📍 6230 North US Highway 19E, Elk Park, Avery County, 28622
Cranberry Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Elk Park, Avery County. The school has 170 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Avery County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.9:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 62% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cranberry Middle enrolls 170 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% White, 9.4% Hispanic or Latino and 1.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 151 | 89% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 9.4% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 1.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
98 of the school's 170 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 89 qualify for free lunch and 9 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.
Cranberry Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 46, state house district 85.
Cranberry Middle is one of 8 schools in Avery County Schools, based in Newland, North Carolina. The district serves 1,782 students district-wide and employs 153 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 170 students, Cranberry Middle is smaller than the district average of about 223 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant