Table Rock Middle

Set in Morganton, North Carolina, Table Rock Middle is a cozy 6-8 campus, one of the schools within Burke County Schools. It instructs 427 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 605 students each, so Table Rock Middle sits 29% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Burke County Schools, which oversees 26 schools and 11,667 students, Table Rock Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Table Rock Middle shows that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Black, 5% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Table Rock Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Table Rock Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 52.6%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Burke County) records that median household income runs about $58,592, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Burke County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,360 students), of which Table Rock Middle is one.

Oak Hill Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Table Rock Middle. On composite proficiency, Table Rock Middle comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Table Rock Middle's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 506 (now 427). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 5% to 12% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.