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Hugo A. Owens Middle

Q: Is Hugo A. Owens Middle a good school?

Hugo A. Owens Middle ranks 59 th of 416 Virginia middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

59^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 416 Virginia Middle Schools

Better than 86% of Virginia middle schools

Summary

Hugo A. Owens Middle is a large middle school in Chesapeake, VA, serving 1,286 students in grades 6–8 and ranking among the top middle schools in the Chesapeake region. As part of Chesapeake City Public Schools—a district ranked 34th out of 131 in Virginia—Owens currently holds a 4-star rating and ranks 59th out of 416 Virginia middle schools, placing it in the 86th percentile statewide.

Academically, Owens Middle outperforms both district and state proficiency rates across English reading, mathematics, science, and civics. Its advanced math program is particularly noteworthy, with 100% proficiency in both 7th-grade Algebra I and 8th-grade Geometry. The school also keeps students engaged: chronic absenteeism sits at just 10.0%, well below the state rate of 14.8%. When compared to nearby schools in Chesapeake, Owens stands out. Deep Creek Middle, located only 1.49 miles away, ranks 206th statewide, while Jolliff Middle, Crestwood Middle, and Indian River Middle rank 255th, 333rd, and 358th respectively. The closest academic rival is Great Bridge Middle (24th in Virginia), though Owens achieves similar elite results, especially in advanced math and civics.

One major differentiator is the school's economic profile. Only 25.19% of Owens students receive free or reduced lunch—much lower than most nearby Chesapeake middle schools, which hover around 72–74%. Owens also uses its resources efficiently, spending $8,909 per student, the lowest among nearby schools. Subgroup performance is strong across the board: White students rank in the 91st percentile, Hispanic students in the 89th, and low-income students in the 74th. The school has shown steady improvement since the pandemic, climbing from a 105th-place ranking in 2022–2023 to its current 59th, making it one of the stronger middle school options in the Chesapeake area.

1,286

Students ?

13.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$8,909

Per pupil spending ?

25.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1997 Horseback Run
Chesapeake, VA 23323

(757) 558-5382

District: Chesapeake City Public Schools

Students who attend Hugo A. Owens Middle usually attend:

High:

Deep Creek High

Feeder schools for Hugo A. Owens Middle:

Elementary:	Camelot Elementary
	Deep Creek Central Elementary
	Deep Creek Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

47.6%

African American:

24.7%

Hispanic:

14.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 76th percentile in 2016 → 86th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Virginia average (80% vs 69% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 14% of Virginia middle schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 10 percentile points since 2016

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school80%

District avg73%

Virginia avg69%

59^th of 416

Virginia public middle schools ?

Top 14%▲ up 10 pts since 2016

From top 24% (2016) to top 14% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 10Middle Schools in the Chesapeake City Public Schools

34^th of 131Chesapeake City Public Schools among Virginia districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	77.3	59 of 416	85.8%	★★★★☆
2025	74.5	91 of 419	78.3%	★★★★☆
2024	75.3	81 of 417	80.6%	★★★★☆
2023	73.9	105 of 422	75.1%	★★★★☆
2022	72.6	80 of 415	80.7%	★★★★☆
2021	63.6	115 of 419	72.6%	★★★★☆
2019	71.1	79 of 424	81.4%	★★★★☆
2018	67.5	89 of 413	78.5%	★★★★☆
2017	71.1	73 of 415	82.4%	★★★★☆
2016	65.7	98 of 409	76.0%	★★★★☆
2015	68.0	89 of 412	78.4%	★★★★☆
2014	60.1	128 of 416	69.2%	★★★☆☆
2013	59.6	127 of 416	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2012	53.9	170 of 413	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2011	62.8	111 of 413	73.1%	★★★★☆
2010	52.3	191 of 408	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2009	53.8	156 of 390	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2008	62.0	117 of 391	70.1%	★★★★☆
2007	71.5	54 of 387	86.0%	★★★★☆
2006	57.3	140 of 383	63.4%	★★★☆☆
2005	73.6	69 of 340	79.7%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	74.2	61 of 297	79.5%	★★★★☆
2025	67.4	84 of 297	71.7%	★★★★☆
2024	68.0	80 of 299	73.2%	★★★★☆
2023	68.0	81 of 298	72.8%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	71.4	29 of 137	78.8%	★★★★☆
2025	80.8	5 of 136	96.3%	★★★★★
2024	71.8	20 of 128	84.4%	★★★★☆
2023	68.8	36 of 132	72.7%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	61.1	91 of 292	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	51.6	124 of 281	55.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	80.3	39 of 278	86.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	77.2	61 of 409	85.1%	★★★★☆
2025	73.2	89 of 403	77.9%	★★★★☆
2024	76.9	66 of 407	83.8%	★★★★☆
2023	75.6	83 of 411	79.8%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	81.0	32 of 283	88.7%	★★★★☆
2025	79.3	36 of 279	87.1%	★★★★☆
2024	84.7	20 of 272	92.6%	★★★★★
2023	76.4	48 of 275	82.5%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	67.3	104 of 401	74.1%	★★★★☆
2025	64.2	133 of 403	67.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	68.6	106 of 402	73.6%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	76.0	69 of 410	83.2%	★★★★☆
2025	74.5	84 of 404	79.2%	★★★★☆
2024	73.4	88 of 407	78.4%	★★★★☆
2023	71.0	111 of 409	72.9%	★★★★☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	63.4	49 of 125	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2025	64.4	41 of 130	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.7	53 of 123	56.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	60.6	43 of 114	62.3%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	66.6	71 of 249	71.5%	★★★★☆
2025	69.9	65 of 244	73.4%	★★★★☆
2024	67.5	65 of 237	72.6%	★★★★☆
2023	77.5	40 of 231	82.7%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	78.4	36 of 400	91.0%	★★★★★
2025	74.3	63 of 400	84.3%	★★★★☆
2024	75.9	56 of 396	85.9%	★★★★☆
2023	73.5	73 of 402	81.8%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

White (2026)91st percentile+5 vs school

Hispanic (2026)89th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2026)85th percentile~ school

Male (2026)83rd percentile-3 vs school

African American (2026)79th percentile-6 vs school

Asian (2026)79th percentile-7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)74th percentile-12 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)71st percentile-14 vs school

Disabled (2026)69th percentile-17 vs school

Military Connected (2026)61st percentile-25 vs school

By subject vs Virginia (2025-2026) ?

Geometry100%+3 vs state

Algebra I99%+5 vs state

English Reading83%+10 vs state

Civics and Economics81%+12 vs state

Science78%+13 vs state

Mathematics68%+13 vs state

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What people are saying

by a student
Monday, February 28, 2011

I LOVE THIS SCHOOL SO MUCH! WE TREAT EACH OTHER LIKE FAMILY! Close Quote

by a parent
Friday, August 13, 2010

Exceptional staff. Teachers care and are attentive to each student's needs. The new principal has made wonderful changes and brought this school up to the highest standards. Close Quote

by a citizen
Monday, March 8, 2010

This school has taken discipline to the extreme. The police officer, with the principals approval, files misdemeanor charges for the slightest infraction. ie. A child throws a pencil out of a bus they are sent to the juvenile court system for using the pencil as a weapon. It is against the law to throw things from a bus and discipline action should be taken but taken a straight A student, send them to the court system, causing the prosecutor to use valuable time and take the courts time for what should be handled in the school is rather overkill. Sending that student, that has no prior infractions to two weeks evaluation and send to Richmond juvenile detention for 6 months is a waste of tax payers money and may just be part of the reason this school ranks in the lower 50% in academics in the state of VA.

The Vice Principal was very sympathetic with the parent but stated his hands were tied. Because of Columbine incident they were required to turn all discipline action over to the police and let them handle it.

