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John P. Fishwick Middle

Public Grades 6-8

382^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 419 Virginia Middle Schools

Better than 9% of Virginia middle schools

Summary

John P. Fishwick Middle is a public middle school in Roanoke, Virginia, serving 579 students in grades 6-8. The school faces significant challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates, low test scores, and a high concentration of students from low-income families.

John P. Fishwick Middle's chronic absenteeism rates have risen sharply, from 19.3% in 2022-2023 to 33.4% in 2023-2024, which is much higher than the Roanoke City Public Schools district and state averages. The school's test scores also lag behind the district and state, with only 41.07% of 8th-grade students proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 23.24% for the district and 50.48% for the state. Additionally, John P. Fishwick Middle has an extremely high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 98% to 99.39% over the past few years.

Compared to nearby middle schools, John P. Fishwick Middle generally performs worse across various metrics, including test scores, chronic absenteeism, and student-teacher ratios. The school's statewide ranking has also steadily declined, from 265th out of 413 Virginia middle schools in 2017-2018 to 382nd out of 419 in 2024-2025. While the school's spending per student has fluctuated, it does not appear to be translating into improved academic outcomes. Overall, John P. Fishwick Middle faces significant challenges that require substantial interventions and support to improve student outcomes.

456

Students ?

12.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,234

Per pupil spending ?

97.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1004 Montrose Ave SE
Roanoke, VA 24013

(540) 853-6040

District: Roanoke City Public Schools

Feeder schools for John P. Fishwick Middle:

Elementary:	Fallon Park Elementary
	Garden City Elementary
	Morningside Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

38.6%

African American:

29.8%

Hispanic:

20.4%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 8th percentile in 2015 → 9th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Virginia average (51% vs 68% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (9th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (33% vs 15% Virginia)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school51%

District avg48%

Virginia avg68%

382^nd of 419

Virginia public middle schools ?

Bottom 9%▲ up 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 5Middle Schools in the Roanoke City Public Schools

114^th of 129Roanoke 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	17.2	382 of 419	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.1	378 of 417	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.7	350 of 422	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.9	330 of 415	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.0	334 of 419	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.1	303 of 424	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	41.1	265 of 413	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2017	50.6	204 of 415	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2016	18.6	369 of 409	9.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	13.2	380 of 412	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	24.5	337 of 416	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	37.1	273 of 416	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2012	54.9	162 of 413	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2011	36.7	305 of 413	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	32.8	322 of 408	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	30.0	315 of 390	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	28.4	339 of 391	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	24.5	360 of 387	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	32.6	305 of 383	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	6.5	337 of 340	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	20.4	254 of 297	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.1	261 of 299	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.8	242 of 298	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	14.5	370 of 403	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.3	362 of 407	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.2	348 of 411	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	21.4	238 of 279	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.4	183 of 272	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.8	169 of 275	38.5%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	31.1	310 of 403	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.6	317 of 402	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	20.4	350 of 404	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.5	365 of 407	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.6	324 of 409	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	34.8	173 of 244	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.1	190 of 237	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	8.1	389 of 400	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.9	385 of 396	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	20.1	354 of 402	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Multi-racial (2025)29th percentile+20 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)23rd percentile+14 vs school

Hispanic (2025)15th percentile+6 vs school

African American (2025)14th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2025)13th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)8th percentile~ school

White (2025)3rd percentile-6 vs school

By subject vs Virginia (2024-2025) ?

Earth Science100%+10 vs state

Algebra I96%-3 vs state

Geometry84%-13 vs state

Civics and Economics57%-17 vs state

English Reading57%-16 vs state

Mathematics41%-15 vs state

Science39%-27 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, December 13, 2023

This place is ran like a prison. They are more focused on forcing children into a cookie cutter shape than they are about providing an education. If the child doesn't fall in line, they send them to the basement, where they hide the special education children and the kids that can't speak English. The kids in detention are deprived of any education and forced to write the school rules for the entire day with tiny pencils that are meant to make writing painful and too uncomfortable to bare. The 6th grade girl's restrooms do not lock and the girls are not allowed to carry any type of bag to hide their feminine products. They must leave their bookbags in their lockers all day and are walked, single-file, to every class. John p. Fishwick middle is not attempting to teach responsibility, they're teaching children how to prepare for a jail sentence. This is not an exaggeration! This place is appalling and has massive control issues. Close Quote

