Shelburne Middle

Shelburne Middle is one of the intimate 6-8 campuss in Staunton, Virginia, operated by Staunton City Public Schools, with 583 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 750 students per school, that is 22% smaller than typical.

Shelburne Middle is one of 6 schools operated by Staunton City Public Schools, a district that instructs 2,692 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Shelburne Middle shows that White students make up the majority at 63%; the rest looks like 14% multiracial, 12% Black, 10% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Shelburne Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.2%, the actual is 66.8%, a residual of +1.6 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Staunton city) shows that median household income runs about $65,581, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Staunton city's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,780 students), Shelburne Middle is one campus in the mix.

Arthur R. Ware Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Shelburne Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 75.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Shelburne Middle's enrollment has edged down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 655 (now 583). Over the same period, the White share declined from 67% to 63%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Shelburne Middle community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.