Marshall Middle

Set in Marshall, Virginia, Marshall Middle is a cozy junior high, one of the schools within Fauquier County Public Schools. It hosts 426 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 43% smaller than the state mean of about 750.

Across the 18 schools in Fauquier County Public Schools (10,861 students total), Marshall Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Marshall Middle logs that White students make up the majority at 59%; the rest breaks down as 30% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Marshall Middle has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Marshall Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 33% of students at Marshall Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Marshall Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 79.0%, the actual is 69.8%, a residual of -9.2 points.

In the area at large, census data for Fauquier County shows the typical household earns roughly $130,189 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Fauquier County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,861 students), Marshall Middle is one campus in the mix.

W.G. Coleman Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Marshall Middle at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 78.2%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 9%: 469 students in 2018 compared to 426 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 72% to 59% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.

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