Summary:
Zip code 23453 in Virginia Beach, VA is served by one middle school—Princess Anne Middle—which enrolls 1,358 students in grades 6–8 as part of the Virginia Beach City Public Schools district. Because this is the only middle school in the area, the picture here is defined by how Princess Anne Middle stacks up against its district and the Commonwealth. The school has earned a 5-star rating in each of the last three school years and its statewide rank has remained in the top 6% of Virginia middle schools, improving from 24th in 2024–2025 to 17th in 2025–2026 out of roughly 416 schools.
Princess Anne Middle is a standout on nearly every metric. Averaging SOL proficiency across all subjects and grade levels, the school posts a 90.3% proficiency rate versus 78.3% for the district and 75.0% for the state. Advanced coursework results are especially striking: 8th-grade Geometry sits at 100%, 7th-grade Algebra I at 99.35%, 8th-grade Algebra I at 98.6%, and 8th-grade Earth Science at 99.36%. English Reading proficiency is consistently excellent across all three grades, ranging from 92.82% to 94.09%—roughly 20 percentage points above the state average—and chronic absenteeism is just 5.9%, less than half the state rate of 14.8%.
The only relative soft spot is on-grade-level mathematics. While 6th-grade math is strong at 90.78%, 7th-grade math is 66.67% and 8th-grade math is 77.78%—both above district and state averages but noticeably lower than the school’s other subjects. This contrast suggests a very strong accelerated pathway while general math classes may deserve attention. The school also serves a comparatively stable population, with a free/reduced lunch rate of 14.65%, per-student spending of $13,018, and a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1. Overall, Princess Anne Middle is a top-tier, 5-star school within a high-achieving district, offering excellent advanced placement opportunities, consistent literacy outcomes, and very strong attendance, with grade-level math as the main area to watch.
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