Chatham Middle

Chatham Middle is a middle school of cozy scale in Siler City, North Carolina, part of Chatham County Schools, instructing 513 students in grades 6 through 8.

Chatham County Schools comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 8,987 students; Chatham Middle is among them.

Demographically, Chatham Middle reports that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Black, 9% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Chatham County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Chatham Middle records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Chatham County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Chatham Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 39.5%, a residual of -8.9 points.

In the broader community, census data for Chatham County shows median household income runs about $94,317, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Chatham Middle is one of 25 public schools in Chatham County (combined enrollment of about 10,374 students).

Virginia Cross Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Chatham Middle. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chatham Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 43.6%.

Chatham Middle operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Chatham Middle's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 563 (now 513). White enrollment moved from 14% to 9% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.