📍 2816 Sikes Mill Rd, Monroe, Union County, 28110
Piedmont Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Monroe, Union County. The school has 968 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Union County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1. 58% of students are proficient in reading. 53% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Piedmont Middle enrolls 968 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 53 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% White, 22% Hispanic or Latino and 7.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 639 | 66% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 214 | 22% |
| Black or African American | 74 | 7.6% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 2.7% |
| Asian | 14 | 1.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
390 of the school's 968 students (40%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 366 qualify for free lunch and 24 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.
Piedmont Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 35, state house district 69.
Piedmont Middle is one of 52 schools in Union County Public Schools, based in Monroe, North Carolina. The district serves 41,404 students district-wide and employs 2,454 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 968 students, Piedmont Middle is larger than the district average of about 796 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe