Rosman Middle

Rosman Middle operates as a micro-enrollment 6-8 campus in Rosman, North Carolina, operated by Transylvania County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 187 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 69% leaner than the state mean of about 605.

Rosman Middle is one of 9 schools operated by Transylvania County Schools, a district that enrolls 3,205 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Rosman Middle shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). The remainder is composed of 12% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Transylvania County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Rosman Middle shows 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 98% of students at Rosman Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rosman Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.8%; this one delivers 55.0%.

Around the school, census data for Transylvania County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,184 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Transylvania County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,640 students), Rosman Middle is one campus in the mix.

Rosman High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Rosman Middle. On composite proficiency, Rosman Middle comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.5%.

Rosman Middle operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rosman Middle has shrank 25%, going from 250 students in 2018 to 187 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 84% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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