Middle · North Carolina

Granite Falls Middle

Granite Falls Middle, a public middle school in Granite Falls, North Carolina: grades 6–8, 518 students, 15.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Caldwell County Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 518
Teachers (FTE): 33.9
Students per teacher: 15.3
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 63% of middle schools in North Carolina

Median 16.2 · 475 schools compared

More students per teacher than 56% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 60% of middle schools in North Carolina

Median 589 · 477 schools compared

Smaller than 51% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on North Carolina's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

North Carolina: 53%

57%proficient

+7.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 70% of middle schools in North Carolina

Median 49% · 476 middle schools compared

512 students tested, grades 3–8 · End-of-Grade Tests - Edition 5; proficient means Levels 2-4

Math

North Carolina: 57%

61%proficient

+1.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 73% of middle schools in North Carolina

Median 49% · 476 middle schools compared

512 students tested, grades 3–8 · End-of-Grade Tests - Edition 5; proficient means Levels 2-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Area: Midsize suburb
Run by: Caldwell County Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Caldwell County Schools.

Location

Address: 4 West Highland Ave, Granite Falls, NC 28630
Phone: (828)396-2341
City or town: Granite Falls
County: Caldwell County

Website Quality of life in Granite Falls Schools in Granite Falls

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Hudson Middle	6–8	551	16.7	49%	51%	4.0 mi
East Burke Middle	6–8	630	15.9	50%	53%	6.1 mi
Northview Middle	6–8	481	17.3	50%	42%	6.8 mi
Heritage Middle	6–8	475	16.2	57%	64%	8.5 mi
West Alexander Middle	6–8	467	16.4	63%	73%	8.7 mi
Grandview Middle	6–8	347	14.6	43%	45%	9.0 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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