Summary:
Zip code 27370 is home to a single middle school, Wheatmore Middle School, which serves grades 6 through 8 in the Randolph County School System with 505 students enrolled.
If you are looking at middle schools in this area, Wheatmore Middle is the only option, so its strengths and challenges define the local landscape. The school serves an almost entirely economically disadvantaged population, with over 99% of students eligible for free/reduced-price lunch, yet it still beats the district average in six of seven current end-of-grade tests in math, reading, and science. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 18.8% is actually better than both the district’s 22.5% and the state’s 24.2%, an important positive sign given the high level of poverty. Academically, the school’s biggest success story is 8th grade science, which jumped 14 points in one year to 60.8% proficiency. The most noticeable concern is a sharp drop in reading from the prior year, especially in 6th grade, which fell from 57.9% to 47.9%. Math performance also weakens as students progress, with 6th graders scoring above the state average while 8th graders lag roughly 11 points behind the state.
Overall, Wheatmore Middle School ranks near the middle of North Carolina middle schools, landing in the 42nd percentile with a 2-star rating for 2025–2026, after sitting right at the 50th percentile the year before. Per-pupil spending is about $8,958, and the student-teacher ratio is 18.3 to 1. For parents, the key takeaway is that this is a high-poverty school that consistently outperforms its district in most subjects despite being below state averages in many areas. The staff appear to be doing a solid job keeping students engaged and attending, and the recent science gains suggest room for further improvement, but reading declines and 8th grade math remain the areas most worth watching.
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