Belmont Middle

Summary:

Belmont Middle is a public middle school in Belmont, North Carolina, serving 742 students in grades 6-8. The school consistently outperforms the Gaston County Schools district and the state of North Carolina in academic proficiency, ranking in the top 25% of middle schools statewide.

Belmont Middle's academic performance is particularly impressive, with 70.7% of 6th graders proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 49.8% for Gaston County Schools and 54.3% for North Carolina. The school also has a more diverse student population than nearby schools, with a higher percentage of White and Hispanic students. Additionally, Belmont Middle has a relatively lower percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 40.57%, compared to some of the surrounding schools.

When comparing Belmont Middle to nearby schools like York Chester Middle, Coulwood STEM Academy, and Southwest Middle School, it becomes clear that Belmont Middle is a standout institution within the Gaston County Schools district, delivering strong academic outcomes and maintaining a diverse, relatively more advantaged student population.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 1020 South Point Road
       Belmont, NC  28012-3636


(704) 836-9611

District: Gaston County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
208th of 793 North Carolina Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,551 Help


Students who attend Belmont Middle usually attend:

High:    South Point High

Feeder schools for Belmont Middle:

Elementary:    Belmont Central Elementary
    Catawba Heights Elementary
    J B Page Primary School

Student/teacher ratio:  18.9 Help
Number of students:  742

Racial breakdown:

White:
68.1%
Hispanic:
13.2%
African American:
10.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  40.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Belmont Middle ranks better than 73.8% of middle schools in North Carolina. It also ranks 2nd among 11 ranked middle schools in the Gaston County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 70.38. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (68.1%), Hispanic (13.2%), African American (10.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 40.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Belmont Middle is 18.9. 7 middle schools in the Gaston County Schools District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Belmont Middle is $7,551, which is the lowest among 11 middle schools in the Gaston County Schools District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Belmont Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Belmont Middle 208th of 793 North Carolina public middle schools. (See Belmont Middle in the ranking list.)

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Gaston County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Gaston County Schools 158th of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Belmont Middle

