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What's something Mount Holly Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
570
Middle
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GASTON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370162000698
Mount Holly Middle
124 S Hawthorne Street, Mount Holly, NC 28120 · (704) 836-9610 · Gaston County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% 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.
- A-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
15.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
567 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 6 | 195 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 188 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 187 | 33% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
51.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
55.5%
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 56 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
54.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Mount Holly Middle
Mount Holly Middle's state test result (54.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Holly Middle this school | 570 | 99.5% | 54.4% |
| Myrtle Grove Middle Wilmington | 600 | 99.0% | 62.9% |
| Southern Middle Aberdeen | 620 | 98.9% | 56.1% |
| Emma B Trask Middle Wilmington | 611 | 99.5% | 58.6% |
| W C Friday Middle School Dallas | 618 | 99.5% | 39.9% |
| Reynolds Middle Asheville | 490 | 98.2% | 51.5% |
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 Mount Holly Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Gaston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #190 of 463 | #4 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #168 of 461 | #4 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #203 of 463 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #254 of 478 | #8 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #145 of 456 | #3 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #129 of 456 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #107 of 472 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #91 of 300 | 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
570
-62 (-10%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 628
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 570 | 37.4 | 15.3:1 | 99% (567) |
| 2023-24 | 552 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 98% (543) |
| 2022-23 | 557 | 36.5 | 15.3:1 | 62% (343) |
| 2020-21 | 632 | 37 | 17.1:1 | 34% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 686 | 40.3 | 17.0:1 | 45% (310) |
| 2015-16 | 782 | 43 | 18.2:1 | 50% (393) |
| 2010-11 | 795 | 41 | 19.4:1 | 47% (370) |
| 2000-01 | 679 | 46 | 14.8:1 | 24% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 628 | 41 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Holly Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (686 to 570); teachers down 7% (40.3 to 37.4).
About Mount Holly Middle
Mount Holly Middle is a medium-sized middle school in Mount Holly, North Carolina, under Gaston County Schools. The school had 570 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Mount Holly Middle is part of a district of 56 schools: Gaston County Schools, with 30,995 students.
Mount Holly Middle's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 49%. It is also 20% Black, 19% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 68%. By the diversity index, Mount Holly Middle comes in at 67%.
Mount Holly Middle counts 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.3 students for each one. Middle schools in North Carolina average about 15.9:1, a similar figure. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 85% average for public schools in Gaston County, the school's rate is higher.
Mount Holly Middle is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of North Carolina public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 48.5% at Mount Holly Middle; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 54.4%.
Federal survey data for Gaston County show that median household income is about $67,478, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. A total of 61 public schools operate in Gaston County, serving about 35,898 students.
Ida Rankin Elementary School is located about 0.2 miles from Mount Holly Middle. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Mount Holly Middle ranks 5th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The number of students dropped from 632 to 570 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher fell from 17.1 to 15.3 over 4 years.
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Gaston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
234,881
Census ACS
Median income
$67,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
35,898 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gaston County Schools
- Ashbrook HighHigh · 1,386 students
- Hunter Huss HighHigh · 1,165 students
- Forestview HighHigh · 1,133 students
- North Gaston HighHigh · 1,061 students
- South Point HighHigh · 989 students
- Cramerton MiddleMiddle · 959 students
Other schools in Mount Holly
- East Gaston HighHigh · 917 students
- Ida Rankin Elementary SchoolElementary · 533 students
- Pinewood ElementaryElementary · 508 students
Nearby schools
- Ida Rankin Elementary School0.2 mi · 533
- Catawba Heights Elementary1.8 mi · 238
- Whitewater Middle2.0 mi · 731
- Whitewater Academy2.1 mi · 832
- North Belmont Elementary2.3 mi · 371
- Pinewood Elementary2.6 mi · 508
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Holly MiddleHow large is Mount Holly Middle?
Mount Holly Middle enrolls approximately 570 students in grades 06-08.
Is Mount Holly Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mount Holly Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Mount Holly Middle?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Mount Holly Middle.
How diverse is Mount Holly Middle?
Mount Holly Middle reports a student body of 49% White, 19% Hispanic, 20% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Mount Holly Middle?
Mount Holly Middle is overseen by Gaston County Schools in Gaston County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.