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What's the biggest difference between TOANO MIDDLE and what you expected?
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Enrollment
704
Middle
DISTRICT 670 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLIAMSBURG-JAMES CITY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510402000446
Toano Middle
7817 Richmond Road, Toano, VA 23168 · (757) 566-4251 · James City County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL704 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% of Virginia public middle schools
- BTest 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.
- ·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
15.2:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
225 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 228 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 220 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 256 | 36% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
79.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
Math
74.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 79.0% |
| 2022-23 | 71.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
75.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 Toano Middle
Toano Middle's state test result (75.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toano Middle this school | 704 | 32.0% | 75.4% |
| Yorktown Middle Yorktown | 717 | 37.1% | 77.4% |
| Lois Hornsby Middle Williamsburg | 805 | 34.3% | 79.9% |
| Donald B. Dixon-Lyle R. Smith Middle Fredericksburg | 887 | 36.0% | 70.1% |
| Goochland Middle Goochland | 616 | 30.4% | 72.8% |
| Ni River Middle Spotsylvania | 692 | 23.0% | 75.6% |
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 Toano Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #118 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #133 of 342 ▼ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #111 of 342 ▼ 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 704 | #183 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #276 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #164 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.0% | #278 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #80 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
704
+74 (+12%) vs 2020
-2% since 2000-01, when it was 719
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 704 | 46.3 | 15.2:1 | 32% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 699 | 45.3 | 15.4:1 | 35% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 678 | 44 | 15.4:1 | 33% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | 45 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 820 | 49.5 | 16.6:1 | 29% (237) |
| 2015-16 | 803 | 46 | 17.5:1 | 24% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 678 | 44 | 15.4:1 | 23% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 719 | 60 | 12.0:1 | 22% (158) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Toano Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (820 to 704); teachers down 6% (49.5 to 46.3).
About Toano Middle
Families in Toano, Virginia, are served by Toano Middle, a medium-sized middle school. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 704 students enrolled.
Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools is made up of 16 schools with 11,371 students in all.
A majority of students at Toano Middle, 58%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% Black, 12% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 73%. Toano Middle has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 46.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1. For comparison, middle schools in Virginia average 13.1:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 32%. The gap from the 44% average for public schools in James City County is 12 points.
The allk12 Grade for Toano Middle is B-. Compared with Virginia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 54% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Toano Middle posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 75.4%, compared with a predicted 79.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe James City County this way: median household income is about $109,985, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of James City County number 15 and enroll about 9,715.
The school nearest to Toano Middle is Stonehouse Elementary, at a distance of about 1.3 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Toano Middle is 6th on average proficiency.
Toano Middle has an NCES locale of Suburb: Small.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Toano Middle went from 630 students to 704. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.0:1 to 15.2:1.
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James City County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
81,013
Census ACS
Median income
$109,985
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
9,715 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools
- Warhill HighHigh · 1,277 students
- Lafayette HighHigh · 1,247 students
- Jamestown HighHigh · 1,243 students
- Stonehouse ElementaryElementary · 838 students
- Lois Hornsby MiddleMiddle · 805 students
- Berkeley MiddleMiddle · 666 students
Nearby schools
- Stonehouse Elementary1.3 mi · 838
- Norge Elementary1.9 mi · 578
- J. Blaine Blayton Elementary2.9 mi · 481
- Lois Hornsby Middle3.0 mi · 805
- Warhill High3.8 mi · 1,277
- D.J. Montague Elementary4.6 mi · 515
Frequently asked questions
About Toano MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Toano Middle?
Toano Middle enrolls approximately 704 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Toano Middle serve?
Toano Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Toano Middle?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Toano Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Toano Middle?
At Toano Middle, the student body is approximately 58% White, 12% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Toano Middle in?
Toano Middle is part of Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.