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Rank History for all students at Belmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 75.19 109th 598 81.8%
2007 72.64 140th 606 76.9%
2008 73.66 143rd 620 76.9%
2009 74.73 152nd 630 75.9%
2010 71.39 175th 640 72.7%
2011 66.70 227th 648 65.0%
2012 70.99 185th 662 72.1%
2013 68.58 171st 673 74.6%
2014 76.03 139th 627 77.8%
2015 71.45 180th 705 74.5%
2016 72.73 162nd 692 76.6%
2017 76.18 139th 694 80.0%
2018 80.84 103rd 691 85.1%
2019 78.83 132nd 737 82.1%
2021 81.53 121st 741 83.7%
2022 73.59 178th 786 77.4%
2023 70.98 198th 784 74.7%
2024 70.38 208th 793 73.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Belmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.97 47th 221 78.7%
2019 52.32 100th 237 57.8%
2021 66.82 57th 248 77.0%
2022 61.48 93rd 283 67.1%
2023 69.72 71st 302 76.5%
2024 76.53 53rd 306 82.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Belmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 48.97 124th 318 61.0%
2024 58.75 88th 356 75.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Belmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 41.98 234th 473 50.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Belmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.34 96th 604 84.1%
2019 64.83 175th 639 72.6%
2021 74.49 97th 633 84.7%
2022 59.36 229th 689 66.8%
2023 56.65 270th 735 63.3%
2024 52.13 329th 743 55.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Belmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.80 96th 656 85.4%
2019 78.74 128th 684 81.3%
2021 81.16 103rd 706 85.4%
2022 70.22 195th 733 73.4%
2023 68.90 198th 731 72.9%
2024 70.82 186th 738 74.8%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Belmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.01 211th 475 55.6%
2019 58.60 139th 504 72.4%
2021 59.22 109th 478 77.2%
2022 39.87 236th 449 47.4%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Belmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 62.20 168th 416 59.6%
2021 75.25 49th 448 89.1%
2022 75.76 28th 450 93.8%
2023 59.87 212th 452 53.1%
2024 62.10 183rd 461 60.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Belmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.90 93rd 665 86.0%
2019 77.02 133rd 697 80.9%
2021 80.03 123rd 711 82.7%
2022 74.56 163rd 748 78.2%
2023 70.38 189th 747 74.7%
2024 66.98 213th 751 71.6%
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Rank History for Asian students at Belmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.97 41st 95 56.8%
2019 74.58 29th 102 71.6%
2021 50.66 55th 99 44.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Belmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.95 83rd 494 83.2%
2019 63.85 120th 519 76.9%
2021 67.75 92nd 533 82.7%
2022 54.14 202nd 550 63.3%
2023 53.31 200th 559 64.2%
2024 47.91 251st 560 55.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Belmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.21 165th 472 65.0%
2019 47.70 255th 493 48.3%
2021 63.18 139th 522 73.4%
2022 54.73 213th 541 60.6%
2023 58.86 185th 553 66.5%
2024 59.89 183rd 564 67.6%
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Rank History for White students at Belmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.00 174th 596 70.8%
2019 68.88 177th 624 71.6%
2021 73.23 147th 632 76.7%
2022 64.44 215th 658 67.3%
2023 57.59 260th 656 60.4%
2024 56.46 274th 652 58.0%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Belmont Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 600 51 11 0 0 n/a n/a 0 662
1989 569 39 12 0 0 n/a n/a 0 620
1990 539 27 15 0 0 n/a n/a 0 581
1991 508 18 11 0 0 n/a n/a -1 536
1992 513 16 13 0 0 n/a n/a -1 541
1993 494 27 17 1 0 n/a n/a 0 539
1994 528 36 16 1 0 n/a n/a 0 581
1995 556 57 17 0 1 n/a n/a 0 631
1996 556 57 17 0 1 n/a n/a 0 631
1997 506 55 21 1 1 n/a n/a 0 584
1998 534 70 27 3 0 n/a n/a 0 634
1999 558 68 20 7 1 n/a n/a 0 654
2000 539 74 25 7 5 n/a n/a 0 650
2001 530 53 25 14 2 n/a n/a 0 624
2002 569 64 30 18 1 n/a n/a 0 682
2003 569 64 30 18 1 n/a n/a 0 682
2004 592 65 30 25 1 n/a n/a 0 713
2005 558 56 24 31 1 n/a n/a 0 670
2006 569 54 26 30 1 n/a n/a 0 680
2007 557 49 31 30 1 n/a n/a 5 673
2008 527 49 36 28 2 n/a n/a 5 647
2009 551 50 33 31 0 n/a n/a 0 665
2010 570 60 24 22 2 n/a n/a 0 678
2011 569 65 15 31 0 0 31 0 711
2012 587 66 22 38 1 1 21 0 736
2013 595 58 20 50 3 1 32 0 759
2014 606 51 21 48 1 0 35 0 762
2015 582 43 19 47 1 0 34 0 726
2016 570 55 24 47 1 0 31 0 728
2017 558 47 27 45 0 0 29 0 706
2018 538 57 31 41 0 1 34 0 702
2019 526 62 36 50 0 1 37 0 712
2020 486 58 29 51 0 2 78 0 704
2021 515 70 23 68 0 1 27 0 704
2022 519 81 18 71 0 1 30 0 720
2023 505 79 18 98 1 1 40 0 742

