Andrews Middle

Andrews Middle, a minimally staffed middle-grades school in Andrews, North Carolina, overseen by Cherokee County Schools, works with 167 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 605 students each, so Andrews Middle sits 72% leaner than that benchmark.

Cherokee County Schools runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 2,992 students. Andrews Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Andrews Middle logs that 78% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

Looking at school resources, Andrews Middle logs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Andrews Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.0%, the actual is 51.6%, a residual of +2.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cherokee County) shows that median household income runs about $53,628, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Cherokee County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,992 students), Andrews Middle is one campus in the mix.

Andrews High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Andrews Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Andrews Middle at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 44.2%.

Andrews Middle operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Andrews Middle's enrollment has ticked down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 224 (now 167).

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.