📍 129 NC Hwy 109S, Mount Gilead, Montgomery County, 27306
West Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Mount Gilead, Montgomery County. The school has 309 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Montgomery County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. 31% of students are proficient in reading. 20% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
West Middle enrolls 309 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 22 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% White, 25% Black or African American and 16% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 146 | 47% |
| Black or African American | 77 | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 48 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 9.1% |
| Asian | 8 | 2.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
223 of the school's 309 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 198 qualify for free lunch and 25 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.
West Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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-80, state senate district 29, state house district 66.
West Middle is one of 11 schools in Montgomery County Schools, based in Troy, North Carolina. The district serves 3,587 students district-wide and employs 220 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 309 students, West Middle is close to the district average of about 326 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant