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Enrollment
822
Middle
DISTRICT 709 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS·NCES 370003000017
Southern Alamance Middle
771 Southern High Road, Graham, NC 27253 · (336) 570-6500 · Alamance County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL822 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of North Carolina public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
18.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
478 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 256 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 272 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 294 | 36% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
41.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
40.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Southern Alamance Middle
Southern Alamance Middle's state test result (41.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Alamance Middle this school | 822 | 58.2% | 41.7% |
| Western Alamance Middle Elon | 837 | 55.0% | 44.4% |
| Western Harnett Middle Lillington | 700 | 55.6% | 47.2% |
| Sun Valley Middle Indian Trail | 909 | 54.3% | 70.2% |
| Hunters Creek Middle Jacksonville | 856 | 57.2% | 51.5% |
| Highland Middle Sanford | 762 | 63.9% | 46.9% |
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 Southern Alamance Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Alamance County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #332 of 463 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #319 of 461 | #4 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #328 of 463 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 822 | #93 of 478 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #386 of 456 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.3% | #227 of 456 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.2% | #360 of 472 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.9% | #64 of 143 | 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
822
+89 (+12%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 684
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
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 | 822 | 45 | 18.3:1 | 58% (478) |
| 2023-24 | 861 | 41 | 21.0:1 | 55% (476) |
| 2022-23 | 685 | 36.5 | 18.8:1 | 49% (338) |
| 2020-21 | 733 | 43 | 17.1:1 | 31% (224) |
| 2017-18 | 741 | 41.2 | 18.0:1 | 38% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 772 | 48 | 16.1:1 | 38% (297) |
| 2010-11 | 810 | 46 | 17.6:1 | 36% (292) |
| 2000-01 | 974 | 60 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 684 | 43 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southern Alamance Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (741 to 822); teachers up 9% (41.2 to 45).
About Southern Alamance Middle
Southern Alamance Middle is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Graham, North Carolina, (ZIP code 27253). It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 822 students enrolled. It has 36% more students than the average for middle schools in North Carolina (about 605).
Across its 37 schools, Alamance-Burlington Schools enrolls 22,661 students. Southern Alamance Middle is one of those schools.
At Southern Alamance Middle, 54% of students are White. It is also 26% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 6% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Southern Alamance Middle scores 62%.
There are 45 full-time-equivalent teachers at Southern Alamance Middle, giving a ratio of 18.3:1. Middle schools in North Carolina average 15.9:1, 2.4 fewer students per teacher than here. A total of 478 students, or 58%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Alamance County averages 80%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Southern Alamance Middle lands at C-, ahead of 18% of North Carolina public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 61.1% for Southern Alamance Middle, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 41.7%. The 19.4-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
In Alamance County, the median household earns about $65,651 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Alamance County has 42 public schools with about 25,737 students, including Southern Alamance Middle.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Southern Alamance High, is about 0.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Southern Alamance Middle is 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Southern Alamance Middle had a net gain of 89 students, or 12%. The number of students per teacher increased from 17.1 to 18.3 over 4 years.
The allk12 page for Southern Alamance Middle lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Alamance County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
176,893
Census ACS
Median income
$65,651
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
25,737 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alamance-Burlington Schools
- Walter M Williams HighHigh · 1,206 students
- Southern Alamance HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Western Alamance HighHigh · 1,138 students
- Southeast Alamance HighHigh · 1,079 students
- Eastern Alamance HighHigh · 952 students
- Hawfields MiddleMiddle · 864 students
Other schools in Graham
- Southern Alamance HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Graham HighHigh · 828 students
- River Mill AcademyCombined · 780 students
- Alexander Wilson ElementaryElementary · 609 students
- Graham MiddleMiddle · 553 students
- South Graham ElementaryElementary · 518 students
Nearby schools
- Southern Alamance High0.2 mi · 1,148
- River Mill Academy2.9 mi · 780
- South Graham Elementary3.4 mi · 518
- Alexander Wilson Elementary3.9 mi · 609
- Alamance Virtual School4.0 mi · 203
- Ray Street Academy4.0 mi · 36
Frequently asked questions
About Southern Alamance MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Southern Alamance Middle?
Southern Alamance Middle enrolls approximately 822 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Southern Alamance Middle serve?
Southern Alamance Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Southern Alamance Middle have?
Southern Alamance Middle employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southern Alamance Middle?
At Southern Alamance Middle, the student body is approximately 54% White, 26% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Southern Alamance Middle in?
Southern Alamance Middle is part of Alamance-Burlington Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.