Woodrow Wilson Middle

Woodrow Wilson Middle is a tight-knit intermediate school in Roanoke, Virginia, overseen by Roanoke City Public Schools. The school teaches 601 students in grades 6 through 8.

Roanoke City Public Schools runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 13,811 students. Woodrow Wilson Middle is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Woodrow Wilson Middle logs that 41% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 36% Black, 13% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Roanoke city as a whole is about 57% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Woodrow Wilson Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.1%; this one delivers 59.4%.

Around the school, Roanoke city reports that median household income runs about $55,378, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Woodrow Wilson Middle is one of 30 public schools in Roanoke city (combined enrollment of about 14,392 students).

Patrick Henry High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woodrow Wilson Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 60.4%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 23%: 487 students in 2018 compared to 601 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 49% to 41% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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