Western Rockingham Middle

Set in Madison, North Carolina, Western Rockingham Middle is a medium-sized middle-grades school, operated by Rockingham County Schools. It enrolls 521 students across grades 6 through 8.

Rockingham County Schools runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 11,114 students. Western Rockingham Middle is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Western Rockingham Middle records that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 19% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Western Rockingham Middle has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at Western Rockingham Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Western Rockingham Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.7%; this one delivers 53.9%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Rockingham County indicate median household earnings sit near $57,053, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Rockingham County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,299 students), of which Western Rockingham Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: John W Dillard Academy, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Western Rockingham Middle comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.9%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 605 students in 2018 compared to 521 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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