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Enrollment
1,009
Middle
DISTRICT 786 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510364001999
Spotsylvania Middle
8801 Courthouse Rd, Spotsylvania, VA 22553 · (540) 582-6341 · Spotsylvania County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,009 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Virginia public middle schools
- C+Test 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.
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
16.3:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
658 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 321 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 350 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 338 | 33% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
58.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp 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 58 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 61.0% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Spotsylvania Middle
Spotsylvania Middle's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spotsylvania Middle this school | 1,009 | 65.2% | 66.5% |
| Brandon Middle Virginia Beach | 1,053 | 67.4% | 75.3% |
| Thornburg Middle Spotsylvania | 755 | 64.8% | 54.1% |
| Deep Creek Middle Chesapeake | 764 | 72.8% | 67.9% |
| Virginia Beach Middle Virginia Beach | 685 | 61.5% | 76.6% |
| Berkeley Middle Williamsburg | 666 | 65.0% | 78.0% |
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 Spotsylvania Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Spotsylvania County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #200 of 337 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #259 of 342 ▼ 37 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #194 of 342 ▼ 10 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,009 | #77 of 343 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #300 of 327 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.8% | #26 of 333 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.2% | #208 of 340 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.2% | #43 of 99 | 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
1,009
+63 (+7%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 685
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 1,009 | 62 | 16.3:1 | 65% (658) |
| 2023-24 | 1,004 | 74.8 | 13.4:1 | 41% (415) |
| 2022-23 | 981 | 60 | 16.4:1 | 38% (376) |
| 2020-21 | 946 | 54 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 907 | 45 | 20.2:1 | 33% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 799 | 44 | 18.2:1 | 29% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 818 | 45 | 18.2:1 | 26% (211) |
| 2000-01 | 838 | 61 | 13.7:1 | 17% (139) |
| 1990-91 | 685 | 42 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spotsylvania Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (907 to 1,009); teachers up 38% (45 to 62).
About Spotsylvania Middle
Spotsylvania Middle is a middle school with a street address in Spotsylvania, Virginia. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 1,009 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in Virginia is about 750, so this school runs 35% bigger than that.
Spotsylvania Middle reports to Spotsylvania County Public Schools, which has 29 schools and 24,036 students.
White students form the largest group at Spotsylvania Middle, 39% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% Black, 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. By comparison, Spotsylvania County residents are about 63% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Spotsylvania Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 73%.
Dividing enrollment by its 62 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 16.3:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Virginia is 13.1:1, lower than at this school. Spotsylvania Middle reports 65% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Spotsylvania Middle a C+. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Spotsylvania Middle would score about 70.3%. It scores 66.5%, 3.9 points below that figure.
Within Spotsylvania County, median household income is about $112,738, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Spotsylvania County number 34 and enroll about 24,036.
Spotsylvania Elementary is located about 0.5 miles from Spotsylvania Middle. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Spotsylvania Middle is behind the 67.8% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
Locale data from NCES put Spotsylvania Middle in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (Suburb: Mid-size).
Federal counts put enrollment at 946 in 2020-21 and 1,009 in 2024-25, a 7% gain. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.3:1) than in 2020-21 (17.5:1).
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Spotsylvania County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
146,603
Census ACS
Median income
$112,738
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
24,036 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spotsylvania County Public Schools
- Riverbend HighHigh · 1,913 students
- Massaponax HighHigh · 1,692 students
- Courtland HighHigh · 1,497 students
- Spotsylvania HighCombined · 1,394 students
- Chancellor HighHigh · 1,321 students
- Parkside ElementaryElementary · 946 students
Other schools in Spotsylvania
- Spotsylvania HighCombined · 1,394 students
- Courthouse Road ElementaryElementary · 762 students
- Thornburg MiddleMiddle · 755 students
- Ni River MiddleMiddle · 692 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 691 students
- Post Oak MiddleMiddle · 679 students
Nearby schools
- Spotsylvania Elementary0.5 mi · 623
- Courtland Elementary2.8 mi · 548
- Parkside Elementary3.0 mi · 946
- Courtland High3.0 mi · 1,497
- Courthouse Road Elementary3.4 mi · 762
- Smith Station Elementary3.8 mi · 715
Frequently asked questions
About Spotsylvania MiddleHow many students attend Spotsylvania Middle?
Spotsylvania Middle enrolls approximately 1,009 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Spotsylvania Middle serve?
Spotsylvania Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Spotsylvania Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Spotsylvania Middle is approximately 16.3:1 (62 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Spotsylvania Middle?
At Spotsylvania Middle, the student body is approximately 39% White, 19% Hispanic, 27% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Spotsylvania Middle in?
Spotsylvania Middle is part of Spotsylvania County Public Schools.
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