Elkin Middle

Elkin Middle is a middle-grades school of rural-scale scale in Elkin, North Carolina, overseen by Elkin City Schools, caters to 193 students in grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 68% smaller than the state mean of about 605.

Elkin City Schools runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,329 students. Elkin Middle is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Elkin Middle lists that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 23% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Elkin Middle lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Surry County (around 93%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Elkin Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.7%, the actual is 57.5%, a residual of -6.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Surry County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $55,656 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Elkin Middle is one of 30 public schools in Surry County (combined enrollment of about 11,139 students).

Elkin High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Elkin Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Elkin Middle at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 56.1%.

Elkin Middle operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Elkin Middle's enrollment has edged up 21% since 2018, when it stood at 159 (now 193). Class-load math has widened: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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