📍 3210 Gamewell School Road, Lenoir, Caldwell County, 28645
Gamewell Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lenoir, Caldwell County. The school has 506 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Caldwell County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gamewell Middle enrolls 506 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% White, 22% Hispanic or Latino and 9.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 300 | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 111 | 22% |
| Black or African American | 46 | 9.1% |
| Two or more races | 40 | 7.9% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
407 of the school's 506 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 386 qualify for free lunch and 21 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.
Gamewell Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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-50, state senate district 46, state house district 87.
Gamewell Middle is one of 24 schools in Caldwell County Schools, based in Lenoir, North Carolina. The district serves 10,667 students district-wide and employs 738 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 506 students, Gamewell Middle is close to the district average of about 444 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe