Berkeley Middle

What stands out at Berkeley Middle

Berkeley Middle is a mid-sized middle school in Williamsburg, Virginia, enrolling 666 students.

Class loads run somewhat heavier than typical: 15.1:1 puts it in the larger third of Virginia schools by student-teacher ratio.

Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 38.3% of students eligible for free meals.

Enrollment of 666 puts it in the larger third of Virginia schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 1,868 scored Virginia schools.

Among 304 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need Virginia schools statewide, it ranks #252, in the lower tier once campus size and economic need are matched.

Its student body is led by White (50%) and African American (19%) (diversity index 67/100).

Counselor availability sits well past the ASCA benchmark, roughly 333 students sharing each counselor, though short of the most stretched campuses.

11.4% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.

Discipline events run high: 153 in- and out-of-school suspensions were reported for 666 students in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection.

Among Williamsburg's middle schools, it stands alongside Lois Hornsby Middle (805 students): Berkeley Middle is smaller than that campus by headcount and runs leaner classes (15.1:1 vs 15.5:1).

Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools also operates Warhill High (1,277 students) and Lafayette High (1,247 students) alongside Berkeley Middle.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25