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Enrollment
601
Middle
DISTRICT 675 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370090002715
Kings Mountain Intermediate
227 Kings Mountain Boulevard, Kings Mountain, NC 28086 · (704) 476-8366 · Cleveland County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL601 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of North Carolina public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
597 students
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 285 | 47% |
| Grade 6 | 316 | 53% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Kings Mountain Intermediate→Kings Mountain Middle
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Cleveland County Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
52.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
63.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Kings Mountain Intermediate
Kings Mountain Intermediate's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Mountain Intermediate this school | 601 | 99.3% | 58.5% |
| Kings Mountain Middle Kings Mountain | 631 | 99.5% | 54.1% |
| Chaloner Middle School Roanoke Rapids | 605 | 99.5% | 53.9% |
| R-S Middle School Rutherfordton | 561 | 98.2% | 52.0% |
| Crest Middle Shelby | 810 | 98.9% | 57.2% |
| Southern Middle Aberdeen | 620 | 98.9% | 56.1% |
Matched among North Carolina middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Kings Mountain Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #141 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #103 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #192 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 601 | #229 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #424 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #274 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #165 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #221 of 300 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
601
-51 (-8%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 634
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 17.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 601 | 31.6 | 19.0:1 | 99% (597) |
| 2023-24 | 632 | 34.5 | 18.3:1 | 100% (629) |
| 2022-23 | 627 | 34.3 | 18.3:1 | 68% (425) |
| 2020-21 | 652 | 37 | 17.6:1 | 59% (384) |
| 2017-18 | 648 | 38.5 | 16.8:1 | 59% (382) |
| 2015-16 | 645 | 36 | 17.9:1 | 64% (414) |
| 2010-11 | 634 | 37 | 17.1:1 | 56% (355) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kings Mountain Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (648 to 601); teachers down 18% (38.5 to 31.6).
About Kings Mountain Intermediate
Kings Mountain Intermediate is a mid-sized middle school found in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. It had 601 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 5 through 6.
Besides Kings Mountain Intermediate, Cleveland County Schools runs 27 other schools. The district enrolls 14,504 students.
The student body at Kings Mountain Intermediate is 59% White. The rest of enrollment is 24% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Among all residents of Cleveland County, the White share is about 72%. A diversity index of 59% means there is a 59% chance two randomly chosen students at Kings Mountain Intermediate are from different groups.
For every teacher at Kings Mountain Intermediate, there are about 19.0 students; the school has 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in North Carolina, 15.9:1, is lower. There are 597 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 99% of enrollment. Public schools in Cleveland County average a similar 99%.
Kings Mountain Intermediate holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 78% of North Carolina public middle schools.
The model predicts 48.5% for a school in North Carolina with Kings Mountain Intermediate's free or reduced-price lunch share. Kings Mountain Intermediate posts 58.5%.
Cleveland County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $58,534 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Public schools in Cleveland County number 29, with about 15,682 students.
Kings Mountain Intermediate's closest public school neighbor is Kings Mountain Middle, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Kings Mountain Intermediate, there are 6 other public schools. On proficiency, Kings Mountain Intermediate is ahead of the 57.6% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
NCES assigns Kings Mountain Intermediate the locale Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 652 to 601, an 8% decline. Federal data show the ratio rising from 17.6:1 to 19.0:1.
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Cleveland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,991
Census ACS
Median income
$58,534
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
15,682 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cleveland County Schools
- Kings Mountain HighHigh · 1,305 students
- Crest HighHigh · 1,098 students
- Burns HighHigh · 928 students
- Crest MiddleMiddle · 810 students
- Shelby HighHigh · 792 students
- Burns MiddleMiddle · 744 students
Other schools in Kings Mountain
- Kings Mountain HighHigh · 1,305 students
- Kings Mountain MiddleMiddle · 631 students
- Bethware ElementaryElementary · 548 students
- West ElementaryElementary · 289 students
- North ElementaryElementary · 272 students
- East ElementaryElementary · 199 students
Nearby schools
- Kings Mountain Middle0.3 mi · 631
- Kings Mountain High0.5 mi · 1,305
- West Elementary1.6 mi · 289
- Bethware Elementary2.3 mi · 548
- North Elementary2.7 mi · 272
- East Elementary3.0 mi · 199
Frequently asked questions
About Kings Mountain IntermediateHow many students attend Kings Mountain Intermediate?
Kings Mountain Intermediate enrolls approximately 601 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does Kings Mountain Intermediate serve?
Kings Mountain Intermediate serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Kings Mountain Intermediate?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at Kings Mountain Intermediate.
How diverse is Kings Mountain Intermediate?
Kings Mountain Intermediate reports a student body of 59% White, 9% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Kings Mountain Intermediate?
Kings Mountain Intermediate is overseen by Cleveland County Schools in Cleveland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.