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Thomas Harrison Middle

Public Grades 6-8

340^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 419 Virginia Middle Schools

Better than 19% of Virginia middle schools

Summary

Thomas Harrison Middle is a public middle school in Harrisonburg, Virginia, serving 716 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Harrisonburg City Public Schools district, which is ranked 123 out of 129 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Thomas Harrison Middle faces significant challenges, including consistently high chronic absenteeism rates that are higher than the state average and nearby schools like Skyline Middle. The school's test scores are also generally lower than state and district averages across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's 8th-grade math proficiency rate was 34.52%, compared to 50.48% for the state and 27.81% for the Harrisonburg City Public Schools district.

Despite spending more per student ($9,997 in 2020-2021) than nearby schools like Elkton Middle ($6,733) and Wilbur S. Pence Middle ($6,946), Thomas Harrison Middle's performance has steadily declined, with its statewide ranking dropping from 335 out of 424 Virginia middle schools in 2018-2019 to 340 out of 419 in 2024-2025. The school's challenges may be related to its high percentage of students (over 80%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high concentration of students from low-income families.

771

Students ?

13.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,006

Per pupil spending ?

86.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1311 W. Market Street
Harrisonburg, VA 22801

(540) 434-1949

District: Harrisonburg City Public Schools

Students who attend Thomas Harrison Middle usually attend:

High:

Harrisonburg High

Feeder schools for Thomas Harrison Middle:

Elementary:	Bluestone Elementary
	Keister Elementary
	Waterman Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

51.2%

White:

33.3%

African American:

8.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 17th percentile in 2015 → 19th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Virginia average (57% vs 68% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (19th percentile)

!English Reading scores 17 pts below the Virginia average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school57%

District avg54%

Virginia avg68%

340^th of 419

Virginia public middle schools ?

Bottom 19%▲ up 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 2Middle Schools in the Harrisonburg City Public Schools

123^rd of 129Harrisonburg 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
2025	26.9	340 of 419	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.5	327 of 417	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.3	363 of 422	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.2	382 of 415	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	22.7	344 of 419	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.2	335 of 424	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.4	353 of 413	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	29.8	326 of 415	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	23.4	355 of 409	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	25.8	342 of 412	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	24.4	338 of 416	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	17.3	375 of 416	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	19.1	381 of 413	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	40.2	278 of 413	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2010	26.3	353 of 408	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	22.5	345 of 390	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	38.4	274 of 391	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2007	40.1	275 of 387	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	43.2	242 of 383	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2005	47.9	222 of 340	34.7%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	39.3	199 of 297	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.6	214 of 299	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.7	266 of 298	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2023	23.0	221 of 278	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	23.3	114 of 135	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.7	90 of 122	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.6	94 of 100	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	28.0	328 of 403	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.0	316 of 407	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.0	368 of 411	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	18.3	245 of 279	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.0	248 of 272	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.0	257 of 275	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	19.6	352 of 403	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.3	324 of 402	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	25.0	328 of 404	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.6	326 of 407	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.2	318 of 409	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	22.0	211 of 244	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	47.2	233 of 400	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	48.7	212 of 396	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.1	276 of 402	31.3%	★★☆☆☆

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 (2025)42nd percentile+23 vs school

African American (2025)33rd percentile+14 vs school

Disabled (2023)21st percentile+7 vs school

Male (2025)19th percentile~ school

Female (2025)19th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2025)16th percentile-3 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)14th percentile-5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)13th percentile-6 vs school

Hispanic (2025)12th percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs Virginia (2024-2025) ?

