Piedmont Middle

Summary:

Piedmont Middle is a public middle school located in Monroe, North Carolina, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 968 students. The school is part of the Union County Public Schools district, which is ranked 53 out of 242 districts in North Carolina and is rated 4 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Piedmont Middle has a predominantly white student population, with 66.01% of students identifying as white in the 2022-2023 school year, significantly higher than nearby schools like Sun Valley Middle (48.84% white) and East Union Middle (24.07% white). The school has consistently ranked in the top 25% of North Carolina middle schools, with a statewide ranking between 97 and 191 over the past 10 years. However, its academic performance, particularly in mathematics and reading, is generally lower than nearby high-performing schools like Weddington Middle and Porter Ridge Middle School.

Piedmont Middle has seen a significant increase in the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, from 21.37% in 2020-2021 to 40.29% in 2022-2023, indicating growing socioeconomic challenges. This is in contrast to the school's declining racial diversity, with the percentage of non-white students decreasing from 27.07% in 2020-2021 to 22.11% in 2022-2023. These factors, along with the school's fluctuating academic performance in certain subject areas, suggest that Piedmont Middle may have room for improvement to better support the success of all its students.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 2816 Sikes Mill Rd
       Monroe, NC  28110-9780


(704) 296-6350

District: Union County Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
191st of 793 North Carolina Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,738 Help


Students who attend Piedmont Middle usually attend:

High:    Piedmont High

Feeder schools for Piedmont Middle:

Elementary:    Fairview Elementary
    New Salem Elementary
    Unionville Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  18.2 Help
Number of students:  968

Racial breakdown:

White:
66.0%
Hispanic:
22.1%
African American:
7.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  40.3% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Piedmont Middle ranks better than 75.9% of middle schools in North Carolina. It also ranks 5th among 9 ranked middle schools in the Union County Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 72.33. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (66%), Hispanic (22.1%), African American (7.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 40.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Piedmont Middle is 18.2, which is the 3rd best among 9 middle schools in the Union County Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Piedmont Middle is $7,738. 4 middle schools in the Union County Public Schools District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Piedmont Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Piedmont Middle 191st of 793 North Carolina public middle schools. (See Piedmont Middle in the ranking list.)

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Union County Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Union County Public Schools 53rd of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Piedmont Middle

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Rank History for all students at Piedmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 76.51 101st 598 83.1%
2007 80.18 69th 606 88.6%
2008 83.03 69th 620 88.9%
2009 80.74 91st 630 85.6%
2010 75.62 133rd 640 79.2%
2011 78.56 105th 648 83.8%
2012 81.57 73rd 662 89.0%
2013 87.81 64th 673 90.5%
2014 86.77 60th 627 90.4%
2015 83.36 97th 705 86.2%
2016 81.03 101st 692 85.4%
2017 81.28 106th 694 84.7%
2018 79.79 112th 691 83.8%
2019 75.98 151st 737 79.5%
2021 78.82 145th 741 80.4%
2022 74.01 173rd 786 78.0%
2023 61.74 272nd 784 65.3%
2024 72.33 191st 793 75.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Piedmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 29.63 216th 283 23.7%
2023 43.98 175th 302 42.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Piedmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 61.97 41st 211 80.6%
2021 82.22 10th 236 95.8%
2022 58.65 73rd 312 76.6%
2023 40.55 175th 318 45.0%
2024 77.94 28th 356 92.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Piedmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 58.65 121st 473 74.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Piedmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.74 45th 604 92.5%
2019 68.40 146th 639 77.2%
2021 82.41 53rd 633 91.6%
2022 82.72 59th 689 91.4%
2023 60.94 232nd 735 68.4%
2024 71.01 143rd 743 80.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Piedmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.04 120th 656 81.7%
2019 74.42 158th 684 76.9%
2021 71.32 176th 706 75.1%
2022 70.33 193rd 733 73.7%
2023 57.05 306th 731 58.1%
2024 67.87 206th 738 72.1%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Piedmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.34 137th 475 71.2%
2019 55.76 159th 504 68.5%
2021 50.39 180th 478 62.3%
2022 29.47 330th 449 26.5%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Piedmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 66.47 120th 416 71.2%
2021 77.19 31st 448 93.1%
2022 67.52 108th 450 76.0%
2023 66.39 139th 452 69.2%
2024 64.46 158th 461 65.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Piedmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.49 99th 665 85.1%
2019 75.45 142nd 697 79.6%
2021 83.23 96th 711 86.5%
2022 75.54 158th 748 78.9%
2023 64.04 238th 747 68.1%
2024 73.80 167th 751 77.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Piedmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 76.99 35th 110 68.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Piedmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.87 144th 494 70.9%
2019 66.04 114th 519 78.0%
2021 78.08 62nd 533 88.4%
2022 66.15 116th 550 78.9%
2023 48.68 246th 559 56.0%
2024 53.16 208th 560 62.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Piedmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.00 123rd 472 73.9%
2019 66.84 109th 493 77.9%
2021 72.77 75th 522 85.6%
2022 66.63 130th 541 76.0%
2023 57.08 196th 553 64.6%
2024 69.37 113th 564 80.0%
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Rank History for White students at Piedmont Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.75 185th 596 69.0%
2019 62.14 228th 624 63.5%
2021 66.91 183rd 632 71.0%
2022 63.63 222nd 658 66.3%
2023 47.26 341st 656 48.0%
2024 58.29 259th 652 60.3%
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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 Piedmont Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 644 37 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 681
1989 663 38 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 701
1990 683 28 1 1 1 n/a n/a 0 714
1991 714 28 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 744
1992 714 39 0 1 0 n/a n/a -1 753
1993 733 36 0 1 2 n/a n/a 0 772
1994 779 35 1 2 1 n/a n/a 0 818
1995 793 29 1 6 2 n/a n/a 0 831
1996 793 29 1 6 2 n/a n/a 0 831
1997 795 26 2 6 1 n/a n/a 0 830
1998 850 17 2 8 0 n/a n/a 0 877
1999 907 35 3 8 1 n/a n/a 0 954
2000 902 44 6 8 2 n/a n/a 0 962
2001 952 47 10 16 4 n/a n/a 0 1029
2002 1036 57 16 23 6 n/a n/a 0 1138
2003 1036 57 16 23 6 n/a n/a 0 1138
2004 1048 69 8 23 2 n/a n/a 0 1150
2005 1074 70 7 28 5 n/a n/a 0 1184
2006 680 35 0 24 1 n/a n/a 0 740
2007 700 23 5 27 1 n/a n/a 3 759
2008 699 24 3 25 1 n/a n/a 4 756
2009 713 30 4 31 0 n/a n/a 0 778
2010 780 51 6 51 1 n/a n/a 0 889
2011 824 54 9 60 2 0 12 0 961
2012 862 54 9 68 5 0 11 0 1009
2013 838 45 5 67 7 0 11 0 973
2014 836 36 8 89 6 0 11 0 986
2015 922 43 10 102 7 0 13 0 1097
2016 861 41 12 102 5 0 22 0 1043
2017 857 49 10 98 2 0 20 0 1036
2018 821 47 11 117 2 0 16 0 1014
2019 791 52 10 141 1 0 24 0 1019
2020 729 55 8 161 2 0 29 0 984
2021 703 64 8 167 1 1 20 0 964
2022 602 55 7 195 0 1 17 0 877
2023 639 74 14 214 0 1 26 0 968

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 Piedmont Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 681 38.0 17.9 6.9
1989 701 38.0 18.4 8.8
1990 714 38.0 18.7 7.8
1991 744 38.0 19.5 7.5
1992 753 44.0 17.1 5.4
1993 772 45.0 17.2 12.8
1994 818 49.0 16.7 3.8
1995 831 51.0 16.3 21.3
1996 831 51.0 16.3 21.3
1997 830 52.0 16.0 8.1
1998 877 58.0 15.1 9.7
1999 954 59.0 16.2 13.8
2000 962 59.0 16.3 11.6
2001 1029 59.0 17.4 12.4
2002 1138 59.0 19.3 18.4
2003 1138 59.0 19.3 18.4
2004 1150 68.0 16.9 19.7
2005 1184 68.0 17.4 20
2006 740 68.0 10.9 16.5
2007 759 50.0 15.2 17.6
2008 756 48.9 15.5 n/a
2009 778 50.9 15.3 n/a
2010 889 50.4 17.6 25
2011 961 53.6 17.9 26.7
2012 1009 53.2 18.9 26.6
2013 973 54.0 18.0 27.6
2014 986 53.9 18.2 28.8
2015 1097 56.0 19.5 27.2
2016 1043 51.0 20.4 27.1
2017 1036 51.9 19.9 25.9
2018 1014 52.0 19.5 24.6
2019 1019 52.4 19.4 25.1
2020 984 52.4 18.7 27
2021 964 55.0 17.5 21.4
2022 877 53.0 16.5 20.9
2023 968 53.0 18.2 40.3

