📍 3800 Cougar Trail, Chester, Chesterfield County, 23831
Carver Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Chester, Chesterfield County. The school has 1,022 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Chesterfield County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 71.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. 45% of students are proficient in reading. 28% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Carver Middle enrolls 1,022 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 71.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Black or African American, 28% White and 14% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 527 | 52% |
| White | 290 | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 140 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 41 | 4% |
| Asian | 12 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
821 of the school's 1,022 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 821 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Carver Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VA-40, state senate district 16, state house district 66.
Carver Middle is one of 73 schools in Chesterfield County Public Schools, based in Chesterfield, Virginia. The district serves 64,194 students district-wide and employs 4,523 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,022 students, Carver Middle is larger than the district average of about 879 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large