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Enrollment
570
Middle
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510078000279
Walker Upper Elementary
1564 Dairy Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903 · (434) 245-2412 · Charlottesville city
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Virginia public middle schools
- CTest 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
9.0:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
451 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 5 | 282 | 49% |
| Grade 6 | 288 | 51% |
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Charlottesville City Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
64.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
62.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +12.0pp 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 62 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 12 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Walker Upper Elementary
Walker Upper Elementary's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Upper Elementary this school | 570 | 79.1% | 61.0% |
| Buford Middle Charlottesville | 563 | 74.2% | 61.4% |
| Northside Middle Roanoke | 648 | 71.9% | 75.8% |
| Jolliff Middle Chesapeake | 753 | 73.8% | 77.9% |
| Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle Falmouth | 625 | 74.4% | 60.4% |
| Greenbrier Middle Chesapeake | 788 | 73.9% | 77.9% |
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 Walker Upper Elementary ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #243 of 337 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #220 of 342 ▲ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #245 of 342 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #230 of 343 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #7 of 327 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #22 of 333 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.1% | #133 of 340 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #159 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
570
-58 (-9%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 737
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 570 | 63.5 | 9.0:1 | 79% (451) |
| 2023-24 | 604 | 47 | 12.8:1 | 88% (529) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 51.5 | 12.0:1 | 72% (442) |
| 2020-21 | 628 | 49 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 610 | 47.2 | 12.9:1 | 64% (390) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 47 | 11.4:1 | 55% (296) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 38 | 14.6:1 | 55% (303) |
| 2000-01 | 686 | 64 | 10.7:1 | 50% (340) |
| 1990-91 | 737 | 56 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walker Upper Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (610 to 570); teachers up 34% (47.2 to 63.5).
About Walker Upper Elementary
Among the schools in Charlottesville, Virginia, is Walker Upper Elementary, a small middle school. The school's enrollment of 570 students covers grades 5 through 6. Enrollment is 24% lower than the average for middle schools in Virginia, which is about 750.
Charlottesville City Public Schools serves 4,439 students across 9 schools.
Walker Upper Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 40%. The remaining students are 25% Black, 15% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, and 7% Asian. Among people living in Charlottesville city, the White share is about 67%. Walker Upper Elementary's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 63.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.0:1. That is lower than the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 79%.
The allk12 Grade for Walker Upper Elementary is C. Compared with Virginia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 30% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at Walker Upper Elementary are 5.6 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (61.0% actual, 66.6% predicted).
In Charlottesville city (population about 45,437), the median household income is $74,824, 63% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Walker Upper Elementary is one of 15 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Walker Upper Elementary is Charlottesville High, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Walker Upper Elementary ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 58 fewer students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 9.0 students per teacher, compared with 12.8 in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Walker Upper Elementary covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Charlottesville city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,437
Census ACS
Median income
$74,824
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
63%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,150 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Charlottesville City Public Schools
- Charlottesville HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Buford MiddleMiddle · 563 students
- Jackson-Via ElementaryElementary · 370 students
- Johnson ElementaryElementary · 327 students
- Trailblazer ElementaryElementary · 320 students
- Burnley-Moran ElementaryElementary · 299 students
Other schools in Charlottesville
- Albemarle HighHigh · 1,964 students
- Charlottesville HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Monticello HighHigh · 1,184 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 769 students
- Baker-Butler ElementaryElementary · 692 students
- Journey MiddleMiddle · 646 students
Nearby schools
- Charlottesville High0.4 mi · 1,438
- Community Lab School0.9 mi · 177
- Jackson P. Burley Middle1.0 mi · 534
- Greenbrier Elementary1.0 mi · 267
- Trailblazer Elementary1.3 mi · 320
- Burnley-Moran Elementary1.7 mi · 299
Frequently asked questions
About Walker Upper ElementaryHow many students attend Walker Upper Elementary?
Walker Upper Elementary enrolls approximately 570 students in grades 05-06.
What grades does Walker Upper Elementary serve?
Walker Upper Elementary serves grades 05-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Walker Upper Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Walker Upper Elementary is approximately 9.0:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Walker Upper Elementary?
Student demographics at Walker Upper Elementary are roughly 40% White, 13% Hispanic, 25% Black, 7% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Walker Upper Elementary in?
Walker Upper Elementary is part of Charlottesville City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.