Middle · Virginia
Union Middle
Free meals for allUnion Middle, a public middle school in Big Stone Gap, Virginia: grades 5–8, 561 students, 12.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Wise 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
- 561
- Teachers (FTE)
- 46.5
- Students per teacher
- 12.1
- Grades
- 5–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 68% of middle schools in Virginia
Median 13.1 · 334 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 75% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 69% of middle schools in Virginia
Median 737 · 340 schools compared
Larger than 54% 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%83%proficient
−0.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 81% of middle schools in Virginia
Median 73% · 340 middle schools compared
528 students tested, grades 5, 6, 7, 8 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3
Math
Virginia: 66%75%proficient
−4.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 85% of middle schools in Virginia
Median 59% · 340 middle schools compared
434 students tested, grades 5, 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 5–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Distant town
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Wise County Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 3137 Second Avenue East, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219
- Phone
- (276)523-0195
- County
- Wise County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
L.F. Addington MiddleFree meals for all | 5–8 | 387 | 11.2 |
Rye Cove IntermediateFree meals for all | 5–7 | 138 | 9.4 |
Coeburn MiddleFree meals for all | 5–8 | 304 | 11.0 |
Whitesburg Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 191 | 17.2 |
Pennington MiddleFree meals for all | 5–7 | 278 | 9.1 |
Gate City MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 276 | 10.0 |
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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