📍 249 Hamburg Street, Mount Airy, Surry County, 27030
Mount Airy Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Mount Airy, Surry County. The school has 409 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mount Airy City Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. 49% of students are proficient in reading. 49% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Mount Airy Middle enrolls 409 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% White, 27% Hispanic or Latino and 7.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 238 | 58% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 110 | 27% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 7.6% |
| Black or African American | 26 | 6.4% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
234 of the school's 409 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 226 qualify for free lunch and 8 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.
Mount Airy Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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-50, state senate district 30, state house district 90.
Mount Airy Middle is one of 4 schools in Mount Airy City Schools, based in Mount Airy, North Carolina. The district serves 1,786 students district-wide and employs 117 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 409 students, Mount Airy Middle is close to the district average of about 447 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant