Best Middle Schools in Virginia

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 419)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
261	Spotsylvania Middle	Public	6-8	8801 Courthouse Rd	Spotsylvania	22553	Spotsylvania County	Spotsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 582-6341	1,009	62	16.2	65.2%	395 (39.1%)	271 (26.9%)	189 (18.7%)	61 (6.0%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	87 (8.6%)	$7,735			$181			$7,555	43.1	48.7	232	29		510364001999
262	H.H. Poole Middle	Public	6-8	800 Eustace Rd	Stafford	22554	Stafford County	Stafford County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 658-6190	995	67	14.8	39.7%	319 (32.1%)	276 (27.7%)	250 (25.1%)	61 (6.1%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	84 (8.4%)	$8,072			$311			$7,761	42.7	35.3	293	31		510366001199
263	Tuckahoe Middle	Public	6-8	9000 Three Chopt Rd	Richmond	23229	Henrico County	Henrico County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 673-3720	1,114	66	16.9	90.4%	631 (56.6%)	150 (13.5%)	219 (19.7%)	52 (4.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	60 (5.4%)	$9,043			$569			$8,475	42.5	38.2	282	19		510189000832
264	Honaker High	Public	8-12	1795 Thompson Creek Rd.	Honaker	24266	Russell County	Russell County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 873-6363	422	30	14.2	89.1%	415 (98.3%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$7,922			$387			$7,535	42.4	52.6	215	49		510342001522
265	Bayside Middle	Public	6-8	965 Newtown Rd	Virginia Beach	23462	Virginia Beach city	Virginia Beach City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(757) 648-4400	628	61	10.2	96.3%	100 (15.9%)	340 (54.1%)	106 (16.9%)	13 (2.1%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	65 (10.4%)	$16,229			$1,936			$14,293	42.3	32.8	308	43		510384001676
266	Hungary Creek Middle	Public	6-8	4909 Francistown Rd.	Glen Allen	23060	Henrico County	Henrico County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 527-2640	834	55	15.3	90.3%	374 (44.8%)	193 (23.1%)	80 (9.6%)	133 (15.9%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	49 (5.9%)	$10,824			$647			$10,177	41.7	38.4	281	15		510189002440
267	Thomas Walker High	Public	8-12	126 Blue Gray Road	Ewing	24248	Lee County	Lee County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 445-4111	291	23	12.6	99.7%	278 (95.5%)	2 (0.7%)	7 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	$13,436			$2,892			$10,544	41.5	57.6	193	74		510219000904
268	Forest Glen Middle	Public	6-8	200 Forest Glen Dr	Suffolk	23434	Suffolk city	Suffolk City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 925-5780	433	35	12.3	67.2%	207 (47.8%)	176 (40.6%)	22 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (5.5%)	$9,298			$197			$9,101	41.5	58	189	79		510371001619
269	S. Gordon Stewart Middle	Public	6-8	118 Fort Defiance Rd	Fort Defiance	24437	Augusta County	Augusta County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 245-5046	516	39	13.1	68.6%	416 (80.6%)	9 (1.7%)	69 (13.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.7%)	$9,115			$183			$8,931	41.2	44.3	252	17		510030001830
270	Valley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-7	98 Panther Drive	Hot Springs	24445	Bath County	Bath County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 839-5395	184	9	21	100.5%	147 (79.9%)	12 (6.5%)	7 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (9.8%)	$11,881			$976			$10,905	41.2	59.9	177	93		510033000141

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SOL Algebra I, SOL Mathematics, SOL English Reading, SOL Civics and Economics, SOL Geometry, SOL Algebra II, SOL Earth Science, SOL Geography, SOL Science, SOL World History I test scores released by the Virginia Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 28, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Virginia Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Virginia Department of Education.
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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.