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Enrollment
477
Middle
DISTRICT 492 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CATAWBA COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370069002437
Mill Creek Middle
1041 Shiloh Road, Claremont, NC 28610 · (828) 241-1494 · Catawba County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL477 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of North Carolina public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
16.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
219 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 7 | 240 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 237 | 50% |
Student demographics
43%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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
54.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
51.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Mill Creek Middle
Mill Creek Middle's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek Middle this school | 477 | 45.9% | 53.3% |
| North Davie Middle Mocksville | 444 | 47.5% | 66.8% |
| William Ellis Middle Advance | 437 | 38.7% | 73.0% |
| Currituck County Middle Barco | 435 | 50.3% | 57.2% |
| Tucker Creek Middle Havelock | 478 | 44.6% | 70.8% |
| Lakeshore Middle Mooresville | 531 | 40.5% | 54.5% |
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 Mill Creek Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Catawba County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #204 of 463 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #213 of 461 | #4 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #160 of 463 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 477 | #322 of 478 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #220 of 456 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.1% | #394 of 456 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.9% | #395 of 472 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.2% | #23 of 143 | N/A |
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
477
+58 (+14%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 477 | 29.5 | 16.2:1 | 46% (219) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 26.1 | 16.1:1 | 47% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 28 | 14.7:1 | 40% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 23 | 18.2:1 | 24% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 375 | 23.7 | 15.8:1 | 34% (126) |
| 2015-16 | 467 | 28 | 16.7:1 | 33% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 37% (179) |
| 2000-01 | 513 | 37 | 13.9:1 | 22% (112) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mill Creek Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (375 to 477); teachers up 24% (23.7 to 29.5).
About Mill Creek Middle
Mill Creek Middle, a small middle school, is located in Claremont, North Carolina. The school reports 477 students in grades 7 through 8. The school's enrollment is 21% smaller than the 605 average for middle schools in North Carolina.
Mill Creek Middle is run by Catawba County Schools, whose 28 schools enroll 16,003 students.
Mill Creek Middle is 74% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Black, and 2% Asian. The White share in Catawba County as a whole is similar, at about 75%. Mill Creek Middle's diversity index is 43%, against a US figure of 70%.
Mill Creek Middle employs 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.2:1. That is close to the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. Mill Creek Middle's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 46%. On average, public schools in Catawba County report 86%.
allk12 grades Mill Creek Middle a C+. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 64.8% at Mill Creek Middle; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 53.3%.
Catawba County has about 163,573 residents, and the median household income is $67,864, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Besides Mill Creek Middle, Catawba County has 43 other public schools.
The closest public school to Mill Creek Middle is Bandys High, about 0.4 miles away. Mill Creek Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Mill Creek Middle ranks 7th on proficiency.
Mill Creek Middle is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
Over 4 years, Mill Creek Middle's enrollment climbed 14%, to 477. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 16.2:1, from 18.2:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Mill Creek Middle covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Catawba County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
163,573
Census ACS
Median income
$67,864
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
22,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Catawba County Schools
- Saint Stephens HighHigh · 1,268 students
- Bandys HighHigh · 935 students
- Fred T Foard HighHigh · 930 students
- Maiden HighHigh · 852 students
- Bunker Hill HighHigh · 845 students
- Saint Stephens ElementaryElementary · 711 students
Other schools in Claremont
- Bunker Hill HighHigh · 845 students
- Oxford ElementaryElementary · 540 students
- Claremont ElementaryElementary · 462 students
- River Bend MiddleMiddle · 450 students
Other Mill Creek Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Mill Creek Middle. Mill Creek Middle is the 6th largest of the 8.
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolWoodstock, GA · 1,476 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolNolensville, TN · 932 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolKent, WA · 866 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolLenexa, KS · 676 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolDEXTER, MI · 525 students
Nearby schools
- Bandys High0.4 mi · 935
- Balls Creek Elementary2.6 mi · 686
- Catawba Rosenwald Education Center3.6 mi · 7
- Catawba Elementary School3.6 mi · 450
- Claremont Elementary5.5 mi · 462
- Charles H Tuttle Elementary5.7 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About Mill Creek MiddleHow many students attend Mill Creek Middle?
Mill Creek Middle enrolls approximately 477 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Mill Creek Middle serve?
Mill Creek Middle serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mill Creek Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mill Creek Middle is approximately 16.2:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mill Creek Middle?
Student demographics at Mill Creek Middle are roughly 74% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Mill Creek Middle?
Mill Creek Middle is overseen by Catawba County Schools in Catawba County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.