📍 359 East Barkley Rd, Statesville, Iredell County, 28677
Third Creek Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Statesville, Iredell County. The school has 400 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Iredell-Statesville Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Third Creek Middle enrolls 400 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% Black or African American, 31% Hispanic or Latino and 19% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 177 | 44% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 124 | 31% |
| White | 76 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 5.3% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
352 of the school's 400 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 335 qualify for free lunch and 17 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.
Third Creek Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 34, state house district 95.
Third Creek Middle is one of 38 schools in Iredell-Statesville Schools, based in Statesville, North Carolina. The district serves 21,017 students district-wide and employs 1,255 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 400 students, Third Creek Middle is smaller than the district average of about 553 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe