Foothills Community School
Magnet · Grades 6–8 · 200 students
East McDowell Middle School
676 State Street, Marion, NC 28752
Grades
6–8
Middle
Students
392
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
11.3 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
McDowell County Schools
McDowell County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 465 North Carolina middle schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other North Carolina middle schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About East McDowell Middle School
East McDowell Middle School is a public middle school in Marion, North Carolina, serving grades 6–8. It is part of McDowell County Schools. The school is located in a town in McDowell County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 392 students were enrolled, with about 11.3 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical North Carolina middle school (16.2 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 465 North Carolina middle schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 6–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- Middle
- Grades offered
- 6–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 392 students
- Students per teacher
- 11.3 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Town — Distant
- School district
- McDowell County Schools
- County
- McDowell County
- NCES school ID
- 370294001175
Schools near East McDowell Middle School
All 14 schools in Marion →
West McDowell Middle School
Public · Grades 6–8 · 550 students
Table Rock Middle
Public · Grades 6–8 · 427 students
Walter R Johnson Middle
Public · Grades 6–8 · 441 students
Liberty Middle
Public · Grades 6–8 · 453 students
R-S Middle School
Public · Grades 6–8 · 561 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.