Middle · Virginia
George Washington Middle
George Washington Middle, a public middle school in Alexandria, Virginia: grades 6–8, 1,458 students, 14.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Alexandria City Public Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 1,458
- Teachers (FTE)
- 103.0
- Students per teacher
- 14.2
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 69% of middle schools in Virginia
Median 13.1 · 334 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 53% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 97% of middle schools in Virginia
Median 737 · 340 schools compared
Larger than 99% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Virginia's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Virginia: 72%70%proficient
+6.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 59% of middle schools in Virginia
Median 73% · 340 middle schools compared
1,377 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3
Math
Virginia: 66%46%proficient
−0.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 74% of middle schools in Virginia
Median 59% · 340 middle schools compared
955 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Midsize city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Alexandria City Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 1005 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22301
- Phone
- (703)706-4500
- City or town
- Alexandria
- County
- Alexandria city
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6–8 | 1,072 | 15.6 | |
Statesmen College Preparatory Academy for Boys PCSCharterFree meals for all | 4–8 | 311 | 11.5 |
Francis C. Hammond MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 1,597 | 13.3 |
Hart MSFree meals for all | 6–8 | 374 | 10.4 |
| 7–8 | 1,026 | 12.2 | |
Digital Pioneers Academy PCS - JohenningCharterFree meals for all | 6–8 | 297 | 9.6 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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