📍 1480 South Dekalb Street, Shelby, Cleveland County, 28152
Shelby Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Shelby, Cleveland County. The school has 630 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cleveland County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 41.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Shelby Middle enrolls 630 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 41.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% Black or African American, 27% White and 8.1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 360 | 57% |
| White | 169 | 27% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 51 | 8.1% |
| Two or more races | 44 | 7% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
511 of the school's 630 students (81%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 501 qualify for free lunch and 10 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.
Shelby Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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.
Shelby 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 630 students, Shelby 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 - Distant