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West McDowell Middle School, Marion, NC

West McDowell Middle School is a public middle school in Marion, part of McDowell County Schools. It enrolled 550 students in 2024-25, with 15.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
550
Teachers (FTE)
35.0
Students per teacher
15.7
Grades
6 to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 15.2. The North Carolina average across schools is 16.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.7
District15.2
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3

School details

Address
346 West McDowell Junior High, Marion, NC 28752
Phone
(828)652-3390
District
McDowell County Schools
County
McDowell County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
370294001185
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
547
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
54799.5% 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 McDowell 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.