📍 687 Sandy Hook Road, Strasburg, Shenandoah County, 22657
Signal Knob Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Strasburg, Shenandoah County. The school has 417 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Shenandoah County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.2:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 43% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Signal Knob Middle enrolls 417 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% White, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 9.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 322 | 77% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 44 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 38 | 9.1% |
| Black or African American | 10 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
304 of the school's 417 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 304 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.
Signal Knob Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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-60, state senate district 26, state house district 15.
Signal Knob Middle is one of 10 schools in Shenandoah County Public Schools, based in Woodstock, Virginia. The district serves 5,703 students district-wide and employs 443 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 417 students, Signal Knob Middle is smaller than the district average of about 570 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe