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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOG Mathematics (2026)			EOG Reading (2026)			EOG Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Distance	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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Central Middle	0.0mi	Public	6-8	883 Zephyr Rd	Dobson	27017	Surry County	Surry County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 386-4018	502	31	16.2	99.4%	282 (56.2%)	3 (0.6%)	199 (39.6%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.4%)	57.7	325^th of 778 public middle schools	58.2%		48.6	396^th of 773 public middle schools	48.8%	71	67.7	62.0	69.5	49.4	53.1	53.9	66.9	$8,754	$900	$7,854
Meadowview Magnet Middle	7.4mi	Public, Magnet	6-8	1282 McKinney Road	Mount Airy	27030	Surry County	Surry County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(336) 789-0276	318	24	13.0	99.1%	197 (61.9%)	11 (3.5%)	85 (26.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.5%)	47.1	421^st of 778 public middle schools	45.9%		45.6	428^th of 773 public middle schools	44.6%	7	57.0	43.9	52.1	51.0	54.2	57.3	67.7	$10,579	$1,000	$9,579
J Sam Gentry Middle	8.4mi	Public	6-8	1915 W Pine Street	Mount Airy	27030	Surry County	Surry County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 786-4155	320	22	14.4	99.1%	224 (70.0%)	5 (1.6%)	80 (25.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.1%)	64.8	250^th of 778 public middle schools	67.9%		52.1	365^th of 773 public middle schools	52.8%	115	64.7	74.5	62.6	52.1	51.9	65.2	75.7	$9,877	$999	$8,878
Mount Airy Middle	10.6mi	Public	6-8	249 Hamburg Street	Mount Airy	27030	Surry County	Mount Airy City Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 789-9021	395	31	12.7	99.2%	234 (59.2%)	24 (6.1%)	102 (25.8%)	11 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.1%)	49	406^th of 778 public middle schools	47.8%		56.7	305^th of 773 public middle schools	60.5%	101	60.0	53.8	57.4	47.0	47.0	52.5	71.6	$10,309	$806	$9,503
Elkin Middle	12.5mi	Public	6-8	300 Elk Spur St	Elkin	28621	Surry County	Elkin City Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 835-3175	193	14	13.6	49.7%	132 (68.4%)	4 (2.1%)	44 (22.8%)	6 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.6%)	80.1	130^th of 778 public middle schools	83.3%		58	297^th of 773 public middle schools	61.6%	167	81.3	62.0	65.3	71.4	68.5	67.3	86.7	$9,240	$218	$9,022
Starmount Middle	14.6mi	Public	6-9	2626 Longtown Rd	Boonville	27011	Yadkin County	Yadkin County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 551-1160	502	27	18.7	99.4%	307 (61.2%)	8 (1.6%)	149 (29.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.4%)	32.4	535^th of 778 public middle schools	31.2%		40.3	469^th of 773 public middle schools	39.3%	66	51.7	45.1	45.2	43.7	38.3	52.1	58.2	$9,584	$874	$8,710
Pilot Mountain Middle	14.6mi	Public	6-8	543 Old Westfield Road	Pilot Mountain	27041	Surry County	Surry County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 368-2641	401	26	15.5	99.3%	320 (79.8%)	7 (1.7%)	49 (12.2%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.5%)	85.6	88^th of 778 public middle schools	88.7%		88.8	62^nd of 773 public middle schools	92.0%	26	69.9	84.4	83.9	64.2	74.8	72.0	87.3	$9,172	$1,003	$8,168
East Wilkes Middle School	15.1mi	Public	6-8	2202 Macedonia Church Road	Ronda	28670	Wilkes County	Wilkes County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 651-4300	346	25	13.6	99.1%	285 (82.4%)	2 (0.6%)	39 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.8%)	59.2	311^th of 778 public middle schools	60.0%		67.5	226^th of 773 public middle schools	70.8%	85	56.2	63.6	47.7	52.9	66.4	64.2	71.6	$9,876	$1,000	$8,876

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