📍 32101 Government Rd, Damascus, Washington County, 24236
Damascus Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Damascus, Washington County. The school has 170 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Washington County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.8:1. 82% of students are proficient in reading. 67% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Damascus Middle enrolls 170 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% White, 2.9% Two or more races and 1.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 162 | 95% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 2.9% |
| Black or African American | 2 | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
111 of the school's 170 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 111 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.
Damascus 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 40, state house district 5.
Damascus Middle is one of 16 schools in Washington County Public Schools, based in Abingdon, Virginia. The district serves 7,270 students district-wide and employs 578 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 170 students, Damascus Middle is smaller than the district average of about 454 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant