Enrollment
377
Middle
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TAZEWELL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510381001669
Tazewell Middle
367 Hope Street, Tazewell, VA 24651 · (276) 988-6513 · Tazewell County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL377 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% 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.
- A+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
12.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
336 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 66%
Community
0
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 | 130 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 124 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 123 | 33% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
81.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
73.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 79.0% |
| 2022-23 | 81.0% | 79.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
78.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Virginia's top 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 Tazewell Middle
Tazewell Middle's state test result (78.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tazewell Middle this school | 377 | 89.1% | 78.5% |
| Graham Middle Bluefield | 339 | 89.7% | 84.5% |
| Richlands Middle Richlands | 447 | 88.1% | 77.0% |
| Coeburn Middle Coeburn | 304 | 92.8% | 81.5% |
| Lebanon Middle Lebanon | 301 | 92.4% | 67.9% |
| Page County Middle Shenandoah | 318 | 81.8% | 67.4% |
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 Tazewell Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #81 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #140 of 342 ▼ 49 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #84 of 342 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #289 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #146 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.7% | #313 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.1% | #95 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #143 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
377
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 609
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 377 | 29.3 | 12.9:1 | 89% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 30.8 | 12.3:1 | 87% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 30 | 12.3:1 | 83% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 373 | 27 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 409 | 27.3 | 15.0:1 | 60% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 431 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 55% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 52% (254) |
| 2000-01 | 439 | 37 | 11.9:1 | 52% (229) |
| 1990-91 | 609 | 38 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tazewell Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (409 to 377); teachers up 7% (27.3 to 29.3).
About Tazewell Middle
Tazewell Middle is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Tazewell, Virginia, one of the schools in Tazewell County Public Schools. It enrolled 377 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 50% lower than the average for middle schools in Virginia, which is about 750.
Enrollment across the 13 schools in Tazewell County Public Schools totals 5,134 students.
White students are the large majority at Tazewell Middle, with 89% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 5% Black and 4% multiracial. The White share in Tazewell County as a whole is similar, at about 93%. Tazewell Middle has a diversity index of 20%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Tazewell Middle and a ratio of 12.9:1. Middle schools in Virginia have a similar average ratio of 13.1:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 89% of enrollment. Across public schools in Tazewell County, the average is about the same, 89%.
Tazewell Middle is graded A by allk12, scoring above 89% of Virginia public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Tazewell Middle ranks in the top 10% of Virginia schools. It scores 78.5%; the prediction is 63.8%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Tazewell County show that median household income is about $47,313, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Tazewell Middle is one of 14 public schools in Tazewell County, which together enroll about 5,134 students.
Tazewell High is the closest public school, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line. There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Tazewell Middle ranks 4th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 373 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 377.
Community posts for Tazewell Middle can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Tazewell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,624
Census ACS
Median income
$47,313
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,134 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tazewell County Public Schools
- Richlands ElementaryElementary · 576 students
- Richlands HighHigh · 557 students
- Tazewell HighHigh · 509 students
- Graham HighHigh · 489 students
- Richlands MiddleMiddle · 447 students
- Tazewell PrimaryElementary · 405 students
Other schools in Tazewell
- Tazewell HighHigh · 509 students
- Tazewell PrimaryElementary · 405 students
- Tazewell County Career & Technical CenterElementary
Nearby schools
- Tazewell High1.1 mi · 509
- Tazewell Primary1.3 mi · 405
- Tazewell Intermediate2.6 mi · 371
- Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary11.0 mi · 144
- Dudley Primary13.4 mi · 208
- Graham High14.0 mi · 489
Frequently asked questions
About Tazewell MiddleHow many students attend Tazewell Middle?
Tazewell Middle enrolls approximately 377 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Tazewell Middle serve?
Tazewell Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Tazewell Middle?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Tazewell Middle.
How diverse is Tazewell Middle?
Tazewell Middle reports a student body of 89% White, 1% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Tazewell Middle public or private?
Tazewell Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tazewell County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.