📍 3431 Plateau Road, Newton, Catawba County, 28658
Jacobs Fork Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Newton, Catawba County. The school has 440 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Catawba County Schools school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 59% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Jacobs Fork Middle enrolls 440 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% White, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 10% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 300 | 68% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 52 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 45 | 10% |
| Asian | 28 | 6.4% |
| Black or African American | 15 | 3.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
209 of the school's 440 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 190 qualify for free lunch and 19 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.
Jacobs Fork 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 42, state house district 89.
Jacobs Fork Middle is one of 28 schools in Catawba County Schools, based in Newton, North Carolina. The district serves 16,003 students district-wide and employs 1,019 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 440 students, Jacobs Fork Middle is smaller than the district average of about 572 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe