Summary:
Zip code 23168 contains just one public middle school—Toano Middle—serving grades 6–8 with 704 students in the Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools district. Since there is no other middle school in the zip code, the most meaningful benchmarks are the district and Virginia statewide averages.
Toano Middle shows a genuine strength in English reading: all three grade levels exceed both district and state averages, with 6th grade reading at 83.3% versus 73.0% statewide. The school also excels in advanced mathematics—7th grade Algebra I proficiency is 96.7%, 8th grade Algebra I is 96.2%, and Geometry is 91.8%—indicating that its strongest math students are effectively accelerated into higher-level courses. However, on-grade-level math is a notable weakness, especially in 7th grade, where only 40.6% of students are proficient, roughly 10 points below the state average and a dramatic 15-point drop from the prior year. Science (75.2%) and civics/economics (76.5%) are improving and now sit above state averages, though civics remains slightly behind the district.
About 32% of students qualify for free/reduced-price lunch, the student-teacher ratio is 15.1, and per-pupil spending is $8,913. Chronic absenteeism is 10.4%, better than the state rate of 14.8% but a little higher than the district's 9.9%. The school's state ranking has been uneven, rising to the 72nd percentile with 4 stars in 2023-24, dipping to the 55th percentile with 3 stars in 2024-25, then partially recovering to the 63rd percentile with 3 stars in 2025-26. For families in 23168, Toano Middle is the only traditional public school option—a solid, above-average school with strong literacy and advanced math programs, but with an on-grade-level math foundation that warrants attention, particularly for 7th graders not on the accelerated track.
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