Shawsville Middle

Shawsville Middle is a tiny intermediate school in Shawsville, Virginia, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools. The school teaches 193 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 750 students per school, that is 74% below typical.

Shawsville Middle is one of 19 schools operated by Montgomery County Public Schools, a district that serves 9,461 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Shawsville Middle logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school records 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Montgomery County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Shawsville Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.0%; this one delivers 62.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put median household income runs about $72,715, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Shawsville Middle is one of 23 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 9,461 students).

The closest other public school is Eastern Montgomery Elementary, roughly 2.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Shawsville Middle. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Shawsville Middle ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 73.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Shawsville Middle's enrollment has contracted 13% since 2018, when it stood at 223 (now 193). The White share of enrollment contracted from 92% to 85% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 7.5:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.