Sun Valley Middle
Public middle school, grades 6 to 8 · Indian Trail, North Carolina
Sun Valley Middle in Indian Trail, North Carolina enrolled 909 students in 2024-25 with 55.6 full-time teachers, 16.4 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 8% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 10%
991 students in 2022-23, 929 students in 2023-24, 909 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 50.7 to 55.6.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 991 | 50.7 | 19.5 |
| 2023-24 | 929 | 52.7 | 17.6 |
| 2024-25 | 909 | 55.6 | 16.4 |
16.4 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 54 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 354 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Sun Valley Middle enrolled 1,061 students and had 3.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 118 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)3.0, one per 354 of the 1,061 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions118
- Chronically absent26.8% (2022-23)
Who attends
48.5% of students were White, 23.4% Hispanic, 19.5% Black in 2024-25.
- White48.5%
- Hispanic23.4%
- Black19.5%
- Two or more races5.2%
- Asian3.2%
- American Indian0.1%
- Pacific Islander0.1%
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.
Middle schools in Indian Trail
2 public middle schools in Indian Trail report 2024-25 enrollment; Sun Valley Middle is number 2 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Ridge Middle School | 1,447 | 23.1 | 36.4% |
| Sun Valley Middle | 909 | 16.4 | 49.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Sun Valley Middle
- Porter Ridge Middle SchoolThe nearest public middle school, 5.5 miles away: 1,447 students, 23.1 per teacher (2024-25).5.5 mi
- Hickory Ridge MiddleThe next nearest public middle school, 18 miles away: 1,057 students, 20.9 per teacher (2024-25).18 mi
- Compare Sun Valley Middle with Porter Ridge Middle SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Union County Public Schools spends per student$11,340 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$11,340
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaSun Valley Middle is the number 60 by size of 472 North Carolina middle schools open in 2024-25.#60 of 472
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher16.4 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 16.2 for middle schools.16.4:1
- 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 Sun Valley Middle
How many students attend Sun Valley Middle?
909 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 991 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Indian Trail, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at Sun Valley Middle?
16.4 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 Sun Valley Middle a Title I school?
Sun Valley Middle 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 Sun Valley Middle in?
Union County Public Schools, NCES district ID 3704620. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370462001804 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.