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West Alexander Middle, Taylorsville, NC

West Alexander Middle is a public middle school in Taylorsville, part of Alexander County Schools. It enrolled 467 students in 2024-25, with 16.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
467
Teachers (FTE)
28.0
Students per teacher
16.7
Grades
6 to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 16.6. The North Carolina average across schools is 16.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.7
District16.6
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3

School details

Address
85 Bulldog Lane, Taylorsville, NC 28681
Phone
(828)495-4611
District
Alexander County Schools
County
Alexander County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
370009000035
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
464
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
46499.4% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Alexander County Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.