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Alumni: what's one memory from WHITMAN MIDDLE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
828
Middle
DISTRICT 1,029 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510126000475
Whitman Middle
2500 Parkers Ln, Alexandria, VA 22306 · (703) 660-2400 · Fairfax County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL828 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% 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.
- 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
14.1:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
561 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 7 | 414 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 414 | 50% |
Student demographics
65%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
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
63.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
Math
62.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +13.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 63 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 13 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Whitman Middle
Whitman Middle's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitman Middle this school | 828 | 67.8% | 58.3% |
| Fred M. Lynn Middle Woodbridge | 973 | 68.7% | 59.8% |
| Graham Park Middle Triangle | 713 | 68.9% | 65.4% |
| Woodbridge Middle Woodbridge | 873 | 69.5% | 66.1% |
| Herndon Middle Herndon | 895 | 65.1% | 60.3% |
| Chancellor Middle Fredericksburg | 799 | 72.1% | 57.8% |
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 Whitman Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fairfax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #261 of 337 | #18 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #222 of 342 ▲ 41 | #19 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #260 of 342 ▲ 15 | #18 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 828 | #140 of 343 | #19 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #217 of 327 | #18 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #123 of 333 | #18 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.8% | #197 of 340 | #5 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #68 of 224 | #4 of 18 |
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
828
-86 (-9%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 695
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 828 | 58.9 | 14.1:1 | 68% (561) |
| 2023-24 | 819 | 69.6 | 11.8:1 | 66% (538) |
| 2022-23 | 869 | 61.8 | 14.1:1 | 63% (548) |
| 2020-21 | 914 | 81 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 976 | 80.3 | 12.2:1 | 56% (544) |
| 2015-16 | 986 | 80 | 12.3:1 | 53% (521) |
| 2010-11 | 991 | 60 | 16.5:1 | 51% (507) |
| 2000-01 | 931 | 78 | 11.9:1 | 39% (362) |
| 1990-91 | 695 | 47 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitman Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (976 to 828); teachers down 27% (80.3 to 58.9).
About Whitman Middle
Whitman Middle is the name of a mid-sized middle school in Alexandria, Virginia. The school counted 828 students in 2024-25, covering grades 7 through 8.
Federal data list 199 schools in Fairfax County Public Schools, with 179,323 students enrolled.
The student body at Whitman Middle is 52% Hispanic. The school is also 22% Black, 16% White, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 18%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
Whitman Middle has 58.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.1:1. Middle schools in Virginia average 13.1:1, 0.9 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 68% at Whitman Middle. That is higher than the 37% average for public schools in Fairfax County.
On the allk12 Grade, Whitman Middle lands at C-, ahead of 17% of Virginia public middle schools.
Schools in Virginia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 69.7%. Whitman Middle scores 58.3%.
For Fairfax County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $153,637 a year, roughly 65% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Public schools in Fairfax County number 222, with about 174,475 students.
Hollin Meadows Elementary, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Whitman Middle places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Whitman Middle had a net loss of 86 students, or 9%. The school's ratio increased from 11.3:1 to 14.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Whitman Middle. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Fairfax County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,147,837
Census ACS
Median income
$153,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
222
174,475 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairfax County Public Schools
- Lake Braddock SecondaryHigh · 4,411 students
- Robinson SecondaryHigh · 3,710 students
- Hayfield SecondaryHigh · 3,256 students
- Chantilly HighHigh · 2,937 students
- West Springfield HighHigh · 2,799 students
- Westfield HighHigh · 2,737 students
Other schools in Alexandria
- Alexandria City HighHigh · 4,655 students
- Hayfield SecondaryHigh · 3,256 students
- West Potomac HighHigh · 2,710 students
- Edison HighHigh · 2,294 students
- Thomas Jefferson High for Science and TechnologyHigh · 2,108 students
- Mount Vernon HighHigh · 1,858 students
Other Whitman Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Whitman Middle. Whitman Middle is the largest of the 4.
- Whitman Middle SchoolSEATTLE, WA · 633 students
- Whitman MiddleWauwatosa, WI · 570 students
- Whitman MiddleWhitman, MA · 496 students
Nearby schools
- Hollin Meadows Elementary0.6 mi · 594
- Stratford Landing Elementary1.0 mi · 669
- Sandburg Middle1.1 mi · 1,401
- Riverside Elementary1.4 mi · 741
- Mount Vernon Woods Elementary1.4 mi · 507
- Hybla Valley Elementary1.4 mi · 878
Frequently asked questions
About Whitman MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Whitman Middle?
Whitman Middle enrolls approximately 828 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Whitman Middle serve?
Whitman Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Whitman Middle?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Whitman Middle.
How diverse is Whitman Middle?
Whitman Middle reports a student body of 16% White, 52% Hispanic, 22% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Whitman Middle public or private?
Whitman Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairfax County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.