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Enrollment
837
Middle
DISTRICT 709 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS·NCES 370003000020
Western Alamance Middle
2100 Eldon Drive, Elon, NC 27244 · (336) 538-6010 · Alamance County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL837 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of North Carolina public middle schools
- CTest 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
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
460 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 262 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 280 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 295 | 35% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
42.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
43.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 62% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Western Alamance Middle
Western Alamance Middle's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Alamance Middle this school | 837 | 55.0% | 44.4% |
| Sun Valley Middle Indian Trail | 909 | 54.3% | 70.2% |
| Hunters Creek Middle Jacksonville | 856 | 57.2% | 51.5% |
| Western Harnett Middle Lillington | 700 | 55.6% | 47.2% |
| Hawfields Middle Mebane | 864 | 56.0% | 65.0% |
| Southern Alamance Middle Graham | 822 | 58.2% | 41.7% |
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 Western Alamance Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Alamance County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #305 of 463 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #292 of 461 | #2 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #313 of 463 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 837 | #86 of 478 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #352 of 456 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #128 of 456 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.0% | #367 of 472 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #130 of 143 | 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
837
-23 (-3%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 629
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 837 | 47 | 17.8:1 | 55% (460) |
| 2023-24 | 894 | 45.6 | 19.6:1 | 52% (465) |
| 2022-23 | 822 | 47.2 | 17.4:1 | 49% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 860 | 51 | 16.9:1 | 25% (214) |
| 2017-18 | 830 | 47.2 | 17.6:1 | 35% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 875 | 52 | 16.8:1 | 32% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 888 | 51 | 17.4:1 | 31% (273) |
| 2000-01 | 782 | 46 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 629 | 39 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Western Alamance Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (830 to 837); teachers unchanged (47.2 to 47).
About Western Alamance Middle
Western Alamance Middle is a medium-sized middle school in Elon, North Carolina, administered by Alamance-Burlington Schools. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 837 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in North Carolina) has about 605 students.
Alamance-Burlington Schools is made up of 37 schools with 22,661 students in all.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Western Alamance Middle. The largest is White students, at 48%. Other students are 23% Hispanic, 20% Black, and 7% multiracial. That is lower than the 60% White share among all Alamance County residents. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 47 full-time equivalents, or about 17.8 students per teacher. On average, middle schools in North Carolina have 15.9:1, compared with 17.8:1 here. About 55% of students, or 460, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Alamance County average 80%.
The allk12 Grade for Western Alamance Middle is C-. Compared with North Carolina public middle schools, the school scored higher than 23% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Western Alamance Middle would score about 62.1%. It scores 44.4%, a bottom-10% result among North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
Alamance County has these Census figures: the median household income is $65,651, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Alamance County has 42 public schools and roughly 25,737 students.
The nearest public school is Western Alamance High, at about 0.7 miles. Around the school, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Western Alamance Middle ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Western Alamance Middle is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 23 fewer students in 2024-25.
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Alamance County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
176,893
Census ACS
Median income
$65,651
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
25,737 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alamance-Burlington Schools
- Walter M Williams HighHigh · 1,206 students
- Southern Alamance HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Western Alamance HighHigh · 1,138 students
- Southeast Alamance HighHigh · 1,079 students
- Eastern Alamance HighHigh · 952 students
- Hawfields MiddleMiddle · 864 students
Other schools in Elon
- Western Alamance HighHigh · 1,138 students
- Elon ElementaryElementary · 689 students
- Altamahaw-Ossipee ElementaryElementary · 623 students
Nearby schools
- Western Alamance High0.7 mi · 1,138
- Altamahaw-Ossipee Elementary1.3 mi · 623
- Clover Garden2.5 mi · 963
- Elon Elementary3.1 mi · 689
- Gibsonville Elementary4.3 mi · 595
- Hillcrest Elementary4.6 mi · 556
Frequently asked questions
About Western Alamance MiddleHow large is Western Alamance Middle?
Western Alamance Middle enrolls approximately 837 students in grades 06-08.
Is Western Alamance Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Western Alamance Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Western Alamance Middle have?
Western Alamance Middle employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Western Alamance Middle?
Student demographics at Western Alamance Middle are roughly 48% White, 23% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Western Alamance Middle in?
Western Alamance Middle is part of Alamance-Burlington Schools.
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