Read Mountain Middle

Read Mountain Middle is one of the medium-sized 6-8 campuss in Cloverdale, Virginia, part of Botetourt County Public Schools, with 670 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Read Mountain Middle is one of 11 schools operated by Botetourt County Public Schools, a district that caters to 4,424 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Read Mountain Middle lists that nearly all students (81%) are White. The remainder looks like 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Read Mountain Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 78.5%; this one delivers 81.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Botetourt County shows median household income runs about $81,213, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Botetourt County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,424 students), Read Mountain Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cloverdale Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Read Mountain Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Read Mountain Middle at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 72.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 7%: 722 students in 2018 compared to 670 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 81% across the same window.

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