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Troutman Middle

305 Rumple St, Troutman, NC 28166 · (704) 528-5137 · Iredell County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of North Carolina public middle schools
  • DTest 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

Enrollment
470
Middle
DISTRICT 505 · STATE 605
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
467 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 617136%
Grade 712527%
Grade 817437%
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
25254%
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 42% · US 43%
Hispanic
8217%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 22% · US 30%
Black
9220%
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 25% · US 15%
Asian
20%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
429%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
24953%
Female
22147%

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Test scores

NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)
English Language Arts
34.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
28.9%
NC avg 52.2%

What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.6pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Troutman Middle

Troutman Middle's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Troutman Middle this school47099.4%31.9%
Southern Middle
Roxboro
45699.3%56.3%
Reynolds Middle
Asheville
49098.2%51.5%
Crain's Creek Middle
Carthage
48199.4%51.1%
George M. Horton Middle
Pittsboro
41499.3%68.5%
Cedar Grove Middle
Supply
50799.4%47.1%
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 Troutman Middle ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn North CarolinaIn Iredell County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
31.9%#420 of 463#9 of 11
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
28.9%#419 of 461#9 of 11
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
34.0%#399 of 463#9 of 11
Enrollment
ranked largest first
470#332 of 478#9 of 11
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
20.0:1#437 of 456#11 of 11
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
63.6%#206 of 456#4 of 11
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
99.4%#150 of 472#3 of 11
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+21.8%#33 of 143N/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 2024-25
Enrollment
470
+91 (+24%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 509
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 14.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2547023.520.0:199% (467)
2023-244042119.2:199% (401)
2022-233992416.6:153% (213)
2020-213792614.6:138% (145)
2017-1838621.817.7:152% (200)
2015-164272417.8:153% (225)
2010-114172814.9:153% (223)
2000-014003013.3:137% (148)
1990-915092718.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Troutman Middle.

Since 2017-18: students up 22% (386 to 470); teachers up 8% (21.8 to 23.5).

About Troutman Middle

Troutman Middle is a middle school in Troutman, North Carolina, reachable at (704) 528-5137. It reported 470 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. By comparison, middle schools in North Carolina enroll about 605 students on average.

Iredell-Statesville Schools runs 38 schools with a combined 21,017 students. Troutman Middle is one of them.

At Troutman Middle, 54% of students are White. After that, the student body is 20% Black, 17% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Census figures show Iredell County is about 74% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Troutman Middle scores 64%.

Troutman Middle has 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 20.0:1. Middle schools in North Carolina average 15.9:1, 4.1 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 99% at Troutman Middle. On average, public schools in Iredell County report 61%.

Troutman Middle earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 9% of North Carolina public middle schools.

On BeatsExpectations, Troutman Middle is 16.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools.

The county, Iredell County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $81,419 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Troutman Middle, Iredell County has 52 public schools.

About 0.2 miles separate Troutman Middle from the closest public school, Troutman Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: 7. On average proficiency, Troutman Middle is 6th of 7 nearby schools with test data.

Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.

By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 470, from 379 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 20.0 students per teacher, compared with 14.6 in 2020-21.

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Iredell County at a glance

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Population
196,544
Census ACS
Median income
$81,419
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
31,906 students

Quick facts

School name
Troutman Middle
District
Iredell-Statesville Schools
Address
305 Rumple St, Troutman, NC 28166
Phone
(704) 528-5137
County
Iredell County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
470
Teachers (FTE)
24
Student–teacher ratio
20.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
467 (99%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
370231000996
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Troutman Middle
How many students attend Troutman Middle?
Troutman Middle enrolls approximately 470 students in grades 06-08.
Is Troutman Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Troutman Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Troutman Middle have?
Troutman Middle employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Troutman Middle?
Student demographics at Troutman Middle are roughly 54% White, 17% Hispanic, 20% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Troutman Middle?
Troutman Middle is overseen by Iredell-Statesville Schools in Iredell County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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