Middle · Virginia
Vernon Johns Middle
Free meals for allVernon Johns Middle, a public middle school in Petersburg, Virginia: grades 6–8, 949 students, 15.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Petersburg 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
- 949
- Teachers (FTE)
- 61.0
- Students per teacher
- 15.6
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 88% of middle schools in Virginia
Median 13.1 · 334 schools compared
More students per teacher than 59% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 71% of middle schools in Virginia
Median 737 · 340 schools compared
Larger than 88% 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%37%proficient
−4.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 99% of middle schools in Virginia
Median 73% · 340 middle schools compared
888 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3
Math
Virginia: 66%20%proficient
+1.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 99% of middle schools in Virginia
Median 59% · 340 middle schools compared
772 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
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Rural area near a city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Petersburg City Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 3101 Homestead Drive, Petersburg, VA 23805
- Phone
- (804)862-7020
- City or town
- Petersburg
- County
- Petersburg 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 | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colonial Heights MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 700 | 12.7 | 65% | 57% |
Matoaca MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 775 | 14.9 | 64% | 43% |
| 6–8 | 1,387 | 20.5 | 75% | 68% | |
Carver MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 970 | 12.8 | 55% | 33% |
Carter G. Woodson MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 803 | 12.2 | 51% | 34% |
Elizabeth Davis MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 1,364 | 14.6 | 71% | 54% |
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.
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.
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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