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What's the biggest difference between RONALD WILSON REAGAN MIDDLE and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,436
Middle
DISTRICT 1,150 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313002858
Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle
15801 Tanning House Place, Haymarket, VA 20169 · (571) 402-3500 · Prince William County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,436 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% 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.
- BBeats 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
16.5:1
87 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
242 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 488 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 460 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 488 | 34% |
Student demographics
68%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
87.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
82.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 82.0% |
| 2022-23 | 83.0% | 80.0% |
% 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
85.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
83.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 84% 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 Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle
Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle's state test result (85.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle this school | 1,436 | 16.9% | 85.1% |
| Old Donation School Virginia Beach | 1,377 | 14.3% | 100.0% |
| Thoreau Middle Vienna | 1,239 | 18.8% | 85.5% |
| Gainesville Middle Gainesville | 1,403 | 24.5% | 84.8% |
| Irving Middle Springfield | 1,204 | 15.6% | 83.5% |
| Frost Middle Fairfax | 1,272 | 15.9% | 87.7% |
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 Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.1% | #37 of 337 | #2 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #69 of 342 ▼ 4 | #3 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #36 of 342 ▲ 9 | #2 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,436 | #11 of 343 | #2 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #303 of 327 | #16 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #83 of 333 | #11 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.9% | #319 of 340 | #17 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #83 of 99 | 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
1,436
+53 (+4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 1,436 | 87 | 16.5:1 | 17% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 1,344 | 82 | 16.4:1 | 18% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 1,353 | 83.3 | 16.3:1 | 16% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 1,383 | 74 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,390 | 77.4 | 18.0:1 | 10% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 1,284 | 71 | 18.1:1 | 10% (129) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (1,390 to 1,436); teachers up 12% (77.4 to 87).
About Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle
Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle, a large middle school, is located in Haymarket, Virginia. The school counts 1,436 students across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 91% bigger than the 750 average for middle schools in Virginia.
Prince William County Public Schools operates 95 schools. Combined enrollment is 90,242 students.
Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle is 50% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 18% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 9% multiracial. Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 16.5:1 comes from the school's 87 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. The lunch program counts 17% of students at Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Prince William County, the average is 55%.
allk12 grades Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle an A-. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 85.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 83.5%.
Prince William County has about 488,880 residents, and the median household income is $131,402, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Besides Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle, Prince William County has 101 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to J.W. Alvey Elementary. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle is 4th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment at Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle grew 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,383 to 1,436 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.5:1) than in 2020-21 (18.7:1).
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Prince William County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
488,880
Census ACS
Median income
$131,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
102
89,591 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince William County Public Schools
- Charles J. Colgan Sr. HighHigh · 2,956 students
- Woodbridge HighHigh · 2,898 students
- Osbourn Park HighHigh · 2,661 students
- Gainesville HighHigh · 2,648 students
- Gar-Field HighHigh · 2,524 students
- Forest Park HighHigh · 2,343 students
Other schools in Haymarket
- Battlefield HighHigh · 2,063 students
- Haymarket ElementaryElementary · 963 students
- Samuel L. Gravely Jr. ElementaryElementary · 813 students
- J.W. Alvey ElementaryElementary · 523 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 418 students
Nearby schools
- J.W. Alvey Elementary0.5 mi · 523
- Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary1.2 mi · 813
- Battlefield High1.7 mi · 2,063
- Mountain View Elementary2.0 mi · 418
- Haymarket Elementary2.8 mi · 963
- Bull Run Middle3.5 mi · 1,129
Frequently asked questions
About Ronald Wilson Reagan MiddleHow many students attend Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle?
Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle enrolls approximately 1,436 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle serve?
Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle have?
Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle employs 87 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle?
At Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle, the student body is approximately 50% White, 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 18% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle in?
Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle is part of Prince William County Public Schools.
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