Algebra I99%+7 vs state

Civics and Economics65%-9 vs state

Science59%-7 vs state

English Reading56%-17 vs state

Mathematics48%-8 vs state

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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 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 Civics and Economics 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Thomas Harrison Middle	Public	6-8	1311 W. Market Street	Harrisonburg	22801	Harrisonburg city	Harrisonburg City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 434-1949	771	58	13.4	86.8%	257 (33.3%)	69 (8.9%)	395 (51.2%)	17 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (4.3%)	26.9	340^th of 419 public middle schools	18.9%		27.5	327^th of 417 public middle schools	21.6%	13	98.9	52.1	52.2	34.5	58.8	55.2	53.4	59.5	64.8	$12,006	$1,238	$10,768
Skyline Middle	Public	6-8	470 Linda Lane	Harrisonburg	22802	Harrisonburg city	Harrisonburg City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 434-6862	738	58	12.7	85.6%	211 (28.6%)	83 (11.2%)	401 (54.3%)	16 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.7%)	19	375^th of 419 public middle schools	10.5%		22.4	346^th of 417 public middle schools	17.0%	29	95.6	47.9	50.0	20.4	52.8	47.2	52.7	46.0	63.6	$11,842	$1,176	$10,666
Wilbur S. Pence Middle	Public	6-8	375 Bowman Road	Dayton	22821	Rockingham County	Rockingham County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 879-2535	671	52	12.8	43.1%	479 (71.4%)	21 (3.1%)	130 (19.4%)	6 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (4.9%)	45.1	248^th of 419 public middle schools	40.8%		44.8	251^st of 417 public middle schools	39.8%	3	100.0	58.2	74.8	55.5	64.9	62.2	63.4	59.5	76.6	$9,710	$125	$9,585
Montevideo Middle	Public	6-8	7648 McGaheysville Rd	Penn Laird	22846	Rockingham County	Rockingham County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 289-3401	593	51	11.5	37.3%	367 (61.9%)	26 (4.4%)	149 (25.1%)	23 (3.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.4%)	65	145^th of 419 public middle schools	65.4%		62.6	158^th of 417 public middle schools	62.1%	13	100.0	73.4	83.3	65.6	72.4	70.4	72.0	72.7	82.8	$9,846	$175	$9,671
J. Frank Hillyard Middle	Public	6-8	226 Hawks Hill Drive	Broadway	22815	Rockingham County	Rockingham County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 896-8961	726	52	14.0	66.1%	513 (70.7%)	9 (1.2%)	156 (21.5%)	7 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (5.4%)	43.6	258^th of 419 public middle schools	38.4%		47.5	234^th of 417 public middle schools	43.9%	24	96.4	60.6	64.7	50.2	67.9	62.6	63.9	63.5	72.7	$9,468	$411	$9,057
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%)	41.2	269^th of 419 public middle schools	35.8%		44.3	252^nd of 417 public middle schools	39.6%	17	100.0	50.9	68.8	44.2	59.3	56.7	75.3	66.0	65.2	$9,115	$183	$8,931
Elkton Middle	Public	6-8	21063 Blue and Gold Dr	Elkton	22827	Rockingham County	Rockingham County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 298-1228	561	49	11.4	66.3%	428 (76.3%)	9 (1.6%)	80 (14.3%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.0%)	37	294^th of 419 public middle schools	29.8%		33.5	302^nd of 417 public middle schools	27.6%	8	100.0	60.0	52.1	33.3	59.8	63.9	68.2	67.4	65.5	$9,192	$403	$8,788
Page County Middle	Public	6-8	198 Panther Drive	Shenandoah	22849	Page County	Page County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 652-3400	318	30	10.7	81.8%	292 (91.8%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (5.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	55.9	198^th of 419 public middle schools	52.7%		46.9	237^th of 417 public middle schools	43.2%	39	100.0	67.7	63.4	78.7	61.2	72.7	67.0	73.8	72.8	$9,873	$98	$9,775

Frequently Asked Questions about Thomas Harrison Middle

What high school do graduates of Thomas Harrison Middle attend?

Students who attend Thomas Harrison Middle usually go on to attend Harrisonburg High

What is the racial makeup of Thomas Harrison Middle?

Students at Thomas Harrison Middle are 51% Hispanic, 33% White, 9% African American, 4% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Is Thomas Harrison Middle a good school?

Thomas Harrison Middle ranks in the bottom 18.9% of Virginia middle schools.

How many students attend Thomas Harrison Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 771 students attended Thomas Harrison Middle.

What district is Thomas Harrison Middle in?

Harrisonburg City Public Schools

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