Graham Middle

Set in Graham, North Carolina, Graham Middle is a medium-sized junior high, overseen by Alamance-Burlington Schools. It caters to 553 students across grades 6 through 8.

Alamance-Burlington Schools comprises 37 schools with combined enrollment of 22,661 students; Graham Middle is among them.

In terms of who attends, Graham Middle lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 37% Black, 8% White, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

On the resource side, On paper, Graham Middle has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Alamance County's rate of about 80%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Graham Middle is in the bottom 10% of North Carolina public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 48.5%; Graham Middle posts 20.1%, -28.4 points below that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Alamance County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,651, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Graham Middle is one of 42 public schools in Alamance County (combined enrollment of about 25,737 students).

Ray Street Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Graham Middle comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 27.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Graham Middle's enrollment has edged down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 621 (now 553). White enrollment moved from 20% to 8% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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