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If you could change one rule at THORNBURG MIDDLE, what would it be?
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Enrollment
755
Middle
DISTRICT 786 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510364000981
Thornburg Middle
6929 N Roxbury Mill Rd, Spotsylvania, VA 22551 · (540) 582-7600 · Spotsylvania County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL755 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% 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.
- 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
13.4:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
489 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 | 250 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 238 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 267 | 35% |
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
64.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
47.0%
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 47 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 are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
54.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 70% 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 Thornburg Middle
Thornburg Middle's state test result (54.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornburg Middle this school | 755 | 64.8% | 54.1% |
| Virginia Beach Middle Virginia Beach | 685 | 61.5% | 76.6% |
| Spotsylvania Middle Spotsylvania | 1,009 | 65.2% | 66.5% |
| Deep Creek Middle Chesapeake | 764 | 72.8% | 67.9% |
| Jackson P. Burley Middle Charlottesville | 534 | 63.1% | 65.3% |
| 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 Thornburg Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Spotsylvania County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #294 of 337 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #314 of 342 ▼ 3 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #253 of 342 ▲ 18 | #4 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 755 | #161 of 343 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #176 of 327 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.4% | #20 of 333 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.8% | #215 of 340 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.9% | #63 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
755
+40 (+6%) vs 2020
-8% since 2000-01, when it was 823
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
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 | 755 | 56.3 | 13.4:1 | 65% (489) |
| 2023-24 | 735 | 55.6 | 13.2:1 | 64% (467) |
| 2022-23 | 696 | 47 | 14.8:1 | 65% (455) |
| 2020-21 | 715 | 45 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 713 | 41 | 17.4:1 | 34% (242) |
| 2015-16 | 708 | 42 | 16.9:1 | 34% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 645 | 38 | 17.0:1 | 27% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 823 | 58 | 14.2:1 | 17% (142) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thornburg Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (713 to 755); teachers up 37% (41 to 56.3).
About Thornburg Middle
Located in Spotsylvania, Virginia, Thornburg Middle is a medium-sized middle school. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 755 students.
Spotsylvania County Public Schools runs Thornburg Middle along with 28 other schools, enrolling 24,036 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Thornburg Middle, at 36%. Beyond that, enrollment is 26% Black, 24% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 63%. Thornburg Middle's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
Thornburg Middle's 56.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.4:1. That matches the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia fairly closely. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 65%.
allk12 grades Thornburg Middle a D. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 70.5% for Thornburg Middle, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 54.1%. The 16.3-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Virginia schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Spotsylvania County, the median household income is $112,738, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. In all, Spotsylvania County has 34 public schools and roughly 24,036 students.
The closest public school to Thornburg Middle is Riverview Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 54.1% is below the 67.7% average for nearby schools.
Thornburg Middle is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
Enrollment is up 6% from 2020-21, when Thornburg Middle had 715 students, to 2024-25, when it had 755. Students per teacher fell from 15.9 in 2020-21 to 13.4 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Thornburg Middle. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Spotsylvania MiddleMiddle · 1,009 students
Other schools in Spotsylvania
- Spotsylvania HighCombined · 1,394 students
- Spotsylvania MiddleMiddle · 1,009 students
- Courthouse Road ElementaryElementary · 762 students
- Ni River MiddleMiddle · 692 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 691 students
- Post Oak MiddleMiddle · 679 students
Nearby schools
- Riverview Elementary0.2 mi · 691
- Massaponax High2.1 mi · 1,692
- Parkside Elementary3.4 mi · 946
- Spotsylvania Middle5.0 mi · 1,009
- Cedar Forest Elementary5.0 mi · 789
- Spotsylvania Elementary5.5 mi · 623
Frequently asked questions
About Thornburg MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Thornburg Middle?
Thornburg Middle enrolls approximately 755 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Thornburg Middle serve?
Thornburg Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Thornburg Middle?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Thornburg Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thornburg Middle?
At Thornburg Middle, the student body is approximately 36% White, 24% Hispanic, 26% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Thornburg Middle in?
Thornburg Middle is part of Spotsylvania County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.