R-S Middle School
Public middle school, grades 6 to 8 · Rutherfordton, North Carolina
R-S Middle School in Rutherfordton, North Carolina enrolled 561 students in 2024-25 with 30.0 full-time teachers, 18.7 students per teacher against the North Carolina middle-school median of 16.2. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 2% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 25%
574 students in 2022-23, 559 students in 2023-24, 561 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 40.2 to 30.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 574 | 40.2 | 14.3 |
| 2023-24 | 559 | 36.4 | 15.4 |
| 2024-25 | 561 | 30.0 | 18.7 |
18.7 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 90 of every 100 North Carolina middle schools
Among the 467 North Carolina middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 16.2; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 607 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection R-S Middle School enrolled 607 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 86 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 607 of the 607 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions86
- Chronically absent33.1% (2022-23)
Who attends
66.5% of students were White, 13.9% Black, 10.0% of two or more races in 2024-25.
- White66.5%
- Black13.9%
- Two or more races10.0%
- Hispanic9.1%
- Asian0.4%
- Pacific Islander0.2%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
What to look at next about R-S Middle School
- Crest MiddleThe nearest public middle school, 22 miles away: 810 students, 16.3 per teacher (2024-25).22 mi
- Shelby MiddleThe next nearest public middle school, 26 miles away: 588 students, 16.6 per teacher (2024-25).26 mi
- Compare R-S Middle School with Crest MiddleStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Rutherford County Schools spends per student$14,515 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$14,515
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaR-S Middle School is the number 260 by size of 472 North Carolina middle schools open in 2024-25.#260 of 472
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher18.7 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 16.2 for middle schools.18.7:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about R-S Middle School
How many students attend R-S Middle School?
561 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 574 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Rutherfordton, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at R-S Middle School?
18.7 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the North Carolina median for middle schools is 16.2. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is R-S Middle School a Title I school?
R-S Middle School was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).What district is R-S Middle School in?
Rutherford County Schools, NCES district ID 3704080. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370408000925 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.