Langston Hughes Middle School (Reston, Virginia)

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School type Public school
Principal Deborah Jackson
Location Reston, Virginia
Enrollment 853
Established 1979
Homepage Official Site

Langston Hughes Middle School is a school in the Fairfax County Public Schools System. It was originally known as Langston Hughes Intermediate School, and shared a building with South Lakes High School for the first year, and part of the second year of the school's history.

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[edit] Feeder school

This school feeds into South Lakes High School for grades 9-12.

[edit] Demographics

Hughes's student body in is 45% White, 18% Hispanic, 17% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Unspecified, and less than 1% Native American.

[edit] Test Scores

Hughes is full accredited by the Virginia Department of Education. The following chart is for the 2005-2006 school year.

SOL Test Percent Passing
Grade 7 English: Reading 85%
Grade 7 Math 38%
Grade 8 English: Reading 84%
Grade 8 Science 88%
Grade 8 English: Writing 92%
Grade 8 Math 75%

[edit] Teachers

36% of teachers have a Bachelor's degree, 63% have a Master's degree, 1% have a Doctorate degree. There are 12 students per teacher. There is a 95% attendance rate.

[edit] Teams

There are 6 teams at Hughes.

[edit] 7th Grade

  • Team A
  • Team B
  • Team D

[edit] 8th Grade

  • Team W
  • Team Y
  • Team Z