Donald B. Dixon-Lyle R. Smith Middle
Fredericksburg, VA · Middle School · Grades 6-8
Donald B. Dixon-Lyle R. Smith Middle is a middle school in Fredericksburg, VA with 894 students enrolled and a 62% proficiency rate. Part of Stafford County Public Schools. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Donald B. Dixon-Lyle R. Smith Middle is a middle school located in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The school serves 894 students in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 62% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
35% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Donald B. Dixon-Lyle R. Smith Middle is part of the Stafford County Public Schools in Virginia.
How This School Compares
Donald B. Dixon-Lyle R. Smith Middle has 894 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Stafford County Public Schools (972 students). Its 62% proficiency rate is 10 percentage points above the district average of 52%. Compared to the Virginia state average of 46%, the school performs 17 points higher. With a 14.0:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
Donald B. Dixon-Lyle R. Smith Middle has 894 students enrolled in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1.
According to EDFacts data, 62% of students at Donald B. Dixon-Lyle R. Smith Middle meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Donald B. Dixon-Lyle R. Smith Middle is part of the Stafford County Public Schools in Fredericksburg, 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.