Middle · Virginia

Gretna Middle

Free meals for all

Gretna Middle, a public middle school in Gretna, Virginia: grades 6–8, 385 students, 10.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Pittsylvania County 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: 385
Teachers (FTE): 37.0
Students per teacher: 10.4
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 89% of middle schools in Virginia

Median 13.1 · 334 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 88% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 84% of middle schools in Virginia

Median 737 · 340 schools compared

Smaller than 66% 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%

74%proficient

+0.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 53% of middle schools in Virginia

Median 73% · 340 middle schools compared

347 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3

Math

Virginia: 66%

70%proficient

+12.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 76% of middle schools in Virginia

Median 59% · 340 middle schools compared

177 students tested, grades 6, 8 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

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
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Distant rural area
Run by: Pittsylvania County Public Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Pittsylvania County Public Schools.

Location

Address: 201 Coffey Street, Gretna, VA 24557
Phone: (434)630-1804
City or town: Gretna
County: Pittsylvania County

Quality of life in Gretna Schools in Gretna

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Chatham MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	406	11.0	82%	80%	12.7 mi
Dan River MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	438	10.5	79%	67%	20.5 mi
Tunstall MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	609	14.7	80%	72%	21.0 mi
Westwood MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	642	13.6	57%	37%	24.2 mi
O. Trent Bonner MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	501	10.5	63%	44%	24.2 mi
Staunton River MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	612	14.4	72%	56%	24.7 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

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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