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What's the most underrated thing about PROVIDENCE MIDDLE that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,033
Middle
DISTRICT 1,192 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510084000344
Providence Middle
900 Starlight Lane, North Chesterfield, VA 23235 · (804) 674-1355 · Chesterfield County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,033 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% 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.
- DBeats 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
13.6:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
775 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 363 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 326 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 344 | 33% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
54.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
52.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Providence Middle
Providence Middle's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Middle this school | 1,033 | 75.0% | 53.8% |
| Salem Church Middle North Chesterfield | 876 | 75.3% | 50.1% |
| Manchester Middle North Chesterfield | 1,109 | 75.2% | 64.1% |
| Rippon Middle Woodbridge | 1,200 | 69.3% | 62.5% |
| Graham Park Middle Triangle | 713 | 68.9% | 65.4% |
| Chancellor Middle Fredericksburg | 799 | 72.1% | 57.8% |
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 Providence Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #297 of 337 | #9 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #289 of 342 ▼ 27 | #9 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #314 of 342 ▼ 6 | #10 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,033 | #73 of 343 | #9 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #192 of 327 | #3 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #68 of 333 | #4 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.0% | #153 of 340 | #6 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.4% | #16 of 99 | #1 of 7 |
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
-49 (-5%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 1,278
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 75.9 | 13.6:1 | 75% (775) |
| 2023-24 | 1,024 | 71 | 14.4:1 | 76% (783) |
| 2022-23 | 1,068 | 68.3 | 15.7:1 | 79% (845) |
| 2020-21 | 1,082 | 83 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 851 | 62.1 | 13.7:1 | 57% (485) |
| 2015-16 | 836 | 60 | 13.9:1 | 47% (397) |
| 2010-11 | 864 | 46 | 18.8:1 | 46% (395) |
| 2000-01 | 1,117 | 84 | 13.3:1 | 25% (281) |
| 1990-91 | 1,278 | 76 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Providence Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (851 to 1,033); teachers up 22% (62.1 to 75.9).
About Providence Middle
Providence Middle is a mid-sized middle-grades school for students in North Chesterfield, Virginia. The school enrolls 1,033 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Virginia average about 750 students, which makes this school 38% larger than average.
Chesterfield County Public Schools has a total of 65 schools and 64,194 students, Providence Middle among them.
At Providence Middle, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 40%. Other groups include 33% Black, 18% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Chesterfield County residents are about 12% Hispanic. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at Providence Middle are from different groups.
A staff of 75.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.6:1. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 75%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Chesterfield County is 54%.
Providence Middle earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 10% of Virginia public middle schools.
Compared with Virginia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Providence Middle's results are 13.9 points below predicted: 53.8% against 67.7%.
The school is in Chesterfield County, where the median household earns about $101,931 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Chesterfield County, 76 public schools serve about 64,194 students.
About 0.3 miles separate Providence Middle from the closest public school, A.M. Davis Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 50.3%; Providence Middle's is 53.8%, ranking 5th of 9.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 1,082 (2020-21) to 1,033 (2024-25).
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Chesterfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
377,869
Census ACS
Median income
$101,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
64,194 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chesterfield County Public Schools
- Thomas Dale HighHigh · 2,582 students
- Cosby HighHigh · 2,507 students
- Manchester HighHigh · 2,236 students
- Lloyd C. Bird HighHigh · 2,131 students
- Midlothian HighHigh · 2,048 students
- Meadowbrook HighHigh · 1,953 students
Other schools in North Chesterfield
- Meadowbrook HighHigh · 1,953 students
- Falling Creek MiddleMiddle · 1,443 students
- Manchester MiddleMiddle · 1,109 students
- Beulah ElementaryElementary · 902 students
- J.G. Hening ElementaryElementary · 877 students
- Salem Church MiddleMiddle · 876 students
Nearby schools
- A.M. Davis Elementary0.3 mi · 708
- Manchester Middle1.6 mi · 1,109
- G.H. Reid Elementary1.9 mi · 671
- River City Middle1.9 mi · 1,150
- Miles Jones Elementary2.0 mi · 505
- J.A. Chalkley Elementary2.1 mi · 835
Frequently asked questions
About Providence MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Providence Middle?
Providence Middle enrolls approximately 1,033 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Providence Middle serve?
Providence Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Providence Middle?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Providence Middle.
How diverse is Providence Middle?
Providence Middle reports a student body of 18% White, 40% Hispanic, 33% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Providence Middle?
Providence Middle is overseen by Chesterfield County Public Schools in Chesterfield County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.