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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the China Grove Middle administration to hear?
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Enrollment
572
Middle
DISTRICT 629 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROWAN-SALISBURY SCHOOLS·NCES 370405001613
China Grove Middle
1013 North Main St, China Grove, NC 28023 · (704) 857-7038 · Rowan County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL572 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of North Carolina public middle schools
- C+Test 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
19.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
569 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 | 194 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 192 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 186 | 33% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
45.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
43.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 China Grove Middle
China Grove Middle's state test result (46.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| China Grove Middle this school | 572 | 99.5% | 46.1% |
| North Iredell Middle Olin | 556 | 99.5% | 45.9% |
| E Lawson Brown Middle Thomasville | 560 | 98.4% | 50.0% |
| Mountain View Intermediate Franklin | 614 | 99.5% | 49.3% |
| West McDowell Middle School Marion | 550 | 99.5% | 50.0% |
| East Alexander Middle Hiddenite | 510 | 98.8% | 53.5% |
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 China Grove Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Rowan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #289 of 463 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #288 of 461 | #1 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #267 of 463 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 572 | #252 of 478 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #425 of 456 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.4% | #389 of 456 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #105 of 472 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.5% | #42 of 143 | N/A |
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
572
+125 (+28%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 641
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 572 | 30 | 19.1:1 | 99% (569) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 28 | 20.1:1 | 96% (542) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 26.5 | 19.8:1 | 49% (256) |
| 2020-21 | 447 | 26 | 17.2:1 | 39% (176) |
| 2017-18 | 487 | 30.5 | 16.0:1 | 45% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 535 | 32 | 16.7:1 | 48% (257) |
| 2010-11 | 590 | 41 | 14.4:1 | 51% (299) |
| 2000-01 | 681 | 47 | 14.5:1 | 23% (160) |
| 1990-91 | 641 | 39 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for China Grove Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (487 to 572); teachers down 2% (30.5 to 30).
About China Grove Middle
China Grove Middle is a middle school located in China Grove, North Carolina, in Rowan County. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 572 students in 2024-25.
Rowan-Salisbury Schools enrolls 17,683 students, and its 32 schools include China Grove Middle.
White students are 72% of those enrolled at China Grove Middle. The next largest groups are 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is in line with Rowan County, where about 70% of residents are White. A diversity index of 44% means there is a 44% chance two randomly chosen students at China Grove Middle are from different groups.
China Grove Middle has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 19.1:1. Middle schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 15.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 99%.
Among North Carolina public middle schools, China Grove Middle outscored 40%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
A school with China Grove Middle's lunch-eligibility share in North Carolina is predicted to score 48.5%. China Grove Middle scores 46.1%, 2.3 points below that line.
The county, Rowan County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $65,725 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Rowan County has 35 public schools with about 18,917 students, including China Grove Middle.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, China Grove Elementary, is about 1.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, China Grove Middle places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
NCES describes the area around China Grove Middle as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 447 students in 2020-21 to 572 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 17.2:1 in 2020-21 to 19.1:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for China Grove Middle lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Rowan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
149,875
Census ACS
Median income
$65,725
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
18,917 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rowan-Salisbury Schools
- Carson HighHigh · 1,063 students
- West Rowan HighHigh · 988 students
- East Rowan HighHigh · 986 students
- South Rowan HighHigh · 932 students
- Salisbury HighHigh · 930 students
- Erwin MiddleMiddle · 763 students
Other schools in China Grove
- Carson HighHigh · 1,063 students
- South Rowan HighHigh · 932 students
- China Grove ElementaryElementary · 592 students
- Millbridge ElementaryElementary · 547 students
- Bostian ElementaryElementary · 342 students
Nearby schools
- China Grove Elementary1.1 mi · 592
- Carson High1.6 mi · 1,063
- South Rowan High2.3 mi · 932
- Knollwood Elementary2.7 mi · 585
- Landis Elementary3.3 mi · 613
- Corriher Lipe Middle3.3 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About China Grove MiddleHow large is China Grove Middle?
China Grove Middle enrolls approximately 572 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does China Grove Middle serve?
China Grove Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at China Grove Middle?
Approximately 19.1:1 students per teacher at China Grove Middle.
How diverse is China Grove Middle?
China Grove Middle reports a student body of 72% White, 19% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is China Grove Middle public or private?
China Grove Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rowan-Salisbury Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.