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What's the state of after-school transportation at RODNEY E. THOMPSON MIDDLE?
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Enrollment
1,063
Middle
DISTRICT 909 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STAFFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510366002548
Rodney E. Thompson Middle
75 Walpole St, Stafford, VA 22554 · (540) 658-6420 · Stafford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,063 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Virginia public middle schools
- ATest 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.
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
15.6:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
262 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 331 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 350 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 382 | 36% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
81.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +4.0pp 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 81 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 83.0% |
| 2022-23 | 83.0% | 77.0% |
% 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
81.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
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 Rodney E. Thompson Middle
Rodney E. Thompson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney E. Thompson Middle this school | 1,063 | 24.6% | 84.9% |
| Hugo A. Owens Middle Chesapeake | 1,286 | 25.2% | 79.5% |
| Tabb Middle Yorktown | 968 | 27.8% | 90.6% |
| E.H. Marsteller Middle Bristow | 1,153 | 23.9% | 85.5% |
| Louise A. Benton Middle Manassas | 1,339 | 25.0% | 83.4% |
| Swift Creek Middle Midlothian | 1,180 | 28.3% | 82.3% |
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 Rodney E. Thompson Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Stafford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.9% | #41 of 337 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #79 of 342 ▼ 23 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #54 of 342 ▼ 4 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,063 | #64 of 343 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #290 of 327 | #8 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.9% | #47 of 333 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.6% | #298 of 340 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.6% | #26 of 99 | #3 of 6 |
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
1,063
+72 (+7%) vs 2020
+15% since 2000-01, when it was 925
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 1,063 | 68 | 15.6:1 | 25% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 1,030 | 67 | 15.4:1 | 26% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 1,015 | 67 | 15.2:1 | 23% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 991 | 60 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 912 | 57 | 16.0:1 | 16% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 950 | 54 | 17.6:1 | 10% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 1,154 | 54 | 21.4:1 | 12% (139) |
| 2000-01 | 925 | 57 | 16.2:1 | 10% (94) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rodney E. Thompson Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (912 to 1,063); teachers up 19% (57 to 68).
About Rodney E. Thompson Middle
Rodney E. Thompson Middle is a middle school located in Stafford, Virginia, in Stafford County. It serves 1,063 students in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Virginia average about 750 students.
Stafford County Public Schools has a total of 32 schools and 31,812 students, Rodney E. Thompson Middle among them.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Rodney E. Thompson Middle, at 45%. Other groups make up 21% Black, 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 8% Asian. County-wide, 54% of Stafford County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 68 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.6:1. That is 2.5 students per teacher above the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Rodney E. Thompson Middle is 25%. That is lower than the 45% average for public schools in Stafford County.
allk12 grades Rodney E. Thompson Middle an A-. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Rodney E. Thompson Middle's average proficiency rate on state tests of 84.9% is 3.5 points above the 81.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Stafford County, the median household income is $137,807, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Stafford County is home to 41 public schools and about 31,812 public school students.
The closest other public school is Winding Creek Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Rodney E. Thompson Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Rodney E. Thompson Middle ranks 1st of 8 nearby schools, at 84.9% versus a 72.8% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Rodney E. Thompson Middle's enrollment grew 7%, to 1,063.
Community posts for Rodney E. Thompson Middle can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Stafford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
163,466
Census ACS
Median income
$137,807
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
31,812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stafford County Public Schools
- Mountain View HighHigh · 2,233 students
- Brooke Point HighHigh · 2,199 students
- Stafford Senior HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Colonial Forge HighHigh · 2,122 students
- North Stafford HighHigh · 1,982 students
- H.H. Poole MiddleMiddle · 995 students
Other schools in Stafford
- Mountain View HighHigh · 2,233 students
- Brooke Point HighHigh · 2,199 students
- Colonial Forge HighHigh · 2,122 students
- North Stafford HighHigh · 1,982 students
- H.H. Poole MiddleMiddle · 995 students
- Stafford MiddleMiddle · 961 students
Nearby schools
- Winding Creek Elementary0.7 mi · 840
- North Star Early Childhood Education Center1.2 mi · 264
- North Stafford High1.2 mi · 1,982
- Park Ridge Elementary1.2 mi · 908
- H.H. Poole Middle1.2 mi · 995
- Colonial Forge High1.2 mi · 2,122
Frequently asked questions
About Rodney E. Thompson MiddleHow many students attend Rodney E. Thompson Middle?
Rodney E. Thompson Middle enrolls approximately 1,063 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Rodney E. Thompson Middle serve?
Rodney E. Thompson Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rodney E. Thompson Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rodney E. Thompson Middle is approximately 15.6:1 (68 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rodney E. Thompson Middle?
At Rodney E. Thompson Middle, the student body is approximately 45% White, 17% Hispanic, 21% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Rodney E. Thompson Middle?
Rodney E. Thompson Middle is overseen by Stafford County Public Schools in Stafford County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.