📍 1710 Edgewood Avenue, Burlington, Alamance County, 27215
Turrentine Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Burlington, Alamance County. The school has 929 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Alamance-Burlington Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.8:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 21% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Turrentine Middle enrolls 929 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 39% Black or African American, 27% Hispanic or Latino and 24% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 364 | 39% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 255 | 27% |
| White | 222 | 24% |
| Two or more races | 61 | 6.6% |
| Asian | 23 | 2.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
630 of the school's 929 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 588 qualify for free lunch and 42 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Turrentine Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 24, state house district 63.
Turrentine Middle is one of 37 schools in Alamance-Burlington Schools, based in Burlington, North Carolina. The district serves 22,661 students district-wide and employs 1,478 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 929 students, Turrentine Middle is larger than the district average of about 612 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small