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Galax Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
202 Maroon Tide Dr
Galax, VA 24333
Phone
(276) 236-6124
District
GALAX CITY PBLC SCHS
County
GALAX CITY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
318
Classroom Teachers
26

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Virginia

5

(10 is best)

Better than 48.2% of all VA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Galax Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

80 60 40 20 0
75%
63%
75%
70%
74%
56%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

80 60 40 20 0
72%
63%
77%
72%
66%
54%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

80 60 40 20 0
55%
64%
71%
71%
39%
56%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
12
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 105 33.0%
Grade 7 115 36.2%
Grade 8 98 30.8%
Total 318 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 56.3% 59.1% 49.0%
Black 6.1% 5.2% 23.4%
Hispanic 36.3% 35.0% 19.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.0% 0.5% 7.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.2% 0.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 82.7% 63.1% 45.9%
Free lunch eligible 74.5% 56.5% 40.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 8.2% 6.6% 5.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 6,681 8,683,619
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 825.3 216
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.3% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.3% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.6% 33.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.9% 25.8%
65 OR OLDER 18.0% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,780 3,289,776
Single Parent Households With Children 9.6% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 78.7% 91.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 17.9% 41.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.7% 26.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 6.8% 18.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.2% 12.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 12.7% 15.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 26.3% 12.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 17.9% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 15.4% 7.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,820 $9,125,160 55.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $477 $638,226 3.9%
Staff $691 $924,558 5.7%
General Administration $567 $758,646 4.6%
School Administration $628 $840,264 5.1%
Operation $1,165 $1,558,770 9.5%
Transportation $324 $433,512 2.6%
Other $87 $116,406 0.7%
Total Support $3,939 $5,270,382 32.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,470 $1,966,860 12.0%
Total Expenditures $12,229 $16,362,402 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,122 $10,150,830,466 54.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $719 $899,115,816 4.8%
Staff $956 $1,195,311,652 6.4%
General Administration $235 $293,181,354 1.6%
School Administration $785 $981,688,258 5.3%
Operation $1,172 $1,464,732,040 7.8%
Transportation $669 $836,467,381 4.5%
Other $242 $303,024,403 1.6%
Total Support $4,780 $5,973,544,662 32.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,052 $2,564,076,445 13.7%
Total Expenditures $14,953 $18,688,464,433 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%