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What's something QUEENS LAKE MIDDLE does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
554
Middle
DISTRICT 794 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YORK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510415001817
Queens Lake Middle
124 W Queens Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185 · (757) 220-4080 · York County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL554 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
177 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 181 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 194 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 179 | 32% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
80.0%
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 80 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 82.0% |
| 2022-23 | 84.0% | 85.0% |
% 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
80.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 Queens Lake Middle
Queens Lake Middle's state test result (80.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queens Lake Middle this school | 554 | 31.9% | 80.4% |
| Toano Middle Toano | 704 | 32.0% | 75.4% |
| Smithfield Middle Smithfield | 565 | 30.1% | 76.1% |
| Lois Hornsby Middle Williamsburg | 805 | 34.3% | 79.9% |
| W.C. Taylor Middle Warrenton | 623 | 24.4% | 72.7% |
| Yorktown Middle Yorktown | 717 | 37.1% | 77.4% |
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 Queens Lake Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.4% | #69 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #88 of 342 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #56 of 342 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 554 | #239 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #169 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #71 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.9% | #279 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.1% | #22 of 99 |
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
554
+32 (+6%) vs 2020
+89% since 1990-91, when it was 293
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 554 | 41.8 | 13.3:1 | 32% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 567 | 123.8 | 4.6:1 | 34% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | N/A | N/A | 42% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 522 | 35 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 32.9 | 14.1:1 | 27% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 31 | 14.9:1 | 30% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 473 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 30% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 476 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 22% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 293 | 20 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Queens Lake Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (465 to 554); teachers up 27% (32.9 to 41.8).
About Queens Lake Middle
Queens Lake Middle is a small middle-grades school in Williamsburg, Virginia, one of the schools in York County Public Schools. It reported 554 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Virginia average about 750 students, which makes this school 26% below average.
York County Public Schools is the district for Queens Lake Middle. It has 19 schools and 13,105 students.
White students account for 48% of enrollment at Queens Lake Middle, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 19% Black, 17% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 68% of York County residents are White. The diversity index for Queens Lake Middle is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Queens Lake Middle has 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.3:1. That is in line with the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 32% at Queens Lake Middle. The average for public schools in York County is similar, at 35%.
Schools in Virginia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 79.4%. Queens Lake Middle scores 80.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for York County show that median household income comes to about $109,956, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. York County counts 19 public schools with about 13,105 students.
Queens Lake Middle is about 1.1 miles from Magruder Elementary, its nearest public school. Around the school, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Queens Lake Middle is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Queens Lake Middle had a net gain of 32 students, or 6%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 14.9 to 13.3 over 4 years.
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York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
71,005
Census ACS
Median income
$109,956
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
13,105 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in York County Public Schools
- Grafton HighHigh · 1,235 students
- Tabb HighHigh · 1,153 students
- Tabb MiddleMiddle · 968 students
- York HighHigh · 947 students
- Grafton MiddleMiddle · 937 students
- Bruton HighHigh · 723 students
Other schools in Williamsburg
- Warhill HighHigh · 1,277 students
- Lafayette HighHigh · 1,247 students
- Jamestown HighHigh · 1,243 students
- Stonehouse ElementaryElementary · 838 students
- Lois Hornsby MiddleMiddle · 805 students
- Bruton HighHigh · 723 students
Nearby schools
- Magruder Elementary1.1 mi · 610
- Matthew Whaley Elementary1.9 mi · 485
- Bruton High2.2 mi · 723
- Waller Mill Elementary2.3 mi · 445
- James Blair Middle3.1 mi · 505
- Berkeley Middle3.7 mi · 666
Frequently asked questions
About Queens Lake MiddleHow large is Queens Lake Middle?
Queens Lake Middle enrolls approximately 554 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Queens Lake Middle serve?
Queens Lake Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Queens Lake Middle have?
Queens Lake Middle employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Queens Lake Middle?
Student demographics at Queens Lake Middle are roughly 48% White, 17% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Queens Lake Middle public or private?
Queens Lake Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by York County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.