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John P. Fishwick Middle	Public	6-8	1004 Montrose Ave SE	Roanoke	24013	Roanoke city	Roanoke City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 853-6040	456	36	12.5	97.6%	176 (38.6%)	136 (29.8%)	93 (20.4%)	6 (1.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (9.2%)	17.2	382^nd of 419 public middle schools	8.8%		17.1	378^th of 417 public middle schools	9.4%	4	84.2	95.8		50.7	29.8	41.1	38.8	100.0	51.0	62.7	55.2	56.6	$11,234	$1,672	$9,561
Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle	Public	6-8	1220 5th Street NW	Roanoke	24016	Roanoke city	Roanoke City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 853-2681	540	48	11.2	97.2%	76 (14.1%)	322 (59.6%)	105 (19.4%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (5.7%)	4.8	409^th of 419 public middle schools	2.4%		2.6	411^th of 417 public middle schools	1.4%	2	93.3	100.0	93.8	33.0	20.3	14.3	19.4	82.8	36.9	43.5	43.4	33.1	$15,906	$2,270	$13,637
James Madison Middle	Public	6-8	1160 Overland Rd SW	Roanoke	24015	Roanoke city	Roanoke City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 853-2351	598	42	14.1	99.7%	268 (44.8%)	204 (34.1%)	55 (9.2%)	18 (3.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (8.4%)	26.9	339^th of 419 public middle schools	19.1%		20.8	357^th of 417 public middle schools	14.4%	18	100.0	98.1	80.0	55.9	31.5	14.1	24.4	94.4	61.7	67.7	67.2	56.8	$12,040	$1,297	$10,743
Breckinridge Middle	Public	6-8	3901 Williamson Rd NW	Roanoke	24012	Roanoke city	Roanoke City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 853-2251	733	54	13.6	100.1%	113 (15.4%)	273 (37.2%)	284 (38.7%)	37 (5.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (3.3%)	9.3	398^th of 419 public middle schools	5.0%		8.3	397^th of 417 public middle schools	4.8%	1	100.0	100.0	74.3	44.7	39.8	26.3	35.0	77.6	43.9	42.6	47.2	46.5	$11,355	$1,922	$9,433
Woodrow Wilson Middle	Public	6-8	1813 Carter Rd SW	Roanoke	24015	Roanoke city	Roanoke City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 853-2358	601	50	11.9	99.3%	245 (40.8%)	214 (35.6%)	77 (12.8%)	35 (5.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.8%)	19.5	372^nd of 419 public middle schools	11.2%		24.6	340^th of 417 public middle schools	18.5%	32	97.0	100.0	62.8	55.3	34.8	19.3	23.7	92.5	57.8	58.6	54.6	60.2	$11,572	$1,182	$10,389
William Byrd Middle	Public	6-8	2910 Washington Ave	Vinton	24179	Roanoke County	Roanoke County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 890-1035	802	58	13.7	67.1%	615 (76.7%)	63 (7.9%)	57 (7.1%)	20 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (5.9%)	63.9	149^th of 419 public middle schools	64.4%		60.8	172^nd of 417 public middle schools	58.8%	23	100.0	100.0	98.1	72.3	73.9	56.5	70.3		78.0	73.9	80.6	69.6	$8,892	$551	$8,340
Hidden Valley Middle	Public	6-8	4902 Hidden Valley School Rd	Roanoke	24018	Roanoke city	Roanoke County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 772-7570	581	43	13.6	30.3%	404 (69.5%)	48 (8.3%)	50 (8.6%)	44 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (6.0%)	83	32^nd of 419 public middle schools	92.4%		82.7	34^th of 417 public middle schools	91.8%	2	100.0	100.0	98.4	86.5	82.7	84.7	82.4		86.6	80.2	87.9	86.3	$10,232	$479	$9,753
Northside Middle	Public	6-8	6810 Northside High School Rd	Roanoke	24019	Roanoke County	Roanoke County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 561-8145	648	48	13.5	71.9%	316 (48.8%)	114 (17.6%)	113 (17.4%)	41 (6.3%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	59 (9.1%)	69.1	120^th of 419 public middle schools	71.4%		71.6	101^st of 417 public middle schools	75.8%	19	100.0	100.0	100.0	67.0	69.6	93.6	61.0		80.6	78.6	82.7	78.8	$10,571	$427	$10,145
Cave Spring Middle	Public	6-8	4880 Brambleton Ave	Roanoke	24018	Roanoke County	Roanoke County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 772-7560	746	54	13.8	30.4%	561 (75.2%)	38 (5.1%)	56 (7.5%)	58 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (4.4%)	85.5	20^th of 419 public middle schools	95.2%		85.9	17^th of 417 public middle schools	95.9%	3	100.0	100.0	100.0	81.2	91.1	83.5	84.4		87.2	88.0	87.4	87.5	$9,313	$387	$8,926
Read Mountain Middle	Public	6-8	182 Orchard Hill Dr	Cloverdale	24077	Botetourt County	Botetourt County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 966-8655	670	49	13.7	35.1%	540 (80.6%)	19 (2.8%)	56 (8.4%)	18 (2.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.4%)	76.7	72^nd of 419 public middle schools	82.8%		79.6	61^st of 417 public middle schools	85.4%	11	100.0	100.0	97.6	75.8	84.9	71.6	77.4		84.4	82.7	81.0	80.8	$10,162	$603	$9,560

Frequently Asked Questions about John P. Fishwick Middle

What district is John P. Fishwick Middle in?

Roanoke City Public Schools

How many students attend John P. Fishwick Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 456 students attended John P. Fishwick Middle.

What is the racial makeup of John P. Fishwick Middle?

Students at John P. Fishwick Middle are 39% White, 30% African American, 20% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Is John P. Fishwick Middle a good school?

John P. Fishwick Middle ranks in the bottom 8.8% of Virginia middle schools.

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