Enrollment
254
Middle
DISTRICT 485 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYWOOD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370204000580
Bethel Middle
630 Sonoma Road, Waynesville, NC 28786 · (828) 646-3442 · Haywood County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL254 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of North Carolina public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
251 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 91 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 84 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 79 | 31% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
63.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
76.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bethel Middle
Bethel Middle's state test result (72.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel Middle this school | 254 | 98.8% | 72.3% |
| Cane River Middle Burnsville | 210 | 98.1% | 57.2% |
| Cranberry Middle Elk Park | 202 | 96.0% | 62.1% |
| Piney Grove Middle School Lawsonville | 189 | 98.4% | 63.4% |
| Hayesville Middle Hayesville | 301 | 99.0% | 62.1% |
| Foothills Community School Marion | 200 | 98.5% | 72.1% |
Matched among North Carolina middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bethel Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #39 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #25 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #80 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 254 | #437 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #165 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.9% | #453 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #261 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #294 of 300 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
254
-7 (-3%) vs 2020
-14% since 2000-01, when it was 297
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 254 | 16.5 | 15.4:1 | 99% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 249 | 17.8 | 14.0:1 | 99% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 245 | 18.6 | 13.2:1 | 53% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 261 | 20 | 13.1:1 | 38% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 256 | 20.8 | 12.3:1 | 54% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 279 | 22 | 12.7:1 | 51% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 22 | 15.1:1 | 49% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 297 | 22 | 13.5:1 | 29% (86) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bethel Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (256 to 254); teachers down 21% (20.8 to 16.5).
About Bethel Middle
Bethel Middle is a public small middle-grades school in Waynesville, North Carolina. The school enrolls 254 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in North Carolina average about 605 students, which makes this school 58% below average.
Haywood County Schools has 6,476 students spread across 15 schools.
Of every 100 students at Bethel Middle, about 90 are White. The remaining students are 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put Haywood County at about 91% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 19, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.4:1. The school has 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. In all, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Haywood County is similar, at 99%.
On the allk12 Grade, Bethel Middle lands at A+, ahead of 96% of North Carolina public middle schools.
A school in North Carolina with Bethel Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 48.7%. Bethel Middle scores 72.3%.
In the surrounding county, Haywood County, median household income comes to about $61,912, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The county's public schools total 16, with about 7,092 students.
Bethel Elementary is about 1.0 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 61.2%; Bethel Middle's is 72.3%, ranking 2nd of 8.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
From 261 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 254 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 13.1:1 to 15.4:1.
People who know Bethel Middle can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Haywood County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,662
Census ACS
Median income
$61,912
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,092 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Haywood County Schools
- Tuscola HighHigh · 873 students
- Pisgah HighHigh · 859 students
- Waynesville MiddleMiddle · 727 students
- Bethel ElementaryElementary · 537 students
- Clyde ElementaryElementary · 523 students
- Hazelwood ElementaryElementary · 490 students
Other schools in Waynesville
- Tuscola HighHigh · 873 students
- Waynesville MiddleMiddle · 727 students
- Shining Rock Classical AcademyCombined · 616 students
- Hazelwood ElementaryElementary · 490 students
- Junaluska ElementaryElementary · 428 students
- Jonathan Valley ElementaryElementary · 336 students
Other Bethel Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Bethel Middle. Bethel Middle is the 6th largest of the 6.
- BETHEL MIDDLE SCHOOLALEXANDER, AR · 762 students
- Bethel Middle SchoolBethel, CT · 758 students
- Bethel Middle SchoolSpanaway, WA · 661 students
- Bethel Middle SchoolTipp City, OH · 526 students
- Bethel Middle SchoolShawnee, OK · 255 students
Nearby schools
- Bethel Elementary1.0 mi · 537
- Clyde Elementary4.1 mi · 523
- Haywood Early College4.1 mi · 177
- Pisgah High4.5 mi · 859
- Junaluska Elementary4.6 mi · 428
- Tuscola High4.7 mi · 873
Frequently asked questions
About Bethel MiddleHow large is Bethel Middle?
Bethel Middle enrolls approximately 254 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Bethel Middle serve?
Bethel Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Bethel Middle have?
Bethel Middle employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Bethel Middle?
Student demographics at Bethel Middle are roughly 90% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Bethel Middle?
Bethel Middle is overseen by Haywood County Schools in Haywood County.
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