Best Middle Schools in Virginia for African American Students

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Every year, the Virginia Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, African American students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Virginia test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the SOL test scores by the Virginia Department of Education. The most recent update was on Sunday, August 25, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 299)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
510313002418	1	Pennington Traditional	Public, Magnet	1-8	9305 Stonewall Rd.	Manassas	20110	Manassas city	Prince William County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 369-6644	651	37	17.5	30.0%	190 (29.2%)	151 (23.2%)	107 (16.4%)	162 (24.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (6.0%)	$7,256			$145			$7,111	99.7%	99.0%	0.62%
510313002798	2	Mary G. Porter Traditional	Public, Magnet	1-8	15311 Forest Grove Drive	Woodbridge	22191	Prince William County	Prince William County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 580-6501	675	41	16.4	34.7%	98 (14.5%)	318 (47.1%)	69 (10.2%)	141 (20.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	48 (7.1%)	$7,276			$189			$7,087	99.3%	99.5%	0.19%
510333001448	3	Cave Spring Middle	Public	6-8	4880 Brambleton Ave	Roanoke	24018	Roanoke County	Roanoke County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 772-7560	751	64	11.8	29.0%	579 (77.1%)	53 (7.1%)	42 (5.6%)	48 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (3.9%)	$7,042			$228			$6,814	99.0%	95.9%	3.07%
510126000453	4	Cooper Middle	Public, Magnet	7-8	977 Balls Hill Rd	Mclean	22101	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 442-5800	1,071	71	15.1	4.7%	541 (50.5%)	29 (2.7%)	69 (6.4%)	337 (31.5%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	92 (8.6%)	$9,077			$191			$8,886	98.7%	95.4%	3.22%
510384001353	5	Old Donation School	Public, Magnet	2-8	4633 Honeygrove Road	Virginia Beach	23455	Virginia Beach city	Virginia Beach City Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(757) 648-3240	1,345	84	15.9	14.6%	771 (57.3%)	75 (5.6%)	89 (6.6%)	264 (19.6%)	3 (0.2%)	9 (0.7%)	134 (10.0%)	$10,485			$531			$9,954	98.3%	96.6%	1.69%
510324002214	6	Franklin Military Academy	Public	6-12	701 North 37th Street	Richmond	23223	Richmond city	Richmond City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(804) 780-4968	314	37	8.5	100.0%	50 (15.9%)	177 (56.4%)	73 (23.2%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.5%)	$10,735			$506			$10,229	98.0%	96.2%	1.83%
510126001841	7	Rocky Run Middle	Public	7-8	4400 Stringfellow Rd	Chantilly	20151	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 802-7700	886	67	13.2	20.8%	296 (33.4%)	60 (6.8%)	126 (14.2%)	353 (39.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	48 (5.4%)	$10,088			$190			$9,898	97.7%	95.2%	2.46%
510313002858	8	Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	15801 Tanning House Place	Haymarket	20169	Prince William County	Prince William County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(571) 402-3500	1,344	82	16.3	17.9%	706 (52.5%)	132 (9.8%)	167 (12.4%)	233 (17.3%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	102 (7.6%)	$7,173			$102			$7,070	97.3%	89.7%	7.64%
510126000516	9	Lake Braddock Secondary	Public, Magnet	7-12	9200 Burke Lake Rd	Burke	22015	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 426-1000	4,397	194	22.6	21.0%	1,854 (42.2%)	415 (9.4%)	908 (20.7%)	870 (19.8%)	9 (0.2%)	6 (0.1%)	335 (7.6%)	$9,136			$129			$9,007	97.0%	92.6%	4.42%
510147002437	10	Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle	Public	6-8	134 Rosa Lane	Winchester	22602	Frederick County	Frederick County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 662-0500	808	73	11.1	34.4%	528 (65.3%)	36 (4.5%)	177 (21.9%)	23 (2.8%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	40 (5.0%)	$7,390			$244			$7,146	96.7%	43.6%	53.01%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SOL Algebra I, SOL Mathematics, SOL English Reading, SOL Civics and Economics, SOL Geometry, SOL Algebra II, SOL Earth Science, SOL Geography, SOL Writing, SOL Biology, SOL Science, SOL World History I test scores released by the Virginia Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 25, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Virginia Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Virginia Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

Public School Districts and Their Services: A Comprehensive Guide

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Virginia Department of Education.