Woodlawn Middle

Woodlawn Middle operates as an average-sized middle-grades school in Mebane, North Carolina, operated by Alamance-Burlington Schools. Current enrollment sits at 633 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Alamance-Burlington Schools runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 22,661 students. Woodlawn Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Woodlawn Middle lists that the most-represented group is White (32%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% Black, 28% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Woodlawn Middle logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Woodlawn Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Woodlawn Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Alamance County (around 80%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Woodlawn Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 40.9%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Alamance County put median household income runs about $65,651, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Woodlawn Middle is one of 42 public schools in Alamance County (combined enrollment of about 25,737 students).

Nearest neighbor: Eastern Alamance High, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Woodlawn Middle. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woodlawn Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 58.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 18%: 536 students in 2018 compared to 633 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 53% to 32% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 today.

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