Troutman Middle

Troutman Middle is one of the small intermediate schools in Troutman, North Carolina, run under Iredell-Statesville Schools, with 470 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 22% smaller than the state mean of about 605.

Iredell-Statesville Schools runs 38 schools in total, collectively educating 21,017 students. Troutman Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Troutman Middle reports that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 20% Black, 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Troutman Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Iredell County (around 61%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Troutman Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.9%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Iredell County put the typical household earns roughly $81,419 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Troutman Middle is one of 52 public schools in Iredell County (combined enrollment of about 31,906 students).

Troutman Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Troutman Middle. On composite proficiency, Troutman Middle comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 47.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 22%: 386 students in 2018 compared to 470 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2025.

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