East Lincoln Middle

East Lincoln Middle is one of the reasonably sized junior highs in Iron Station, North Carolina, overseen by Lincoln County Schools, with 738 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 22% larger than typical.

Across the 22 schools in Lincoln County Schools (11,710 students total), East Lincoln Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, East Lincoln Middle shows that White students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, East Lincoln Middle has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lincoln County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), East Lincoln Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.3%, the actual is 61.9%, a residual of -5.4 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lincoln County shows median household income runs about $80,016, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Lincoln County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,428 students), of which East Lincoln Middle is one.

North Lincoln Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, East Lincoln Middle comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 65.8%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Lincoln Middle has increased 9%, going from 676 students in 2018 to 738 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 72% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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