiddle · 685 students
- Orange ElementaryElementary · 621 students
- Locust Grove ElementaryElementary · 519 students
- Locust Grove PrimaryElementary · 500 students
- Gordon-Barbour ElementaryElementary · 326 students
Other schools in Orange
- Orange County HighHigh · 1,477 students
- Orange ElementaryElementary · 621 students
- Redirection Alternative EducationCombined
- Turning Point Alternative EducationCombined
Nearby schools
- Orange Elementary0.6 mi · 621
- Orange County High1.4 mi · 1,477
- Gordon-Barbour Elementary8.0 mi · 326
- Lightfoot Elementary9.1 mi · 224
- Unionville Elementary9.1 mi · 256
- Trevilians Elementary11.4 mi · 546
Frequently asked questions
About Prospect Heights MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Prospect Heights Middle?
Prospect Heights Middle enrolls approximately 466 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Prospect Heights Middle serve?
Prospect Heights Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Prospect Heights Middle?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Prospect Heights Middle.
How diverse is Prospect Heights Middle?
Prospect Heights Middle reports a student body of 59% White, 11% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Prospect Heights Middle public or private?
Prospect Heights Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Orange County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.