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 Piedmont Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 681 38.0 17.9 6.9
1989 701 38.0 18.4 8.8
1990 714 38.0 18.7 7.8
1991 744 38.0 19.5 7.5
1992 753 44.0 17.1 5.4
1993 772 45.0 17.2 12.8
1994 818 49.0 16.7 3.8
1995 831 51.0 16.3 21.3
1996 831 51.0 16.3 21.3
1997 830 52.0 16.0 8.1
1998 877 58.0 15.1 9.7
1999 954 59.0 16.2 13.8
2000 962 59.0 16.3 11.6
2001 1029 59.0 17.4 12.4
2002 1138 59.0 19.3 18.4
2003 1138 59.0 19.3 18.4
2004 1150 68.0 16.9 19.7
2005 1184 68.0 17.4 20
2006 740 68.0 10.9 16.5
2007 759 50.0 15.2 17.6
2008 756 48.9 15.5 n/a
2009 778 50.9 15.3 n/a
2010 889 50.4 17.6 25
2011 961 53.6 17.9 26.7
2012 1009 53.2 18.9 26.6
2013 973 54.0 18.0 27.6
2014 986 53.9 18.2 28.8
2015 1097 56.0 19.5 27.2
2016 1043 51.0 20.4 27.1
2017 1036 51.9 19.9 25.9
2018 1014 52.0 19.5 24.6
2019 1019 52.4 19.4 25.1
2020 984 52.4 18.7 27
2021 964 55.0 17.5 21.4
2022 877 53.0 16.5 20.9
2023 968 53.0 18.2 40.3

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 Piedmont Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $507 (6.6%) $7,230 (93.4%) $7,738

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 151st of 737 Middle schoolsRanks 272nd of 784 Middle schools
 14.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Piedmont Middle)65.953.8
 12.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Union County Public Schools)76.972.6
 4.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.852.3
 6.5%
6th Grade Reading (Piedmont Middle)70.848.8
 22%
   6th Grade Reading (Union County Public Schools)73.464.3
 9.1%
   6th Grade Reading (North Carolina)6049.3
 10.7%
7th Grade Mathematics (Piedmont Middle)73.866.1
 7.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Union County Public Schools)78.570.1
 8.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.450.1
 8.3%
7th Grade Reading (Piedmont Middle)68.154
 14.1%
   7th Grade Reading (Union County Public Schools)7265.2
 6.8%
   7th Grade Reading (North Carolina)58.850.2
 8.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (Piedmont Middle)72.443.5
 28.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Union County Public Schools)71.760.8
 10.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)52.644.8
 7.8%
8th Grade Reading (Piedmont Middle)63.153.2
 9.9%
   8th Grade Reading (Union County Public Schools)6964.3
 4.7%
   8th Grade Reading (North Carolina)55.651
 4.6%
8th Grade Science (Piedmont Middle)86.380
 6.3%
   8th Grade Science (Union County Public Schools)83.979.9
 4%
   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 Students1019968
 5%
African American5274
 42.3%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian1014
 40%
Hispanic141214
 51.8%
Pacific Islander01
White791639
 19.2%
Two or More Races2426
 8.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients25.1%40.3%
 15.2%


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Piedmont Middle ranks 191st of 793 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Piedmont Middle usually go on to attend Piedmont High

In the 2022-23 school year, 968 students attended Piedmont Middle.

Students at Piedmont Middle are 66% White, 22% Hispanic, 8% African American, 3% Two or more races, 1% Asian.


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