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Enrollment
602
Middle
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GASTON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370162000713
Stanley Middle
317 Hovis Road, Stanley, NC 28164 · (704) 836-9600 · Gaston County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL602 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of North Carolina public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
599 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 195 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 211 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 196 | 33% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
56.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
57.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% 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 Stanley Middle
Stanley Middle's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Middle this school | 602 | 99.5% | 58.3% |
| Myrtle Grove Middle Wilmington | 600 | 99.0% | 62.9% |
| Western Rockingham Middle Madison | 521 | 98.7% | 53.9% |
| Cedar Grove Middle Supply | 507 | 99.4% | 47.1% |
| William Lenoir Middle Lenoir | 512 | 98.8% | 54.8% |
| Shallotte Middle Shallotte | 627 | 99.5% | 60.0% |
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 Stanley Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Gaston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #145 of 463 | #3 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #151 of 461 | #3 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #134 of 463 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 602 | #225 of 478 | #7 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #185 of 456 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #273 of 456 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #91 of 472 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.9% | #57 of 143 | #2 of 6 |
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
602
-140 (-19%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 574
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 602 | 38.4 | 15.7:1 | 100% (599) |
| 2023-24 | 606 | 39.5 | 15.4:1 | 100% (603) |
| 2022-23 | 670 | 39.2 | 17.1:1 | 57% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 742 | 36 | 20.6:1 | 33% (247) |
| 2017-18 | 533 | 28.6 | 18.6:1 | 51% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 479 | 30 | 16.0:1 | 58% (277) |
| 2010-11 | 551 | 33 | 16.7:1 | 48% (263) |
| 2000-01 | 574 | 36 | 15.9:1 | 24% (138) |
| 1990-91 | 574 | 41 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stanley Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (533 to 602); teachers up 34% (28.6 to 38.4).
About Stanley Middle
Stanley, North Carolina, is home to Stanley Middle, a mid-sized middle school. It enrolls 602 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8.
Stanley Middle is run by Gaston County Schools, whose 56 schools enroll 30,995 students.
More than half of the students at Stanley Middle are White (59%). Next come 19% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 6% multiracial. That compares with about 68% White among all Gaston County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.
The school's 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. That is in line with the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. Income data for the school show 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Gaston County average 85%.
Stanley Middle earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 77% of North Carolina public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Stanley Middle is 9.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Gaston County show that median household income comes to about $67,478, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Gaston County counts 61 public schools with about 35,898 students.
Measured in a straight line, Community Charter School is about 0.7 miles from Stanley Middle. Other public schools within five miles: 5. The school's 58.3% average proficiency ranks 1st among 7 nearby schools.
Stanley Middle falls in the Suburb: Mid-size locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's student count fell 19% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 15.7:1, from 20.6:1.
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Gaston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
234,881
Census ACS
Median income
$67,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
35,898 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gaston County Schools
- Ashbrook HighHigh · 1,386 students
- Hunter Huss HighHigh · 1,165 students
- Forestview HighHigh · 1,133 students
- North Gaston HighHigh · 1,061 students
- South Point HighHigh · 989 students
- Cramerton MiddleMiddle · 959 students
Other schools in Stanley
- Community Charter SchoolCombined · 858 students
- Springfield PrimaryElementary · 352 students
- Kiser ElementaryElementary · 328 students
Nearby schools
- Community Charter School0.7 mi · 858
- Kiser Elementary0.8 mi · 328
- Springfield Primary1.4 mi · 352
- East Gaston High3.9 mi · 917
- North Gaston High4.7 mi · 1,061
- W C Friday Middle School5.0 mi · 618
Frequently asked questions
About Stanley MiddleHow many students attend Stanley Middle?
Stanley Middle enrolls approximately 602 students in grades 06-08.
Is Stanley Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Stanley Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Stanley Middle?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Stanley Middle.
How diverse is Stanley Middle?
Stanley Middle reports a student body of 59% White, 19% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Stanley Middle in?
Stanley Middle is part of Gaston County Schools.
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