South Stanly Middle

South Stanly Middle, a modestly sized middle school in Norwood, North Carolina, run under Stanly County Schools, educates 402 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 34% smaller than typical.

Within Stanly County Schools, which oversees 23 schools and 8,743 students, South Stanly Middle is one campus in the system.

Demographically, South Stanly Middle shows that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment; the rest looks like 15% Black, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Stanly County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, South Stanly Middle shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.0:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, South Stanly Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 49.2%, a residual of +0.7 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Stanly County put the typical household earns roughly $60,704 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Stanly County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,471 students), South Stanly Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is South Stanly High, roughly 0.7 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, South Stanly Middle comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.3%.

South Stanly Middle operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. South Stanly Middle's enrollment has climbed 6% since 2018, when it stood at 378 (now 402). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 77% to 65%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

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