C C Griffin Middle

As an average-sized 6-8 campus in Concord, North Carolina, C C Griffin Middle caters to 792 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Cabarrus County Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 31% bigger than the state mean of about 605.

Within Cabarrus County Schools, which oversees 44 schools and 35,568 students, C C Griffin Middle is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, C C Griffin Middle reports that 34% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 29% Black, 27% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.5:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, C C Griffin Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.7%.

Across the wider county, census data for Cabarrus County shows median household income runs about $89,005, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. C C Griffin Middle is one of 56 public schools in Cabarrus County (combined enrollment of about 43,278 students).

Nearest neighbor: Patriots Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts C C Griffin Middle at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 66.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. C C Griffin Middle's enrollment has ticked down 24% since 2018, when it stood at 1,046 (now 792). The White share of enrollment edged down from 47% to 34% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.

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