Western Alamance Middle

As a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in Elon, North Carolina, Western Alamance Middle caters to 837 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Alamance-Burlington Schools. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 38% bigger than typical.

Western Alamance Middle is one of 37 schools operated by Alamance-Burlington Schools, a district that caters to 22,661 students overall.

Demographically, Western Alamance Middle reports that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 23% Hispanic, 20% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Alamance County as a whole is about 60% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Western Alamance Middle has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Western Alamance Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Alamance County runs at roughly 80%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Western Alamance Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 62.1%; actual is 44.4%, a gap of -17.7 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Alamance County indicate the typical household earns roughly $65,651 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Alamance County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,737 students), Western Alamance Middle is one campus in the mix.

Western Alamance High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Western Alamance Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 45.0%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Western Alamance Middle has showed little movement, going from 830 students in 2018 to 837 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 67% to 48%.

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