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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Brevard Middle administration to hear?
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Enrollment
472
Middle
DISTRICT 330 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370453001779
Brevard Middle
400 Fisher Rd, Brevard, NC 28712 · (828) 884-2091 · Transylvania County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of North Carolina public middle schools
- BTest 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
11.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
469 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 | 158 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 155 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 159 | 34% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
53.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
51.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 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 Brevard Middle
Brevard Middle's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brevard Middle this school | 472 | 99.4% | 54.5% |
| East Alexander Middle Hiddenite | 510 | 98.8% | 53.5% |
| Chase Middle School Forest City | 484 | 97.1% | 58.3% |
| Owen Middle Swannanoa | 457 | 96.7% | 42.4% |
| Polk County Middle School Mill Spring | 454 | 99.3% | 60.9% |
| Morehead City Middle Morehead City | 506 | 99.4% | 64.9% |
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 Brevard Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #184 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #203 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #178 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #329 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #12 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.1% | #378 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #147 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #178 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
472
-55 (-10%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 678
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 472 | 39.9 | 11.8:1 | 99% (469) |
| 2023-24 | 501 | 41.9 | 11.9:1 | 99% (496) |
| 2022-23 | 535 | 47 | 11.4:1 | 58% (308) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | 45 | 11.7:1 | 48% (255) |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 43.1 | 12.1:1 | 50% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 45 | 11.1:1 | 61% (305) |
| 2010-11 | 547 | 40 | 13.7:1 | 51% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 597 | 42 | 14.2:1 | 27% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 678 | 47 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brevard Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (523 to 472); teachers down 7% (43.1 to 39.9).
About Brevard Middle
Brevard Middle is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in Brevard, North Carolina. A federal count lists 472 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in North Carolina) has about 605 students.
Transylvania County Schools has 9 schools; together they serve 3,205 students.
White students make up a majority at Brevard Middle, at 71%. Other students are 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is lower than the 88% White share among all Transylvania County residents. The school's diversity index is 46%, meaning two students picked at random have a 46% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 39.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.8:1. On average, middle schools in North Carolina have 15.9:1, compared with 11.8:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 99% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 99% average for public schools in Transylvania County.
The allk12 Grade for Brevard Middle is B+. Compared with North Carolina public middle schools, the school scored higher than 66% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Brevard Middle is 6.0 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools.
Transylvania County has these Census figures: the median household income is $66,184, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. In all, Transylvania County has 10 public schools and roughly 3,640 students.
Of nearby public schools, Brevard Elementary is the closest, at about 1.5 miles. Brevard Middle has 5 other public schools within five miles. Brevard Middle comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Brevard Middle falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 55 fewer students in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Transylvania County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,691
Census ACS
Median income
$66,184
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,640 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Transylvania County Schools
- Brevard HighHigh · 799 students
- Brevard ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- Pisgah Forest ElementaryElementary · 431 students
- Rosman ElementaryElementary · 344 students
- Rosman HighHigh · 254 students
- Rosman MiddleMiddle · 187 students
Other schools in Brevard
- Brevard HighHigh · 799 students
- Brevard ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- Pisgah Forest ElementaryElementary · 431 students
- Davidson River SchoolHigh · 61 students
Nearby schools
- Brevard Elementary1.5 mi · 524
- Pisgah Forest Elementary1.6 mi · 431
- Davidson River School1.6 mi · 61
- Brevard High2.0 mi · 799
- Brevard Academy2.9 mi · 435
- Rosman High8.8 mi · 254
Frequently asked questions
About Brevard MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Brevard Middle?
Brevard Middle enrolls approximately 472 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Brevard Middle serve?
Brevard Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Brevard Middle have?
Brevard Middle employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Brevard Middle?
Student demographics at Brevard Middle are roughly 71% White, 17% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Brevard Middle?
Brevard Middle is overseen by Transylvania County Schools in Transylvania County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.