Southampton Middle

Located at 23450 Southampton Pkwy, in Courtland, Virginia, Southampton Middle is a modestly sized middle-grades school that hosts 497 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Southampton County Public Schools. That puts it 34% below the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 750 students.

Across the 6 schools in Southampton County Public Schools (2,363 students total), Southampton Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Southampton Middle logs that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 39% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Southampton County as a whole is about 61% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Southampton Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Southampton County shows median household earnings sit near $70,795, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Southampton County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,363 students), Southampton Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Southampton High, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Southampton Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 64.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 18%: 607 students in 2018 compared to 497 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 43% to 39% over that span.

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