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What's the biggest difference between SMART'S MILL MIDDLE and what you expected?
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Enrollment
885
Middle
DISTRICT 1,057 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510225002446
Smart's Mill Middle
850 N. King St., Leesburg, VA 20176 · (571) 252-2030 · Loudoun County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL885 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Virginia public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.6:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
335 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 297 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 299 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 289 | 33% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
71.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
62.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 61.0% |
| 2022-23 | 71.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
70.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Smart's Mill Middle
Smart's Mill Middle's state test result (70.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smart's Mill Middle this school | 885 | 37.9% | 70.6% |
| Andrew G. Wright Middle Stafford | 851 | 33.1% | 71.0% |
| Hughes Middle Reston | 1,012 | 41.4% | 74.2% |
| J. Lupton Simpson Middle Leesburg | 874 | 30.1% | 75.4% |
| Harper Park Middle Leesburg | 858 | 34.7% | 77.1% |
| Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle Winchester | 853 | 36.2% | 68.3% |
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 Smart's Mill Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Loudoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #165 of 337 | #16 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #224 of 342 ▼ 4 | #17 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #191 of 342 ▲ 4 | #17 of 18 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 885 | #112 of 343 | #13 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #71 of 327 | #4 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #120 of 333 | #12 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.9% | #255 of 340 | #4 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #35 of 224 | #5 of 13 |
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
885
-127 (-13%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 955
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 885 | 76.4 | 11.6:1 | 38% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 869 | 76.6 | 11.3:1 | 35% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 874 | 75.3 | 11.6:1 | 37% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 1,012 | 97 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,110 | 99 | 11.2:1 | 27% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 1,095 | 83 | 13.2:1 | 26% (282) |
| 2010-11 | 955 | 53 | 18.0:1 | 19% (182) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Smart's Mill Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (1,110 to 885); teachers down 23% (99 to 76.4).
About Smart's Mill Middle
Smart's Mill Middle is a medium-sized middle school in Leesburg, Virginia, one of the schools in Loudoun County Public Schools. It serves 885 students in grades 6 through 8.
District-wide, Loudoun County Public Schools has 98 schools and 81,486 students.
At Smart's Mill Middle, the largest share of students is White, at 48%. The school is also 31% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% Black, and 6% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 76.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. The school's lunch program data list 38% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Loudoun County average 28%.
allk12 grades Smart's Mill Middle a C+. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Smart's Mill Middle sits between the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 70.6% and a predicted 77.8%.
Loudoun County census figures show that the median household income is $181,765, roughly 65% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 103 public schools in Loudoun County, enrolling about 81,486 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Frances Hazel Reid Elementary is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Smart's Mill Middle. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Smart's Mill Middle is 6th of 9 on proficiency.
Federal data place Smart's Mill Middle in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Smart's Mill Middle declined 13% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,012 to 885 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 10.4:1 in 2020-21, and 11.6:1 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Loudoun County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
432,998
Census ACS
Median income
$181,765
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
103
81,486 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Loudoun County Public Schools
- Independence HighHigh · 2,166 students
- Lightridge HighHigh · 2,030 students
- Freedom HighHigh · 1,885 students
- Briar Woods HighHigh · 1,862 students
- John Champe HighHigh · 1,851 students
- Riverside HighHigh · 1,710 students
Other schools in Leesburg
- Riverside HighHigh · 1,710 students
- Heritage HighCombined · 1,475 students
- Tuscarora HighCombined · 1,377 students
- Loudoun County HighHigh · 1,334 students
- Belmont Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,071 students
- J. Lupton Simpson MiddleMiddle · 874 students
Nearby schools
- Frances Hazel Reid Elementary0.2 mi · 647
- Tuscarora High0.6 mi · 1,377
- Leesburg Elementary0.9 mi · 428
- Ball's Bluff Elementary1.0 mi · 465
- Frederick Douglass Elementary1.8 mi · 581
- Catoctin Elementary2.2 mi · 601
Frequently asked questions
About Smart's Mill MiddleHow large is Smart's Mill Middle?
Smart's Mill Middle enrolls approximately 885 students in grades 06-08.
Is Smart's Mill Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Smart's Mill Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Smart's Mill Middle?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Smart's Mill Middle.
How diverse is Smart's Mill Middle?
Smart's Mill Middle reports a student body of 48% White, 31% Hispanic, 7% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Smart's Mill Middle?
Smart's Mill Middle is overseen by Loudoun County Public Schools in Loudoun County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.