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What's one thing ROBIOUS MIDDLE gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,081
Middle
DISTRICT 1,192 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510084000347
Robious Middle
2701 Robious Crossing Dr, Midlothian, VA 23113 · (804) 378-2510 · Chesterfield County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,081 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
284 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 | 349 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 363 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 369 | 34% |
Student demographics
54%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
82.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
87.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 87.0% |
| 2022-23 | 83.0% | 86.0% |
% 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
84.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 Robious Middle
Robious Middle's state test result (84.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robious Middle this school | 1,081 | 26.3% | 84.9% |
| Great Neck Middle Virginia Beach | 1,039 | 30.1% | 89.4% |
| Tabb Middle Yorktown | 968 | 27.8% | 90.6% |
| Swift Creek Middle Midlothian | 1,180 | 28.3% | 82.3% |
| King George Middle King George | 1,097 | 33.1% | 70.9% |
| Blacksburg Middle Blacksburg | 958 | 27.0% | 83.9% |
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 Robious Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.9% | #40 of 337 | #2 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #23 of 342 ▼ 1 | #2 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #73 of 342 ▼ 18 | #4 of 12 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,081 | #60 of 343 | #8 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #244 of 327 | #7 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #208 of 333 | #10 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.3% | #295 of 340 | #10 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #48 of 224 | N/A |
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
1,081
-141 (-12%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 1,102
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 1,081 | 74 | 14.6:1 | 26% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 1,115 | 73.4 | 15.2:1 | 27% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 1,129 | 74 | 15.3:1 | 26% (291) |
| 2020-21 | 1,222 | 90 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,327 | 84.6 | 15.7:1 | 24% (320) |
| 2015-16 | 1,295 | 85 | 15.2:1 | 18% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 1,324 | 66 | 20.1:1 | 15% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 1,141 | 77 | 14.8:1 | 6% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 1,102 | 66 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robious Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (1,327 to 1,081); teachers down 12% (84.6 to 74).
About Robious Middle
In Midlothian, Virginia, part of Chesterfield County, Robious Middle is a middle school. The school counted 1,081 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. It has 44% more students than the average for middle schools in Virginia (about 750).
Chesterfield County Public Schools counts 65 schools and 64,194 students, including Robious Middle.
The share of White students at Robious Middle is 65%, a majority. Smaller groups are 15% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Robious Middle is 14.6:1, based on 74 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 54% for public schools in Chesterfield County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Robious Middle is 3.9 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 84.9% actual, 81.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Virginia.
In Chesterfield County, median household income comes to about $101,931, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chesterfield County counts 76 public schools with about 64,194 students.
Robious Elementary is the nearest public school to Robious Middle, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Robious Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Robious Middle is ahead of the 80.0% nearby average, ranking 4th of 9.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
From 1,222 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 1,081 by 2024-25. Students per teacher increased from 13.6 in 2020-21 to 14.6 in 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 Midlothian
- Cosby HighHigh · 2,507 students
- Manchester HighHigh · 2,236 students
- Midlothian HighHigh · 2,048 students
- James River HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Clover Hill HighHigh · 1,742 students
- Tomahawk Creek MiddleMiddle · 1,650 students
Nearby schools
- Robious Elementary0.1 mi · 660
- Greenfield Elementary1.4 mi · 519
- J.B. Fisher Elementary2.0 mi · 285
- James River High2.5 mi · 1,842
- Bettie Weaver Elementary2.5 mi · 605
- Midlothian Middle2.7 mi · 1,330
Frequently asked questions
About Robious MiddleHow many students attend Robious Middle?
Robious Middle enrolls approximately 1,081 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Robious Middle serve?
Robious Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Robious Middle have?
Robious Middle employs 74 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Robious Middle?
Student demographics at Robious Middle are roughly 65% White, 15% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Robious Middle in?
Robious Middle is part of Chesterfield County Public Schools.
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