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Enrollment
961
Middle
DISTRICT 909 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STAFFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510366001601
Stafford Middle
101 Spartan Dr, Stafford, VA 22554 · (540) 658-6210 · Stafford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL961 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% 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.
- DBeats 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
13.5:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
463 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 316 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 311 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 334 | 35% |
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
65.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
60.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 52.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 75% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Stafford Middle
Stafford Middle's state test result (59.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stafford Middle this school | 961 | 48.2% | 59.6% |
| H.H. Poole Middle Stafford | 995 | 39.7% | 60.8% |
| Shirley C. Heim Middle Stafford | 953 | 54.0% | 54.8% |
| T. Benton Gayle Middle Fredericksburg | 939 | 41.1% | 69.9% |
| Hughes Middle Reston | 1,012 | 41.4% | 74.2% |
| Jefferson Middle Arlington | 1,120 | 43.0% | 69.5% |
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 Stafford Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Stafford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #254 of 337 | #7 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #245 of 342 ▲ 24 | #6 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #242 of 342 ▲ 21 | #7 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 961 | #93 of 343 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #180 of 327 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.0% | #7 of 333 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.2% | #229 of 340 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.6% | #45 of 99 | #5 of 6 |
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
961
+68 (+8%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 826
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 961 | 71 | 13.5:1 | 48% (463) |
| 2023-24 | 929 | 62 | 15.0:1 | 52% (483) |
| 2022-23 | 903 | 67.5 | 13.4:1 | 48% (431) |
| 2020-21 | 893 | 61 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 869 | 51.1 | 17.0:1 | 42% (362) |
| 2015-16 | 780 | 48 | 16.3:1 | 36% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | 28 | 18.6:1 | 24% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 1,018 | 68 | 15.0:1 | 25% (259) |
| 1990-91 | 826 | 51 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stafford Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (869 to 961); teachers up 39% (51.1 to 71).
About Stafford Middle
Stafford Middle is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Virginia, located in Stafford. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 961 students enrolled. For comparison, middle schools in Virginia average about 750 students.
Stafford County Public Schools, which runs Stafford Middle, has 32 schools and 31,812 students.
Black students form the largest group at Stafford Middle, 32% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 27% Hispanic, 25% White, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. In Stafford County overall, about 20% of residents are Black. Stafford Middle has a diversity index of 75%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Stafford Middle employs 71 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.5:1. Middle schools in Virginia have a similar average ratio of 13.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 48% in 2024-25. Across public schools in Stafford County, the average is about the same, 45%.
Measured against Virginia public middle schools, Stafford Middle receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Stafford Middle is among the bottom 10% of schools in Virginia. Predicted: 75.0%. Actual: 59.6%.
Federal survey data for Stafford County show that median household income is about $137,807, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. A total of 41 public schools operate in Stafford County, serving about 31,812 students.
The next-closest public school is Brooke Point High, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Stafford Middle ranks 9th of 9 nearby schools, at 59.6% versus a 70.1% average.
In the federal locale system, Stafford Middle is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
The number of students grew from 893 to 961 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 13.5 students per teacher, compared with 14.6 in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Stafford Middle. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Stafford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
163,466
Census ACS
Median income
$137,807
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
31,812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stafford County Public Schools
- Mountain View HighHigh · 2,233 students
- Brooke Point HighHigh · 2,199 students
- Stafford Senior HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Colonial Forge HighHigh · 2,122 students
- North Stafford HighHigh · 1,982 students
- Rodney E. Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,063 students
Other schools in Stafford
- Mountain View HighHigh · 2,233 students
- Brooke Point HighHigh · 2,199 students
- Colonial Forge HighHigh · 2,122 students
- North Stafford HighHigh · 1,982 students
- Rodney E. Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,063 students
- H.H. Poole MiddleMiddle · 995 students
Other Stafford Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Stafford Middle. Stafford Middle is the largest of the 5.
- Stafford Middle SchoolFRISCO, TX · 946 students
- Stafford Middle SchoolSTAFFORD, TX · 678 students
- STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOLPLATTSBURGH, NY · 392 students
- Stafford Middle SchoolStafford Springs, CT · 285 students
Nearby schools
- Brooke Point High0.2 mi · 2,199
- Stafford Elementary0.9 mi · 879
- Anthony Burns Elementary2.3 mi · 730
- Colonial Forge High3.4 mi · 2,122
- Hampton Oaks Elementary3.5 mi · 887
- Winding Creek Elementary3.7 mi · 840
Frequently asked questions
About Stafford MiddleHow many students attend Stafford Middle?
Stafford Middle enrolls approximately 961 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Stafford Middle serve?
Stafford Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Stafford Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Stafford Middle is approximately 13.5:1 (71 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Stafford Middle?
At Stafford Middle, the student body is approximately 25% White, 27% Hispanic, 32% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Stafford Middle public or private?
Stafford Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Stafford County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.