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What advice would you give to incoming students at Shelby Middle?
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Enrollment
588
Middle
DISTRICT 675 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370090002721
Shelby Middle
1480 South Dekalb Street, Shelby, NC 28152 · (704) 476-8328 · Cleveland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL588 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of North Carolina public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
16.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
585 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 187 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 204 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 197 | 34% |
Student demographics
64%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
45.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
48.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 Shelby Middle
Shelby Middle's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby Middle this school | 588 | 99.5% | 46.3% |
| Nash Central Middle Nashville | 531 | 99.2% | 52.3% |
| Farmville Middle Farmville | 552 | 99.5% | 44.6% |
| Carver Middle Laurel Hill | 563 | 99.5% | 33.7% |
| Rockingham Middle Rockingham | 606 | 99.5% | 49.9% |
| Elizabeth City Middle Elizabeth City | 484 | 99.4% | 49.7% |
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 Shelby Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #286 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #231 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #277 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 588 | #241 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #260 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #197 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #98 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.9% | #20 of 143 |
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
588
+119 (+25%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 678
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 588 | 35.4 | 16.6:1 | 99% (585) |
| 2023-24 | 591 | 34.7 | 17.0:1 | 99% (588) |
| 2022-23 | 630 | 41.1 | 15.3:1 | 81% (511) |
| 2020-21 | 469 | 30 | 15.6:1 | 67% (312) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 34.4 | 13.3:1 | 99% (453) |
| 2015-16 | 447 | 35 | 12.8:1 | 71% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 678 | 50 | 13.6:1 | 66% (447) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shelby Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (456 to 588); teachers up 3% (34.4 to 35.4).
About Shelby Middle
As a mid-sized middle school, Shelby Middle serves students in Shelby, North Carolina. There are 588 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8.
Shelby Middle is run by Cleveland County Schools, whose 28 schools enroll 14,504 students.
No group is above 50% at Shelby Middle; the largest is Black, at 50%. It is also 30% White, 13% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Cleveland County's residents are about 18% Black, 32 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Shelby Middle scores 64%.
Teacher count: 35.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.6:1. Across middle schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 15.9:1. Roughly 99% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 99% average for public schools in Cleveland County.
Among North Carolina public middle schools, Shelby Middle outscored 41%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Shelby Middle is 2.1 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 46.3% actual, 48.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
In Cleveland County, home to about 100,991 people, the median household earns about $58,534 a year, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Cleveland County number 29, with about 15,682 students.
Shelby High is the nearest public school to Shelby Middle, about 1.0 miles away. Shelby Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 46.3% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 5 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Shelby Middle as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 588, from 469 in 2020-21.
People who know Shelby Middle can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Cleveland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,991
Census ACS
Median income
$58,534
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
15,682 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cleveland County Schools
- Kings Mountain HighHigh · 1,305 students
- Crest HighHigh · 1,098 students
- Burns HighHigh · 928 students
- Crest MiddleMiddle · 810 students
- Shelby HighHigh · 792 students
- Burns MiddleMiddle · 744 students
Other schools in Shelby
- Pinnacle Classical AcademyCombined · 1,178 students
- Crest HighHigh · 1,098 students
- Crest MiddleMiddle · 810 students
- Shelby HighHigh · 792 students
- Elizabeth ElementaryElementary · 649 students
- Springmore ElementaryElementary · 618 students
Other Shelby Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Shelby Middle. Shelby Middle is the largest of the 3.
- Shelby Middle SchoolShelby, OH · 474 students
- Shelby Middle SchoolSHELBY, MI · 264 students
Nearby schools
- Shelby High1.0 mi · 792
- James Love Elementary1.0 mi · 376
- North Shelby1.0 mi · 76
- Cleveland Innovation2.0 mi · 187
- Turning Point Academy2.0 mi · 142
- Pinnacle Classical Academy3.1 mi · 1,178
Frequently asked questions
About Shelby MiddleHow many students attend Shelby Middle?
Shelby Middle enrolls approximately 588 students in grades 06-08.
Is Shelby Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Shelby Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Shelby Middle have?
Shelby Middle employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Shelby Middle?
Student demographics at Shelby Middle are roughly 30% White, 13% Hispanic, 50% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Shelby Middle in?
Shelby Middle is part of Cleveland County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.