Kiser Middle

Set in Greensboro, North Carolina, Kiser Middle is a high-enrollment intermediate school, run under Guilford County Schools. It educates 1,074 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 78% above typical.

Kiser Middle is one of 123 schools operated by Guilford County Schools, a district that serves 68,535 students overall.

On demographics, Kiser Middle reports that the most-represented group is Black (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 38% White, 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Guilford County runs at roughly 89%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kiser Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.4%; this one delivers 56.3%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Guilford County) records that the typical household earns roughly $68,642 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kiser Middle is one of 143 public schools in Guilford County (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students).

Nearest neighbor: Grimsley High, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Kiser Middle comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 67.5%.

Kiser Middle operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 24%: 867 students in 2018 compared to 1,074 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 38% across the same window.

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