Wheatmore Middle School

Located at 5105 Archdale Road, in Trinity, North Carolina, Wheatmore Middle School is a compact middle school that serves 505 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Randolph County School System.

Randolph County School System comprises 32 schools with combined enrollment of 14,994 students; Wheatmore Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Wheatmore Middle School reports that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Randolph County (around 84%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wheatmore Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 50.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Randolph County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,022 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Randolph County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,656 students), of which Wheatmore Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Trindale Elementary School, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wheatmore Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wheatmore Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.6%.

Wheatmore Middle School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 28%: 697 students in 2018 compared to 505 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 12% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

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