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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the VIRGINIA MIDDLE administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
452
Middle
DISTRICT 405 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRISTOL CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510045000180
Virginia Middle
855 Piedmont Avenue, Bristol, VA 24201 · (276) 821-5660 · Bristol city
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% 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.
- 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
8.9:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
101%
456 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 132 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 149 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 171 | 38% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Virginia Middle→Virginia High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bristol City Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
74.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
63.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +7.0pp 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 63 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 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 61.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 →
Where Virginia Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #201 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #214 of 342 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #160 of 342 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #269 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #5 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.4% | #273 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 101% | #9 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #91 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
452
-23 (-5%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 470
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 452 | 50.5 | 8.9:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 50.5 | 9.1:1 | 99% (452) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 59 | 8.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 36 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 518 | 39.9 | 13.0:1 | 77% (401) |
| 2015-16 | 512 | 43 | 11.9:1 | 73% (373) |
| 2010-11 | 550 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 64% (350) |
| 2000-01 | 542 | N/A | N/A | 42% (227) |
| 1990-91 | 470 | 32 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Virginia Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (518 to 452); teachers up 27% (39.9 to 50.5).
About Virginia Middle
Virginia Middle runs as a low-enrollment middle school in Bristol, Virginia. The school counted 452 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. The school is 40% below the average for middle schools in Virginia.
Besides Virginia Middle, Bristol City Public Schools runs 7 other schools. The district enrolls 3,238 students.
The student body at Virginia Middle is 76% White. It is also 11% multiracial, 7% Black, and 6% Hispanic. Bristol city's residents are about 85% White, 9 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 40% means there is a 40% chance two randomly chosen students at Virginia Middle are from different groups.
Virginia Middle has 50.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.9:1. Across middle schools in Virginia, the average ratio is 13.1:1.
Virginia Middle earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 54% of Virginia public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Virginia Middle is 5.6 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Virginia schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Bristol city show that the median household earns about $50,404 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Bristol city has 10 public schools with about 3,238 students, including Virginia Middle.
About 0.5 miles separate Virginia Middle from the closest public school, Washington-Lee Elementary. The five-mile area around Virginia Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Virginia Middle ranks 3rd of 5 nearby schools, at 66.3% versus a 66.1% average.
Virginia Middle falls in the Suburb: Small locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 23 students, from 475 to 452. Students per teacher dropped from 13.2 in 2020-21 to 8.9 in 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Bristol city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,849
Census ACS
Median income
$50,404
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,238 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bristol City Public Schools
- Virginia Intermediate SchoolElementary · 655 students
- Virginia HighHigh · 638 students
- Joseph Van Pelt ElementaryElementary · 425 students
- Virginia Primary SchoolElementary · 422 students
- Stonewall Jackson ElementaryElementary · 263 students
- Washington-Lee ElementaryElementary · 219 students
Other schools in Bristol
- Virginia Intermediate SchoolElementary · 655 students
- Virginia HighHigh · 638 students
- John S. Battle HighHigh · 613 students
- High Point ElementaryElementary · 582 students
- Wallace MiddleMiddle · 443 students
- Joseph Van Pelt ElementaryElementary · 425 students
Nearby schools
- Washington-Lee Elementary0.5 mi · 219
- Virginia High0.7 mi · 638
- Highland View Elementary1.1 mi · 164
- Tennessee Online Public School1.1 mi · 233
- Tennessee Online Public School at Bristol1.1 mi · 15
- Anderson Elementary1.3 mi · 280
Frequently asked questions
About Virginia MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Virginia Middle?
Virginia Middle enrolls approximately 452 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Virginia Middle serve?
Virginia Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Virginia Middle have?
Virginia Middle employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Virginia Middle?
Student demographics at Virginia Middle are roughly 76% White, 6% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Virginia Middle in?
Virginia Middle is part of Bristol City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.