Whitman Middle

Whitman Middle is a 6-8 campus of mid-tier scale in Alexandria, Virginia, operated by Fairfax County Public Schools, teacheing 828 students in grades 7 through 8.

Within Fairfax County Public Schools, which oversees 199 schools and 179,323 students, Whitman Middle is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Whitman Middle records that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 22% Black, 16% White, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Whitman Middle records 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Whitman Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fairfax County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Whitman Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.7%, the actual is 58.3%, a residual of -11.3 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Fairfax County) logs that median household earnings sit near $153,637, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Whitman Middle is one of 222 public schools in Fairfax County (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students).

Hollin Meadows Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Whitman Middle comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 61.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 976 students in 2018 compared to 828 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 45% to 52%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Whitman Middle typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.