Mecklenburg County Middle

Set in Baskerville, Virginia, Mecklenburg County Middle is a reasonably sized middle school, operated by Mecklenburg County Public Schools. It hosts 819 students across grades 6 through 8.

Mecklenburg County Public Schools comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,907 students; Mecklenburg County Middle is among them.

On demographics, Mecklenburg County Middle logs that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 39% Black, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

Looking at school resources, Mecklenburg County Middle records 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Mecklenburg County Middle higher than the state norm the norm. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mecklenburg County Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.5%, the actual is 63.9%, a residual of +1.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Mecklenburg County shows median household earnings sit near $57,045, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Mecklenburg County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,907 students), of which Mecklenburg County Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Mecklenburg County High, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mecklenburg County Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 58.3%.

The school occupies a rural site.

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