Middle Schools in Macon County Schools

Summary:

The Macon County Schools district in North Carolina is home to two middle schools: Mountain View Intermediate (serving grades 5-6) and Macon Middle School (serving grades 7-8). Both schools serve a high-poverty student population, with over 99% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Mountain View Intermediate has 605 students and spends $8,190 per student, which is lower than the $9,141 spent per student at Macon Middle School. However, Mountain View Intermediate has a higher student-teacher ratio of 16.1, compared to 13.6 at Macon Middle School. Both schools perform slightly below the state average on assessments, but are close to the district average.

Macon Middle School has a lower statewide ranking, placing around 400-420 out of 773-793 middle schools in North Carolina. This could be due to a variety of factors, such as resource constraints or other systemic challenges facing the district. Overall, the data suggests that the middle schools in Macon County Schools are serving a high-poverty student population and facing challenges in academic performance, which may be influenced by differences in spending and student-teacher ratios between the two schools.

District Detail

1202 Old Murphy Road
Franklin, NC 28734

(828) 524-3314

SchoolDigger Rank:
113^th of 242 North Carolina districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-13
Students: 4,469

Primary Schools: 4
Middle Schools: 2
High Schools: 3
Alternative Schools: 3

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOG Mathematics (2025)				EOG Reading (2025)				EOG Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Macon Middle School	Public	7-8	1345 Wells Grove Rd	Franklin	28734	Macon County	Macon County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 524-3766	576	41	13.9	99.5%	402 (69.8%)	6 (1.0%)	149 (25.9%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.3%)	47.3	411^th of 773 public middle schools	46.8%		47.4	420^th of 793 public middle schools	47.0%	9			52.8	44.4			48.4	46.2		63.7	$9,141	$985	$8,156
Mountain View Intermediate	Public	5-6	161 Clarks Chapel Road	Franklin	28734	Macon County	Macon County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(828) 349-1325	614	37	16.5	99.5%	460 (74.9%)	3 (0.5%)	127 (20.7%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.3%)								(n/a)	50.7	49.3			43.8	46.1			55.9		$8,190	$1,131	$7,059

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Swain County Schools	15.57 mi	6	186^th
Jackson County Public Schools	16.95 mi	9	172^nd
Mountain Discovery Charter School	17.18 mi	1	80^th
Catamount School	17.32 mi	1	44^th
Summit Charter	19.4 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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