📍 1160 Tunstall High Rd., Dry Fork, Pittsylvania County, 24549
Tunstall Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Dry Fork, Pittsylvania County. The school has 564 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Pittsylvania County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. 82% of students are proficient in reading. 62% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Tunstall Middle enrolls 564 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 44 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% White, 15% Black or African American and 8.7% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 408 | 72% |
| Black or African American | 85 | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 49 | 8.7% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 3% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
457 of the school's 564 students (81%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 457 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.
Tunstall Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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-50, state senate district 15, state house district 16.
Tunstall Middle is one of 21 schools in Pittsylvania County Public Schools, based in Chatham, Virginia. The district serves 7,830 students district-wide and employs 635 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 564 students, Tunstall Middle is larger than the district average of about 373 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant