Central Wilkes Middle School

Central Wilkes Middle School is a mid-sized intermediate school in Moravian Falls, North Carolina, run under Wilkes County Schools. The school caters to 564 students in grades 6 through 8.

Wilkes County Schools runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 8,547 students. Central Wilkes Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Central Wilkes Middle School shows that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Wilkes County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Central Wilkes Middle School logs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Central Wilkes Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Central Wilkes Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 57.9%, a residual of +9.5 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Wilkes County put median household income runs about $51,721, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Central Wilkes Middle School is one of 22 public schools in Wilkes County (combined enrollment of about 8,547 students).

Nearest neighbor: Moravian Falls Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Central Wilkes Middle School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.8%.

Central Wilkes Middle School operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 10%: 630 students in 2018 compared to 564 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 58% to 52% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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