📍 185 Learning Lane, Richlands, Tazewell County, 24614
Richlands Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Richlands, Tazewell County. The school has 495 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tazewell County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1. 71% of students are proficient in reading. 58% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Richlands Middle enrolls 495 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 27 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% White, 2% Two or more races and 1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 479 | 97% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
409 of the school's 495 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 409 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.
Richlands Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 38, state house district 3.
Richlands Middle is one of 14 schools in Tazewell County Public Schools, based in Tazewell, Virginia. The district serves 5,134 students district-wide and employs 392 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 495 students, Richlands Middle is larger than the district average of about 367 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant