📍 1000 Phifer Road, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, 28086
Kings Mountain Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Kings Mountain, Cleveland County. The school has 712 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cleveland County Schools school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 43% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kings Mountain Middle enrolls 712 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% White, 20% Black or African American and 8.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 438 | 62% |
| Black or African American | 139 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 62 | 8.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 60 | 8.4% |
| Asian | 11 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
474 of the school's 712 students (67%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 452 qualify for free lunch and 22 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.
Kings Mountain Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. 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 44, state house district 111.
Kings Mountain Middle is one of 28 schools in Cleveland County Schools, based in Shelby, North Carolina. The district serves 14,504 students district-wide and employs 981 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 712 students, Kings Mountain Middle is larger than the district average of about 518 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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