Woodland Heights Middle

Woodland Heights Middle is one of the middle-of-the-pack middle-grades schools in Mooresville, North Carolina, overseen by Iredell-Statesville Schools, with 581 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Iredell-Statesville Schools runs 38 schools in total, collectively educating 21,017 students. Woodland Heights Middle is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Woodland Heights Middle lists that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 13% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Iredell County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Woodland Heights Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.7%; this one delivers 67.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Iredell County indicate median household earnings sit near $81,419, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Woodland Heights Middle is one of 52 public schools in Iredell County (combined enrollment of about 31,906 students).

Nearest neighbor: Woodland Heights Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodland Heights Middle at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 70.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Woodland Heights Middle has fell 19%, going from 718 students in 2018 to 581 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 69% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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