Signal Knob Middle
Public middle school, grades 6 to 8 · Strasburg, Virginia
Signal Knob Middle in Strasburg, Virginia enrolled 413 students in 2024-25 with 32.1 full-time teachers, 12.9 students per teacher against the Virginia middle-school median of 13.1. It was not a Title I school in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 62% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (Virginia: 67.5%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment held steady from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 21%
417 students in 2022-23, 402 students in 2023-24, 413 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 40.8 to 32.1.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 417 | 40.8 | 10.2 |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 33.6 | 12.0 |
| 2024-25 | 413 | 32.1 | 12.9 |
12.9 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 56 of every 100 Virginia middle schools
Among the 331 Virginia middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 13.1; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 234 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Signal Knob Middle enrolled 467 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 2 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 234 of the 467 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions2
- Chronically absent30.2% (2022-23)
Who attends
76.8% of students were White, 11.4% Hispanic, 6.8% of two or more races in 2024-25.
- White76.8%
- Hispanic11.4%
- Two or more races6.8%
- Black2.9%
- Asian1.7%
- Pacific Islander0.5%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2022-23
In 2022-23, the students tested at Signal Knob Middle scored proficient or above: 62% in math, against 67.5% in math across Virginia. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Virginia, not across states. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23.
| Subject | This school | Its district | Virginia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math | 62% | not published | 67.5% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express; for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
What to look at next about Signal Knob Middle
- Skyline MiddleThe nearest public middle school, 10.0 miles away: 536 students, 11.2 per teacher (2024-25).10.0 mi
- Peter Muhlenberg MiddleThe next nearest public middle school, 12 miles away: 535 students, 14.7 per teacher (2024-25).12 mi
- Compare Signal Knob Middle with Skyline MiddleStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Shenandoah County Public Schools spends per student$14,918 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$14,918
- The largest public schools in VirginiaSignal Knob Middle is the number 278 by size of 337 Virginia middle schools open in 2024-25.#278 of 337
- Virginia schools by students per teacher12.9 students per teacher here against the Virginia median of 13.1 for middle schools.12.9:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Signal Knob Middle
How many students attend Signal Knob Middle?
413 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 417 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Strasburg, VA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Signal Knob Middle?
12.9 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Virginia median for middle schools is 13.1. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Signal Knob Middle a Title I school?
Signal Knob Middle was not a Title I school in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Signal Knob Middle do on state tests?
In 2022-23, the students tested at Signal Knob Middle scored proficient or above: 62% in math, against 67.5% in math across Virginia. Virginia's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Signal Knob Middle in?
Shenandoah County Public Schools, NCES district ID 5103510. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 510351000221 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.