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Enrollment
939
Middle
DISTRICT 909 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STAFFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510366001603
T. Benton Gayle Middle
100 Panther Drive, Fredericksburg, VA 22406 · (540) 373-0383 · Stafford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL939 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% 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
15.1:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
386 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 | 310 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 312 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 317 | 34% |
Student demographics
73%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
74.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
70.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 71.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
69.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 T. Benton Gayle Middle
T. Benton Gayle Middle's state test result (69.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| T. Benton Gayle Middle this school | 939 | 41.1% | 69.9% |
| Plaza Middle Virginia Beach | 1,033 | 44.6% | 83.5% |
| Corporate Landing Middle Virginia Beach | 995 | 44.9% | 76.5% |
| Kempsville Middle Virginia Beach | 727 | 42.5% | 78.8% |
| Landstown Middle Virginia Beach | 1,272 | 39.3% | 82.4% |
| H.H. Poole Middle Stafford | 995 | 39.7% | 60.8% |
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 T. Benton Gayle Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Stafford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #171 of 337 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #166 of 342 ▼ 9 | #4 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #166 of 342 ▼ 8 | #4 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 939 | #99 of 343 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #272 of 327 | #5 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.9% | #25 of 333 | #4 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.1% | #243 of 340 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #97 of 99 | #6 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
939
-20 (-2%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 939 | 62 | 15.1:1 | 41% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 926 | 62 | 14.9:1 | 40% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 899 | 66 | 13.6:1 | 37% (329) |
| 2020-21 | 959 | 61 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 930 | 59 | 15.8:1 | 30% (281) |
| 2015-16 | 886 | 52 | 17.0:1 | 28% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 875 | 46 | 19.0:1 | 24% (211) |
| 2000-01 | 648 | 49 | 13.2:1 | 18% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 632 | 43 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for T. Benton Gayle Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (930 to 939); teachers up 5% (59 to 62).
About T. Benton Gayle Middle
T. Benton Gayle Middle is a middle school in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and it is part of Stafford County Public Schools. Total enrollment is 939 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. Middle schools in Virginia have about 750 students on average; enrollment here is 25% higher.
T. Benton Gayle Middle is one school in Stafford County Public Schools, a system of 32 schools with 31,812 students.
At T. Benton Gayle Middle, White students make up the biggest share, 42%. The remaining students are 23% Black, 17% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 8% Asian. Among people living in Stafford County, the White share is about 54%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 73%.
There are 62 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.1:1. Across middle schools in Virginia, the average ratio is 13.1:1. Of all students at T. Benton Gayle Middle, 41% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Virginia public middle schools, T. Benton Gayle Middle outscored 39%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, T. Benton Gayle Middle is 7.0 points below its prediction. Actual: 69.9%. Predicted: 76.9%.
Census data for Stafford County show the median household earns about $137,807 a year, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting T. Benton Gayle Middle, Stafford County has 41 public schools.
The closest school to T. Benton Gayle Middle is Stafford Senior High, located about 1.8 miles away. T. Benton Gayle Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. T. Benton Gayle Middle's average proficiency of 69.9% compares with 63.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 959 to 939, a small change.
This page collects posts and questions about T. Benton Gayle Middle, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Fredericksburg
- Stafford Senior HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Riverbend HighHigh · 1,913 students
- Massaponax HighHigh · 1,692 students
- Courtland HighHigh · 1,497 students
- Chancellor HighHigh · 1,321 students
- James Monroe HighHigh · 1,013 students
Nearby schools
- Stafford Senior High1.8 mi · 2,198
- Rocky Run Elementary2.2 mi · 911
- Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle2.4 mi · 625
- Rising Star Early Childhood Education Center at Melchers2.6 mi · 280
- Falmouth Elementary2.9 mi · 724
- Conway Elementary3.5 mi · 904
Frequently asked questions
About T. Benton Gayle MiddleHow large is T. Benton Gayle Middle?
T. Benton Gayle Middle enrolls approximately 939 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does T. Benton Gayle Middle serve?
T. Benton Gayle Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at T. Benton Gayle Middle?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at T. Benton Gayle Middle.
How diverse is T. Benton Gayle Middle?
T. Benton Gayle Middle reports a student body of 42% White, 17% Hispanic, 23% Black, 8% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is T. Benton Gayle Middle in?
T. Benton Gayle Middle is part of Stafford County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.