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Enrollment
744
Middle
DISTRICT 675 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370090000337
Burns Middle
215 Shady Grove Road, Lawndale, NC 28090 · (704) 476-8223 · Cleveland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL744 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% 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.
- B+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
17.2:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
741 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 231 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 276 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 237 | 32% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
54.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
55.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Burns Middle
Burns Middle's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burns Middle this school | 744 | 99.6% | 53.6% |
| Erwin Middle Salisbury | 763 | 98.4% | 36.8% |
| Rockingham County Middle Reidsville | 750 | 99.6% | 56.6% |
| West Pine Middle West End | 717 | 99.6% | 74.8% |
| Crest Middle Shelby | 810 | 98.9% | 57.2% |
| R-S Middle School Rutherfordton | 561 | 98.2% | 52.0% |
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 Burns Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #200 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #167 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #153 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 744 | #136 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #314 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #362 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #43 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #276 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
744
-11 (-1%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 791
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 744 | 43.3 | 17.2:1 | 100% (741) |
| 2023-24 | 756 | 42.6 | 17.8:1 | 100% (753) |
| 2022-23 | 734 | 44.6 | 16.4:1 | 70% (511) |
| 2020-21 | 755 | 46 | 16.4:1 | 58% (440) |
| 2017-18 | 768 | 53.5 | 14.4:1 | 60% (463) |
| 2015-16 | 779 | 55 | 14.2:1 | 62% (480) |
| 2010-11 | 911 | 60 | 15.2:1 | 62% (562) |
| 2000-01 | 1,026 | 63 | 16.3:1 | 35% (358) |
| 1990-91 | 791 | 61 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burns Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (768 to 744); teachers down 19% (53.5 to 43.3).
About Burns Middle
Burns Middle is a middle school with a street address in Lawndale, North Carolina. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 744 students enrolled. Middle schools in North Carolina have about 605 students on average; enrollment here is 23% higher.
The 28 schools of Cleveland County Schools, including Burns Middle, enroll 14,504 students.
More than half of enrollment at Burns Middle is White: 69%. The next largest groups are 16% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. In Cleveland County overall, the White share is about 72%. The diversity index for Burns Middle is 49%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 17.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Burns Middle, which has 43.3. By comparison, the average for middle schools in North Carolina is 15.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Burns Middle is about 100%. The average for public schools in Cleveland County is similar, at 99%.
Among North Carolina public middle schools, Burns Middle outscored 62%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Burns Middle are 5.2 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (53.6% actual, 48.4% predicted).
In Cleveland County, home to about 100,991 people, median household income comes to about $58,534, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Cleveland County's 29 public schools enroll about 15,682 students and include Burns Middle.
Burns High, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Burns Middle places 6th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 755 in 2020-21 and 744 in 2024-25.
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Cleveland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,991
Census ACS
Median income
$58,534
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
15,682 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cleveland County Schools
- Kings Mountain HighHigh · 1,305 students
- Crest HighHigh · 1,098 students
- Burns HighHigh · 928 students
- Crest MiddleMiddle · 810 students
- Shelby HighHigh · 792 students
- Elizabeth ElementaryElementary · 649 students
Other Burns Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Burns Middle. Burns Middle is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOLBRANDON, FL · 1,108 students
- Burns Middle SchoolMobile, AL · 568 students
- Burns Middle SchoolBurns, TN · 494 students
Nearby schools
- Burns High0.5 mi · 928
- Fallston Elementary2.2 mi · 502
- Union Elementary5.1 mi · 413
- North Brook Elementary6.8 mi · 344
- Casar Elementary7.4 mi · 275
- Jefferson Elementary8.6 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Burns MiddleHow many students attend Burns Middle?
Burns Middle enrolls approximately 744 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Burns Middle serve?
Burns Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Burns Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Burns Middle is approximately 17.2:1 (43 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Burns Middle?
Burns Middle reports a student body of 69% White, 10% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Burns Middle public or private?
Burns Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cleveland County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.