Carson Middle
Herndon, VA · Middle School · Grades 7-8
Carson Middle is a middle school in Herndon, VA with 1,361 students enrolled and a 73% proficiency rate. Part of Fairfax County Public Schools. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Carson Middle is a middle school located in Herndon, Virginia. The school serves 1,361 students in grades 7-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.2:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 73% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
16% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Carson Middle is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia.
How This School Compares
Carson Middle has 1,361 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Fairfax County Public Schools (904 students). Its 73% proficiency rate is 17 percentage points above the district average of 56%. Compared to the Virginia state average of 46%, the school performs 28 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Carson Middle has 1,361 students enrolled in grades 7-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.2:1.
According to EDFacts data, 73% of students at Carson Middle meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Carson Middle is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools in Herndon, Virginia. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.