Middle Schools in Powhatan County Public Schools

Summary:

Powhatan County Public Schools operates a single middle school, Powhatan Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. The Powhatan County Public Schools district is ranked 33 out of 129 school districts in Virginia and has a 4-star rating, indicating the district and its schools are performing well.

Powhatan Middle School is a strong-performing middle school, ranked 127 out of 419 Virginia middle schools for the 2024-2025 school year, placing it in the top 30% of middle schools statewide. The school has maintained a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past three school years, demonstrating consistent above-average performance. Academically, Powhatan Middle School students excel, with high proficiency rates on SOL/state assessments across multiple subjects and grade levels, often exceeding the Powhatan County and Virginia state averages.

Other key metrics for Powhatan Middle School include a chronic absenteeism rate of 15.7% for the 2023-2024 school year, which is slightly higher than the state average but still within a reasonable range. The school's per-student spending of $8,129 for the 2020-2021 school year is in line with the state average, and it has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 13.1 to 1, lower than the state average, indicating smaller class sizes that may contribute to the school's academic success.

District Detail

4290 Anderson Highway
Powhatan, VA 23139

(804) 598-5700

SchoolDigger Rank:
33^rd of 129 Virginia districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 4,077

Primary Schools: 3
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SOL Algebra I (2025)	SOL Mathematics (2025)			SOL Science (2025)	SOL English Reading (2025)			SOL World History I (2025)	SOL Civics and Economics (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SOL Algebra I 8th Grade	SOL Mathematics 6th Grade	SOL Mathematics 7th Grade	SOL Mathematics 8th Grade	SOL Science 8th Grade	SOL English Reading 6th Grade	SOL English Reading 7th Grade	SOL English Reading 8th Grade	SOL World History I 8th Grade	SOL Civics and Economics 7th Grade	SOL Civics and Economics 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Powhatan Middle	Public	6-8	4135 Old Buckingham Road	Powhatan	23139	Powhatan County	Powhatan County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 362-2500	950	77	12.3	27.4%	805 (84.7%)	36 (3.8%)	53 (5.6%)	4 (0.4%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	48 (5.1%)	67.5	127^th of 419 public middle schools	69.7%		66	137^th of 417 public middle schools	67.1%	10	99.3	78.5	56.5	55.6	70.5	77.6	85.7	77.2	98.0	94.2	64.8	$8,387	$157	$8,229

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Chesterfield County Public Schools	6.57 mi	74	71^st
Project Return/Powhatan County	6.62 mi	1
Department Of Corrections	7.23 mi	61
Henrico County Public Schools	11.21 mi	79	89^th
Goochland County Public Schools	11.3 mi	5	37^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Virginia Department of Education.

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