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Enrollment
953
Middle
DISTRICT 909 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STAFFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510366002781
Shirley C. Heim Middle
320 Telegraph Road, Stafford, VA 22554 · (540) 658-5910 · Stafford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL953 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Virginia public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
14.9:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
515 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 | 287 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 330 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 336 | 35% |
Student demographics
72%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
64.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
46.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 52.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 73% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Shirley C. Heim Middle
Shirley C. Heim Middle's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley C. Heim Middle this school | 953 | 54.0% | 54.8% |
| Kenmore Middle Arlington | 1,053 | 54.9% | 71.4% |
| Sandburg Middle Alexandria | 1,401 | 50.0% | 64.2% |
| Jefferson Middle Arlington | 1,120 | 43.0% | 69.5% |
| Stafford Middle Stafford | 961 | 48.2% | 59.6% |
| George Washington Middle Alexandria | 1,458 | 45.6% | 63.0% |
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 Shirley C. Heim Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Stafford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #290 of 337 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #318 of 342 ▼ 31 | #8 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #254 of 342 ▼ 20 | #8 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 953 | #95 of 343 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #264 of 327 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #29 of 333 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.0% | #226 of 340 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #221 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
953
-36 (-4%) vs 2020
+25% since 2010-11, when it was 761
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 953 | 64 | 14.9:1 | 54% (515) |
| 2023-24 | 952 | 65 | 14.6:1 | 57% (542) |
| 2022-23 | 980 | 72 | 13.6:1 | 57% (559) |
| 2020-21 | 989 | 66 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 964 | 61.3 | 15.7:1 | 39% (377) |
| 2015-16 | 838 | 52 | 16.1:1 | 38% (320) |
| 2010-11 | 761 | 43 | 17.7:1 | 31% (235) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shirley C. Heim Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (964 to 953); teachers up 4% (61.3 to 64).
About Shirley C. Heim Middle
Shirley C. Heim Middle is a middle school located in Stafford, Virginia, in Stafford County. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 953 students. That puts enrollment 27% above the 750-student average for middle schools in Virginia.
Shirley C. Heim Middle is in Stafford County Public Schools, a district with 31,812 students across 32 schools.
At Shirley C. Heim Middle, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 40%. The remaining students are 26% White, 21% Black, 7% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Among people living in Stafford County, the Hispanic share is about 17%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 72, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, Shirley C. Heim Middle has a ratio of 14.9:1. Across middle schools in Virginia, the average ratio is 13.1:1. Income data for the school show 54% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Stafford County, the average is 45%.
Shirley C. Heim Middle holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 9% of Virginia public middle schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Shirley C. Heim Middle is among the bottom 10% of schools in Virginia. Predicted: 73.4%. Actual: 54.8%.
In the wider Stafford County area, median household income comes to about $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 counts 41 public schools with about 31,812 students.
Shirley C. Heim Middle's closest public school neighbor is Widewater Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Shirley C. Heim Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Shirley C. Heim Middle ranks 9th of 9 nearby schools, at 54.8% versus a 63.5% average.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment decreased 4% over 4 years, reaching 953 in 2024-25.
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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
- Rodney E. Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,063 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
- Rodney E. Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,063 students
- H.H. Poole MiddleMiddle · 995 students
Nearby schools
- Widewater Elementary0.3 mi · 698
- Anne E. Moncure Elementary2.1 mi · 852
- Hampton Oaks Elementary3.0 mi · 887
- Kate Waller Barrett Elementary3.2 mi · 838
- Anthony Burns Elementary3.7 mi · 730
- H.H. Poole Middle4.0 mi · 995
Frequently asked questions
About Shirley C. Heim MiddleHow large is Shirley C. Heim Middle?
Shirley C. Heim Middle enrolls approximately 953 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Shirley C. Heim Middle serve?
Shirley C. Heim Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Shirley C. Heim Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Shirley C. Heim Middle is approximately 14.9:1 (64 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Shirley C. Heim Middle?
At Shirley C. Heim Middle, the student body is approximately 26% White, 40% Hispanic, 21% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Shirley C. Heim Middle?
Shirley C. Heim 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.