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Enrollment
413
Middle
DISTRICT 437 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHENANDOAH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510351000221
Signal Knob Middle
687 Sandy Hook Road, Strasburg, VA 22657 · (540) 465-3422 · Shenandoah County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Virginia public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
346 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 142 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 145 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 126 | 31% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
80.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +11.0pp since 2022
Math
76.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +14.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 11 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 14 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
74.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Signal Knob Middle
Signal Knob Middle's state test result (74.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Knob Middle this school | 413 | 83.8% | 74.9% |
| Nelson Middle Lovingston | 328 | 85.1% | 74.8% |
| North Fork Middle Quicksburg | 362 | 84.0% | 78.0% |
| Amherst Middle Amherst | 371 | 82.7% | 74.6% |
| Maury River Middle Lexington | 481 | 75.1% | 68.8% |
| Peter Muhlenberg Middle Woodstock | 535 | 83.4% | 71.4% |
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 Signal Knob Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #123 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #115 of 342 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #100 of 342 ▲ 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #281 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #144 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.2% | #282 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.8% | #119 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #157 of 224 |
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
413
-27 (-6%) vs 2020
+5% since 2000-01, when it was 395
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 413 | 32.1 | 12.9:1 | 84% (346) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 33.6 | 12.0:1 | 80% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 40.8 | 10.2:1 | 73% (304) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 37 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 41.9 | 10.6:1 | 35% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 43 | 11.9:1 | 31% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 37% (184) |
| 2000-01 | 395 | 33 | 12.0:1 | 16% (63) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Signal Knob Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (444 to 413); teachers down 23% (41.9 to 32.1).
About Signal Knob Middle
Among the schools in Strasburg, Virginia, is Signal Knob Middle, a low-enrollment middle school. Enrollment stands at 413 students, covering grades 6 through 8. It has 45% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Virginia (about 750).
Shenandoah County Public Schools enrolls 5,703 students, and its 9 schools include Signal Knob Middle.
More than half of the students at Signal Knob Middle are White (77%). The next largest groups are 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. In Shenandoah County overall, about 85% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Signal Knob Middle scores 39%.
Signal Knob Middle reported 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 12.9:1. That is in line with the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. There are 346 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 84% of enrollment. The figure for public schools in Shenandoah County is close, at 84%.
Signal Knob Middle earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 71% of Virginia public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Signal Knob Middle would be expected to post about 65.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 74.9%.
In the surrounding county, Shenandoah County, median household income comes to about $67,191, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 11, with about 5,703 students.
Among nearby public schools, Sandy Hook Elementary is closest at about 0.5 miles. Within five miles of Signal Knob Middle, there are 2 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 67.0%; Signal Knob Middle's is 74.9%, ranking 3rd of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment fell by 6% across 4 years, from 440 in 2020-21 to 413 in 2024-25.
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Shenandoah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,925
Census ACS
Median income
$67,191
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
5,703 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shenandoah County Public Schools
- W.W. Robinson ElementaryElementary · 1,035 students
- Sandy Hook ElementaryElementary · 828 students
- Central HighHigh · 728 students
- Ashby-Lee ElementaryElementary · 692 students
- Strasburg HighHigh · 614 students
- Peter Muhlenberg MiddleMiddle · 535 students
Other schools in Strasburg
- Sandy Hook ElementaryElementary · 828 students
- Strasburg HighHigh · 614 students
Nearby schools
- Sandy Hook Elementary0.5 mi · 828
- Strasburg High0.6 mi · 614
- Middletown Elementary7.1 mi · 648
- A.S. Rhodes Elementary8.8 mi · 265
- Skyline High9.8 mi · 848
- Skyline Middle10.0 mi · 536
Frequently asked questions
About Signal Knob MiddleHow many students attend Signal Knob Middle?
Signal Knob Middle enrolls approximately 413 students in grades 06-08.
Is Signal Knob Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Signal Knob Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Signal Knob Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Signal Knob Middle is approximately 12.9:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Signal Knob Middle?
Signal Knob Middle reports a student body of 77% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Signal Knob Middle?
Signal Knob Middle is overseen by Shenandoah County Public Schools in Shenandoah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.