The incident above is altered to protect the student but very real in its true story. The prosecutor struck a deal before it got to the judge and the student was not sent to Richmond but it was very close and may yet happen. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SOL Geometry (2026)	SOL Algebra I (2026)		SOL Mathematics (2026)			SOL Science (2026)	SOL English Reading (2026)			SOL Civics and Economics (2026)		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 (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SOL Geometry 8th Grade	SOL Algebra I 7th Grade	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 Civics and Economics 6th Grade	SOL Civics and Economics 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hugo A. Owens Middle	Public	6-8	1997 Horseback Run	Chesapeake	23323	Chesapeake city	Chesapeake City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 558-5382	1,286	99	13.0	25.2%	612 (47.6%)	318 (24.7%)	181 (14.1%)	43 (3.3%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	127 (9.9%)	77.3	59^th of 416 public middle schools	85.8%		74.5	91^st of 419 public middle schools	78.3%	32	100.0	100.0	99.1	72.4	65.1	66.9	78.2	82.5	81.5	86.0	81.2		$8,909	$443	$8,467
Deep Creek Middle	Public	6-8	1955 Deal Dr	Chesapeake	23323	Chesapeake city	Chesapeake City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 558-5321	764	66	11.6	72.8%	272 (35.6%)	260 (34.0%)	150 (19.6%)	8 (1.0%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	68 (8.9%)	54.9	206^th of 416 public middle schools	50.5%		51.1	216^th of 419 public middle schools	48.4%	10	100.0	95.7	93.1	55.9	65.4	47.0	69.8	77.8	76.9	76.1	61.9		$10,436	$374	$10,062
Crestwood Middle	Public	6-8	1420 Great Bridge Blvd	Chesapeake	23320	Chesapeake city	Chesapeake City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 494-7560	557	53	10.5	73.1%	112 (20.1%)	260 (46.7%)	114 (20.5%)	14 (2.5%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (9.5%)	45.9	255^th of 416 public middle schools	38.7%		31	319^th of 419 public middle schools	23.9%	64	100.0		97.6	59.5	57.4	47.9	58.3	73.8	66.7	72.7	65.0		$11,726	$809	$10,916
William E. Waters Middle	Public	7-8	600 Roosevelt Blvd	Portsmouth	23701	Portsmouth city	Portsmouth City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 558-2813	549	46	11.9	98.9%	113 (20.6%)	358 (65.2%)	39 (7.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	34 (6.2%)	13	385^th of 416 public middle schools	7.5%		20.6	367^th of 419 public middle schools	12.4%	18	80.8	100.0	91.1		29.5	28.1	41.4		54.2	53.7		56.6	$12,280	$2,357	$9,923
Cradock Middle	Public	7-8	21 Alden Ave	Portsmouth	23702	Portsmouth city	Portsmouth City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 393-8788	516	38	13.5	103.5%	36 (7.0%)	395 (76.6%)	36 (7.0%)	4 (0.8%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (7.9%)	12.1	390^th of 416 public middle schools	6.3%		11.5	389^th of 419 public middle schools	7.2%	1	87.5	100.0	98.5		25.0	31.4	45.1		46.9	48.7		48.2	$13,319	$3,103	$10,216
Jolliff Middle	Public	6-8	1021 Jolliff Rd.	Chesapeake	23321	Chesapeake city	Chesapeake City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 465-5246	753	65	11.5	73.8%	322 (42.8%)	256 (34.0%)	88 (11.7%)	19 (2.5%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	64 (8.5%)	70	104^th of 416 public middle schools	75.0%		71.9	106^th of 419 public middle schools	74.7%	2	100.0	100.0	100.0	71.3	54.3	74.7	73.5	77.8	79.0	79.7	79.4		$12,110	$781	$11,329
Oscar Smith Middle	Public	6-8	2500 Rodgers St	Chesapeake	23324	Chesapeake city	Chesapeake City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(757) 494-7590	967	94	10.2	71.9%	113 (11.7%)	621 (64.2%)	163 (16.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (7.0%)	23.5	358^th of 416 public middle schools	13.9%		32.3	314^th of 419 public middle schools	25.1%	44		100.0	98.5	54.5	47.7	55.8	41.3	56.1	60.2	61.0	35.9		$11,774	$1,477	$10,297
Great Bridge Middle	Public	6-8	441 Battlefield Blvd S	Chesapeake	23322	Chesapeake city	Chesapeake City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 482-5128	1,309	88	14.8	14.5%	894 (68.3%)	113 (8.6%)	138 (10.5%)	54 (4.1%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	106 (8.1%)	84.1	24^th of 416 public middle schools	94.2%		84.5	25^th of 419 public middle schools	94.0%	1	98.8	100.0	96.3	73.7	75.0	71.6	87.2	88.3	91.4	88.2	82.4		$9,073	$402	$8,671
Greenbrier Middle	Public	6-8	1016 Greenbrier Pkwy	Chesapeake	23320	Chesapeake city	Chesapeake City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 548-5309	788	67	11.8	73.9%	234 (29.7%)	293 (37.2%)	105 (13.3%)	48 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	106 (13.5%)	72.9	92^nd of 416 public middle schools	77.9%		74	94^th of 419 public middle schools	77.6%	2	100.0	100.0	100.0	70.6	73.4	64.9	73.9	82.1	79.4	78.7	77.6		$17,275	$1,225	$16,050
Indian River Middle	Public	6-8	2300 Old Greenbrier Rd	Chesapeake	23325	Chesapeake city	Chesapeake City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 578-7030	743	70	10.5	72.1%	177 (23.8%)	388 (52.2%)	87 (11.7%)	9 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	79 (10.6%)	28	333^rd of 416 public middle schools	20.0%		26.8	341^st of 419 public middle schools	18.6%	8	100.0	90.9	96.6	37.2	37.7	40.6	53.4	68.6	63.4	69.5	47.1		$11,059	$445	$10,615

Frequently Asked Questions about Hugo A. Owens Middle

How many students attend Hugo A. Owens Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,286 students attended Hugo A. Owens Middle.

Is Hugo A. Owens Middle a good school?

Hugo A. Owens Middle ranks 59^th of 416 Virginia middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What high school do graduates of Hugo A. Owens Middle attend?

Students who attend Hugo A. Owens Middle usually go on to attend Deep Creek High

What district is Hugo A. Owens Middle in?

Chesapeake City Public Schools

What is the racial makeup of Hugo A. Owens Middle?

Students at Hugo A. Owens Middle are 48% White, 25% African American, 14% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

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