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If you had an hour of school board time for SOUTHAMPTON MIDDLE, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
497
Middle
DISTRICT 394 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510360001583
Southampton Middle
23450 Southampton Pkwy, Courtland, VA 23837 · (757) 653-9250 · Southampton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% 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.
- C-Beats 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
13.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
457 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 185 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 144 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 168 | 34% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Southampton Middle→Southampton High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Southampton County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
64.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
44.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -1.0pp 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 44 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Southampton Middle
Southampton Middle's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton Middle this school | 497 | 92.0% | 53.3% |
| Dan River Middle Ringgold | 438 | 85.4% | 75.1% |
| Buckingham County Middle Buckingham | 407 | 98.3% | 58.0% |
| Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle Hampton | 613 | 94.3% | 89.0% |
| Linkhorne Middle Lynchburg | 519 | 94.6% | 50.9% |
| James Madison Middle Roanoke | 598 | 99.7% | 58.0% |
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 Southampton Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #301 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #321 of 342 ▼ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #252 of 342 ▼ 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #260 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #200 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #185 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.0% | #79 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #52 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
497
-156 (-24%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 578
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 497 | 36.2 | 13.7:1 | 92% (457) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 33.8 | 15.7:1 | 76% (405) |
| 2022-23 | 566 | 41.3 | 13.7:1 | 76% (432) |
| 2020-21 | 653 | 41 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 607 | 42.4 | 14.3:1 | 46% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 622 | 38 | 16.4:1 | 45% (277) |
| 2010-11 | 605 | 30 | 20.2:1 | 44% (264) |
| 2000-01 | 662 | 47 | 14.1:1 | 41% (269) |
| 1990-91 | 578 | 41 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southampton Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (607 to 497); teachers down 15% (42.4 to 36.2).
About Southampton Middle
Federal records list Southampton Middle as a middle-grades school in Courtland, Virginia. In all, 497 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. That is 34% below the average of about 750 students for middle schools in Virginia.
Southampton Middle is run by Southampton County Public Schools, whose 6 schools enroll 2,363 students.
The largest group at Southampton Middle is White students, at 52%. Other groups make up 39% Black, 4% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. County-wide, 61% of Southampton County residents are White. The diversity index for Southampton Middle is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.7:1. That is in line with the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. By family income, 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Southampton County is similar, at 91%.
Among Virginia public middle schools, Southampton Middle outscored 13%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
In Virginia, Southampton Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 53.3% actual against a predicted 63.1%.
For the population of Southampton County, median household income comes to about $70,795, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Southampton County counts 7 public schools with about 2,363 students.
Southampton High is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Southampton Middle, there are 2 other public schools. On average proficiency, Southampton Middle is 6th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, Southampton Middle is Rural: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Southampton Middle had a net loss of 156 students, or 24%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.9:1 in 2020-21, and 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Southampton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,964
Census ACS
Median income
$70,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,363 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Southampton County Public Schools
- Southampton HighHigh · 704 students
- Riverdale ElementaryElementary · 533 students
- Nottoway ElementaryElementary · 235 students
- Meherrin ElementaryElementary · 218 students
- Capron ElementaryElementary · 176 students
- Fresh Start CenterElementary
Other schools in Courtland
- Southampton HighHigh · 704 students
- Riverdale ElementaryElementary · 533 students
Other Southampton Middle schools
One other US public school is named Southampton Middle. Southampton Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Southampton MiddleBel Air, MD · 1,192 students
Nearby schools
- Southampton High0.2 mi · 704
- Capron Elementary4.8 mi · 176
- Meherrin Elementary5.1 mi · 218
- Riverdale Elementary6.9 mi · 533
- Franklin High8.7 mi · 504
- Joseph P. King Jr. Middle9.9 mi · 155
Frequently asked questions
About Southampton MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Southampton Middle?
Southampton Middle enrolls approximately 497 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Southampton Middle serve?
Southampton Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Southampton Middle have?
Southampton Middle employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Southampton Middle?
Student demographics at Southampton Middle are roughly 52% White, 4% Hispanic, 39% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Southampton Middle?
Southampton Middle is overseen by Southampton County Public Schools in Southampton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.