Kannapolis Middle School 6

Kannapolis Middle School 6 is one of the close-knit junior highs in Kannapolis, North Carolina, part of Kannapolis City Schools, with 358 students on its rolls from grade 6. Enrollment runs roughly 41% below the state mean of about 605.

Across the 9 schools in Kannapolis City Schools (5,377 students total), Kannapolis Middle School 6 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Kannapolis Middle School 6 shows that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 30% Black, 22% White, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Cabarrus County as a whole is about 13% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Kannapolis Middle School 6 has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cabarrus County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kannapolis Middle School 6 falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.6%; this one comes in at 29.5%, -19.1 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cabarrus County) shows that median household earnings sit near $89,005, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Kannapolis Middle School 6 is one of 56 public schools in Cabarrus County (combined enrollment of about 43,278 students).

The closest other public school is Kannapolis Middle School 7/8, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kannapolis Middle School 6. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kannapolis Middle School 6 at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.