Chestnut Grove Middle School

Chestnut Grove Middle School, an average-sized junior high in King, North Carolina, part of Stokes County Schools, serves 662 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Stokes County Schools comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 5,758 students; Chestnut Grove Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Chestnut Grove Middle School shows that nearly all students (87%) are White; the rest consists of 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Stokes County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Stokes County (around 82%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chestnut Grove Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.9%, the actual is 60.3%, a residual of +11.4 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Stokes County put the typical household earns roughly $62,969 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Chestnut Grove Middle School is one of 19 public schools in Stokes County (combined enrollment of about 5,758 students).

Mount Olive Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Chestnut Grove Middle School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 62.5%.

Chestnut Grove Middle School operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chestnut Grove Middle School has stayed largely flat, going from 669 students in 2018 to 662 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.