Summary:
Zip code 22973, serving the Stanardsville, Virginia area, contains a single public middle school, William Monroe Middle, which enrolls 596 students in grades 6 through 8 as part of Greene County Public Schools.
Because William Monroe Middle is the only middle school in this zip code, there are no local peer schools to compare it against; however, the school stands out in several important ways. The clearest bright spot is advanced math, with 100% proficiency in Geometry in both 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, and 100% proficiency in 7th-grade Algebra I in 2025-2026. Overall, though, the school ranks in the bottom quartile of Virginia middle schools, placing 306th of 416 schools in 2025-2026. With 69.46% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch and a chronic absenteeism rate of 21.0% — well above the state's 14.8% — the school faces significant economic and attendance challenges. The student-teacher ratio is a favorable 12.5:1, and per-student spending was $9,092 in 2023-2024.
Grade-level performance reveals a troubling trend in mathematics: proficiency drops sharply from 70.69% in 6th grade to 46.58% in 7th grade and just 36.88% in 8th grade, the latter being nearly 10 points below the state average. Reading is also a concern, with 8th-grade reading proficiency at 61.43% versus 73.51% statewide. Civics is the weakest subject, with only 49.73% of 7th graders proficient compared to 70.10% across Virginia. On a positive note, year-over-year results improved slightly, with average proficiency rising from 66.9% in 2024-2025 to 68.6% in 2025-2026, though the school still trails the state average of roughly 73%. For parents, the key takeaways are that William Monroe Middle excels with advanced math students but needs attention in grade-level math, 8th-grade reading, civics, and attendance.
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