East Iredell Middle

East Iredell Middle is a close-knit middle-grades school in Statesville, North Carolina, run under Iredell-Statesville Schools. The school teaches 328 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 46% smaller than typical.

Iredell-Statesville Schools runs 38 schools in total, collectively educating 21,017 students. East Iredell Middle is one of those campuses.

Demographically, East Iredell Middle logs that 36% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 23% White, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 11% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, East Iredell Middle lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting East Iredell Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Iredell County (around 61%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, East Iredell Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.6%; actual is 25.1%, a gap of -23.5 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Iredell County shows the typical household earns roughly $81,419 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Iredell County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,906 students), East Iredell Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cool Spring Elementary, roughly 3.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around East Iredell Middle. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), East Iredell Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 51.8%.

East Iredell Middle operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 32%: 480 students in 2018 compared to 328 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 31% to 23%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.