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Enrollment
810
Middle
DISTRICT 675 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370090000341
Crest Middle
315 Beaver Dam Church Rd, Shelby, NC 28152 · (704) 476-8221 · Cleveland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL810 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of North Carolina public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
16.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
801 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 265 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 277 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 268 | 33% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
57.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
61.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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
57.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Crest Middle
Crest Middle's state test result (57.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crest Middle this school | 810 | 98.9% | 57.2% |
| Kings Mountain Middle Kings Mountain | 631 | 99.5% | 54.1% |
| Burns Middle Lawndale | 744 | 99.6% | 53.6% |
| Kings Mountain Intermediate Kings Mountain | 601 | 99.3% | 58.5% |
| Erwin Middle Salisbury | 763 | 98.4% | 36.8% |
| Southeast Guilford Middle Greensboro | 826 | 99.6% | 50.1% |
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 Crest Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #158 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #121 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #126 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 810 | #95 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #236 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #299 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #248 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #211 of 300 |
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
810
-125 (-13%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 1,101
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 810 | 49.6 | 16.3:1 | 99% (801) |
| 2023-24 | 833 | 51.7 | 16.1:1 | 100% (830) |
| 2022-23 | 849 | 52.1 | 16.3:1 | 66% (563) |
| 2020-21 | 935 | 59 | 15.8:1 | 54% (502) |
| 2017-18 | 877 | 58 | 15.1:1 | 53% (462) |
| 2015-16 | 919 | 60 | 15.3:1 | 56% (515) |
| 2010-11 | 1,019 | 63 | 16.2:1 | 53% (544) |
| 2000-01 | 1,252 | 71 | 17.6:1 | 29% (361) |
| 1990-91 | 1,101 | 71 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crest Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (877 to 810); teachers down 15% (58 to 49.6).
About Crest Middle
Families in Shelby, North Carolina, are served by Crest Middle, a medium-sized middle-grades school. It educates 810 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in North Carolina is about 605 students.
A total of 28 schools make up Cleveland County Schools, with 14,504 students enrolled.
By race and ethnicity, Crest Middle is 60% White. The school is also 25% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. That is lower than the 72% White share among all Cleveland County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Crest Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
Crest Middle counts 49.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.3 students for each one. Middle schools in North Carolina average about 15.9:1, a similar figure. About 99% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Across public schools in Cleveland County, the average is about the same, 99%.
Measured against North Carolina public middle schools, Crest Middle receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Crest Middle is 8.5 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 57.2% actual, 48.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Census estimates describe Cleveland County this way: median household income is about $58,534, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Federal data list 29 public schools in Cleveland County, with a combined enrollment of about 15,682.
The school nearest to Crest Middle is Crest High, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Crest Middle is 3rd among 6 schools close by.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Crest Middle saw enrollment fall 13% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Crest Middle community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Cleveland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,991
Census ACS
Median income
$58,534
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
15,682 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cleveland County Schools
- Kings Mountain HighHigh · 1,305 students
- Crest HighHigh · 1,098 students
- Burns HighHigh · 928 students
- Shelby HighHigh · 792 students
- Burns MiddleMiddle · 744 students
- Elizabeth ElementaryElementary · 649 students
Other schools in Shelby
- Pinnacle Classical AcademyCombined · 1,178 students
- Crest HighHigh · 1,098 students
- Shelby HighHigh · 792 students
- Elizabeth ElementaryElementary · 649 students
- Springmore ElementaryElementary · 618 students
- Shelby MiddleMiddle · 588 students
Nearby schools
- Crest High0.6 mi · 1,098
- Springmore Elementary2.7 mi · 618
- North Shelby3.0 mi · 76
- James Love Elementary3.0 mi · 376
- Boiling Springs Elementary3.3 mi · 558
- Shelby Middle4.0 mi · 588
Frequently asked questions
About Crest MiddleHow large is Crest Middle?
Crest Middle enrolls approximately 810 students in grades 06-08.
Is Crest Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Crest Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Crest Middle?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Crest Middle.
What is the student diversity at Crest Middle?
Student demographics at Crest Middle are roughly 60% White, 9% Hispanic, 25% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Crest Middle public or private?
Crest Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cleveland County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.