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Enrollment
909
Middle
DISTRICT 1,069 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370462001804
Sun Valley Middle
1409 Wesley Chapel Rd, Indian Trail, NC 28079 · (704) 296-3009 · Union County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL909 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of North Carolina public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
16.4:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
494 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 306 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 290 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 313 | 34% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
64.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
75.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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
70.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Sun Valley Middle
Sun Valley Middle's state test result (70.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Valley Middle this school | 909 | 54.3% | 70.2% |
| Western Alamance Middle Elon | 837 | 55.0% | 44.4% |
| Hawfields Middle Mebane | 864 | 56.0% | 65.0% |
| Hunters Creek Middle Jacksonville | 856 | 57.2% | 51.5% |
| Southern Alamance Middle Graham | 822 | 58.2% | 41.7% |
| Dillard Drive Middle Raleigh | 977 | 50.5% | 51.0% |
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 Sun Valley Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #52 of 463 | #4 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #27 of 461 | #3 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #75 of 463 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 909 | #60 of 478 | #6 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #240 of 456 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #139 of 456 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.3% | #369 of 472 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.2% | #28 of 300 | 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
909
-162 (-15%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 843
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 909 | 55.6 | 16.4:1 | 54% (494) |
| 2023-24 | 929 | 52.7 | 17.6:1 | 50% (464) |
| 2022-23 | 991 | 50.7 | 19.5:1 | 47% (462) |
| 2020-21 | 1,071 | 58 | 18.5:1 | 27% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 1,266 | 65.5 | 19.3:1 | 27% (339) |
| 2015-16 | 1,316 | 68 | 19.4:1 | 29% (378) |
| 2010-11 | 1,191 | 60 | 19.9:1 | 38% (449) |
| 2000-01 | 1,023 | 75 | 13.6:1 | 12% (122) |
| 1990-91 | 843 | 44 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sun Valley Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (1,266 to 909); teachers down 15% (65.5 to 55.6).
About Sun Valley Middle
Sun Valley Middle is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in Indian Trail, North Carolina. It teaches 909 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in North Carolina have about 605 students on average; enrollment here is 50% higher.
Union County Public Schools enrolls 41,272 students, and its 52 schools include Sun Valley Middle.
The biggest share of students at Sun Valley Middle, 49%, is White. Other reported shares: 23% Hispanic, 19% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 69% White among all Union County residents. The diversity index for Sun Valley Middle is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 55.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.4:1. The average for middle schools in North Carolina is about 15.9:1. Of all students at Sun Valley Middle, 54% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 41% average for public schools in Union County is 13 points lower.
Among North Carolina public middle schools, Sun Valley Middle outscored 90%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Sun Valley Middle is 62.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 70.2%.
For Union County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $102,900 a year, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Sun Valley Middle, Union County has 58 public schools.
The closest school to Sun Valley Middle is Shiloh Valley Primary School, located about 0.2 miles away. Sun Valley Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Sun Valley Middle ranks 3rd of 7 nearby schools, at 70.2% versus a 68.9% average.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 909 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,071. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.5:1 to 16.4:1.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Sun Valley Middle. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
250,958
Census ACS
Median income
$102,900
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
45,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union County Public Schools
- Marvin Ridge HighHigh · 1,961 students
- Weddington HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Cuthbertson HighHigh · 1,857 students
- Porter Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,809 students
- Porter Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,447 students
- Weddington MiddleMiddle · 1,324 students
Other schools in Indian Trail
- Porter Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,809 students
- Porter Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,447 students
- Union Prep Academy at Indian TrailCombined · 1,268 students
- Porter Ridge ElementaryElementary · 765 students
- Poplin ElementaryElementary · 756 students
- Indian Trail ElementaryElementary · 633 students
Nearby schools
- Shiloh Valley Primary School0.2 mi · 563
- Shiloh Valley Elementary0.3 mi · 574
- Sun Valley High0.4 mi · 1,272
- Union County Early College1.8 mi · 340
- Sardis Elementary2.6 mi · 529
- Indian Trail Elementary2.6 mi · 633
Frequently asked questions
About Sun Valley MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Sun Valley Middle?
Sun Valley Middle enrolls approximately 909 students in grades 06-08.
Is Sun Valley Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sun Valley Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Sun Valley Middle have?
Sun Valley Middle employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sun Valley Middle?
At Sun Valley Middle, the student body is approximately 49% White, 23% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Sun Valley Middle public or private?
Sun Valley Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Union County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.