Selma Burke Middle

Selma Burke Middle is one of the average-sized 6-8 campuss in Mooresville, North Carolina, operated by Mooresville Graded School District, with 649 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Selma Burke Middle is one of 8 schools operated by Mooresville Graded School District, a district that works with 5,917 students overall.

Demographically, Selma Burke Middle reports that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 21% Black, 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Selma Burke Middle higher than the state norm the norm. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Iredell County (around 61%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Selma Burke Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.6%, the actual is 60.5%, a residual of -3.1 points.

In the broader community, Iredell County reports that median household earnings sit near $81,419, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Iredell County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,906 students), Selma Burke Middle is one campus in the mix.

Park View Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Selma Burke Middle. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Selma Burke Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 62.1%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Selma Burke Middle typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.