Virginia Middle
Public middle school, grades 6 to 8 · Bristol, Virginia
Virginia Middle in Bristol, Virginia enrolled 452 students in 2024-25 with 50.5 full-time teachers, 9.0 students per teacher against the Virginia middle-school median of 13.1. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 56% 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 fell 7% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 14%
487 students in 2022-23, 458 students in 2023-24, 452 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 59.0 to 50.5.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 487 | 59.0 | 8.3 |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 50.5 | 9.1 |
| 2024-25 | 452 | 50.5 | 9.0 |
9.0 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 98 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 486 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Virginia Middle enrolled 486 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 34 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 486 of the 486 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions34
- Chronically absent34.3% (2022-23)
Who attends
75.9% of students were White, 10.8% of two or more races, 6.9% Black in 2024-25.
- White75.9%
- Two or more races10.8%
- Black6.9%
- Hispanic5.8%
- Asian0.7%
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 Virginia Middle scored proficient or above: 56% 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 | 56% | 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.
Middle schools in Bristol
2 public middle schools in Bristol report 2024-25 enrollment; Virginia Middle is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Middle | 452 | 9.0 | not reported |
| Wallace Middle | 443 | 12.5 | 74.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Virginia Middle
- Wallace MiddleThe nearest public middle school, 4.3 miles away: 443 students, 12.5 per teacher (2024-25).4.3 mi
- E.B. Stanley MiddleThe next nearest public middle school, 15 miles away: 659 students, 12.9 per teacher (2024-25).15 mi
- Compare Virginia Middle with Wallace MiddleStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Bristol City Public Schools spends per student$17,722 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$17,722
- The largest public schools in VirginiaVirginia Middle is the number 267 by size of 337 Virginia middle schools open in 2024-25.#267 of 337
- Virginia schools by students per teacher9.0 students per teacher here against the Virginia median of 13.1 for middle schools.9.0:1
- 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 Virginia Middle
How many students attend Virginia Middle?
452 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 487 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Bristol, VA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Virginia Middle?
9.0 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 Virginia Middle a Title I school?
Virginia Middle ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Virginia Middle do on state tests?
In 2022-23, the students tested at Virginia Middle scored proficient or above: 56% 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 Virginia Middle in?
Bristol City Public Schools, NCES district ID 5100450. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 510045000180 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.