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Belmont Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 662 37.0 17.8 10
1989 620 42.0 14.7 12.6
1990 581 42.0 13.8 10.7
1991 536 40.0 13.4 11.6
1992 541 40.0 13.5 7
1993 539 36.0 15.0 7.2
1994 581 38.0 15.3 13.4
1995 631 42.0 15.0 15.1
1996 631 42.0 15.0 15.1
1997 584 43.0 13.6 14.7
1998 634 41.0 15.5 14.2
1999 654 41.0 16.0 23.9
2000 650 41.0 15.9 25.2
2001 624 41.0 15.2 27.4
2002 682 41.0 16.6 27.7
2003 682 41.0 16.6 27.7
2004 713 42.0 17.0 27.5
2005 670 42.0 16.0 34.3
2006 680 42.0 16.2 32.8
2007 673 38.8 17.3 34.1
2008 647 38.6 16.8 8.9
2009 665 35.5 18.7 7.5
2010 678 35.4 19.1 37.8
2011 711 33.2 21.4 40.6
2012 736 35.4 20.7 38.9
2013 759 37.2 20.4 41
2014 762 37.8 20.1 39
2015 726 40.0 18.1 36
2016 728 39.0 18.6 33.5
2017 706 38.2 18.4 34.7
2018 702 39.1 17.9 32.1
2019 712 37.1 19.1 31.2
2020 704 34.3 20.4 30.3
2021 704 38.4 18.3 27.7
2022 720 36.5 19.7 28.2
2023 742 39.1 18.9 40.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Belmont Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 662 37.0 17.8 10
1989 620 42.0 14.7 12.6
1990 581 42.0 13.8 10.7
1991 536 40.0 13.4 11.6
1992 541 40.0 13.5 7
1993 539 36.0 15.0 7.2
1994 581 38.0 15.3 13.4
1995 631 42.0 15.0 15.1
1996 631 42.0 15.0 15.1
1997 584 43.0 13.6 14.7
1998 634 41.0 15.5 14.2
1999 654 41.0 16.0 23.9
2000 650 41.0 15.9 25.2
2001 624 41.0 15.2 27.4
2002 682 41.0 16.6 27.7
2003 682 41.0 16.6 27.7
2004 713 42.0 17.0 27.5
2005 670 42.0 16.0 34.3
2006 680 42.0 16.2 32.8
2007 673 38.8 17.3 34.1
2008 647 38.6 16.8 8.9
2009 665 35.5 18.7 7.5
2010 678 35.4 19.1 37.8
2011 711 33.2 21.4 40.6
2012 736 35.4 20.7 38.9
2013 759 37.2 20.4 41
2014 762 37.8 20.1 39
2015 726 40.0 18.1 36
2016 728 39.0 18.6 33.5
2017 706 38.2 18.4 34.7
2018 702 39.1 17.9 32.1
2019 712 37.1 19.1 31.2
2020 704 34.3 20.4 30.3
2021 704 38.4 18.3 27.7
2022 720 36.5 19.7 28.2
2023 742 39.1 18.9 40.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Belmont Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $657 (8.7%) $6,894 (91.3%) $7,551

Data source: North Carolina Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 132nd of 737 Middle schoolsRanks 198th of 784 Middle schools
 7.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Belmont Middle)83.269.7
 13.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Gaston County Schools)62.450.2
 12.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.852.3
 6.5%
6th Grade Reading (Belmont Middle)71.655
 16.6%
   6th Grade Reading (Gaston County Schools)57.147.1
 10%
   6th Grade Reading (North Carolina)6049.3
 10.7%
7th Grade Mathematics (Belmont Middle)74.256.7
 17.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Gaston County Schools)58.446.1
 12.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.450.1
 8.3%
7th Grade Reading (Belmont Middle)67.961.4
 6.5%
   7th Grade Reading (Gaston County Schools)55.348.3
 7%
   7th Grade Reading (North Carolina)58.850.2
 8.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (Belmont Middle)73.555
 18.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Gaston County Schools)54.343.3
 11%
   8th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)52.644.8
 7.8%
8th Grade Reading (Belmont Middle)61.261.2
   8th Grade Reading (Gaston County Schools)51.151.2
 0.1%
   8th Grade Reading (North Carolina)55.651
 4.6%
8th Grade Science (Belmont Middle)8572.3
 12.7%
   8th Grade Science (Gaston County Schools)78.667.7
 10.9%
   8th Grade Science (North Carolina)78.670.3
 8.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students712742
 4.2%
African American6279
 27.4%
American Indian01
Asian3618
 50%
Hispanic5098
 96%
Pacific Islander11
White526505
 4%
Two or More Races3740
 8.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients31.2%40.6%
 9.4%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Belmont Middle

Students who attend Belmont Middle usually go on to attend South Point High

Students at Belmont Middle are 68% White, 13% Hispanic, 11% African American, 5% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 742 students attended Belmont Middle.

Belmont Middle ranks 208th of 793 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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