For the 2025 school year, there are 4 public middle schools serving 1,843 students in Saint Croix School District. This district's average middle testing ranking is 1/10, which is in the bottom 50% of public middle schools in Virgin Islands.
Public Middle Schools in Saint Croix School District have an average math proficiency score of 88% (versus the Virgin Islands public middle school average of 91%), and reading proficiency score of 72% (versus the 77% statewide average).
Minority enrollment is 98% of the student body (majority Black), which is equal to the Virgin Islands public middle school average of 98% (majority Black).
Overview
This School District
This State (VI)
# Schools
10 Schools
7 Schools
# Students
5,082 Students
3,583 Students
# Teachers
436 Teachers
317 Teachers
Student : Teacher Ratio
12:1
12:1
Student By Grade
District Rank
Saint Croix School District, which is ranked #2 of all 2 school districts in Virgin Islands (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2018-2019 school year.
Overall District Rank
#2 out of 2 school districts
(Bottom 50%)
(Bottom 50%)
Math Test Scores (% Proficient)
(18-19)88%
89%
Reading/Language Arts Test Scores (% Proficient)
(18-19)72%
75%
Students by Ethnicity:
Diversity Score
0.43
0.41
% American Indian
n/a
n/a
% Asian
1%
1%
% Hispanic
27%
24%
% Black
71%
73%
% White
1%
2%
% Hawaiian
n/a
n/a
% Two or more races
n/a
n/a
All Ethnic Groups
Best Saint Croix School District Public Middle Schools (2025)
School
(Math and Reading Proficiency)
(Math and Reading Proficiency)
Location
Grades
Students
Rank: #11.
Juanita Gardine
(Math: ≥95% | Reading: 90-94%)
Rank:
Rank:
10/
Top 5%10
Estate Richmond
Christiansted, VI 00820
(340) 773-0050
Christiansted, VI 00820
(340) 773-0050
Grades: PK-8
| 305 students
Rank: #22.
Eulalie Rivera
(Math: 90-94% | Reading: 70-74%)
Rank:
Rank:
5/
Bottom 50%10
Route 1 Grove Place
Christiansted, VI 00820
(340) 692-2121
Christiansted, VI 00820
(340) 692-2121
Grades: PK-8
| 645 students
Rank: #33.
John H. Woodson Junior High School
(Math: 88% | Reading: 62%)
Rank:
Rank:
2/
Bottom 50%10
Rural Route 1 Kingshill
Christiansted, VI 00820
(340) 778-2710
Christiansted, VI 00820
(340) 778-2710
Grades: 7-8
| 461 students
Rank: #44.
Pearl B. Larsen
(Math: 75-79% | Reading: 65-69%)
Rank:
Rank:
2/
Bottom 50%10
Estate St Peters
Christiansted, VI 00820
(340) 773-3070
Christiansted, VI 00820
(340) 773-3070
Grades: PK-8
| 432 students
Recent Articles

Parents’ Guide to Special Education
Special education law is not easy to decipher, with several regulations that govern special education services for disabled students. In this article, learn about the core components of the laws, rights, and individual education plans that can help create the best public school environment for your child.

Surveillance Cameras: Violation of Rights or Improved Security?
A school district in Virginia has given the green light to schools that want to install surveillance cameras in common areas like cafeterias and hallways. We’ll look at whether this is a violation of student privacy or the best way to keep order in schools.

Teachers in 19 States Allowed to Physically Punish Students
As of 2014, nineteen states still allow corporal punishment – spanking and paddling the most common choices – in their public schools. However, some argue that not only are these punishments physically harmful, they also are disproportionately administered to students of color. As a result, House democrats have taken up the issue in a new bill that would ban all forms of corporal punishment nationwide.