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Mount Holly Middle

Gaston County Schools · Gaston County

Address
124 S Hawthorne Street, Mount Holly, NC 28120
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Grades served
6-8
NCES school ID
370162000698
570
Students
37.4
Teachers (FTE)
15.3:1
Student–teacher ratio
C
Performance grade
60
Performance score
Met
Academic growth
20.7%
Chronically absent
47.8%
Economically disadvantaged

School calendar

Mount Holly Middle's own events for the year — school events, holidays, breaks and teacher workdays — with a printable PDF and a calendar file you can subscribe to.

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Attendance zone

Gaston County Schools

The area Gaston County Schools assigns to Mount Holly Middle. Zones change, and addresses near a boundary are often decided case by case - confirm with the district before making plans.

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Zone boundary published by Gaston County Schools as “AdminBnds/GastonCountySchoolDistricts”, last updated 2026-09-12.

How Mount Holly Middle compares

Its 2024–25 performance score of 60 against comparable schools. Percentile is the share of that group scoring lower.

All North Carolina public schools46th percentile
Higher than 46% · rank 1,267 of 2,483
North Carolina middle schools63rd percentile
Higher than 63% · rank 146 of 456
Gaston County Schools54th percentile
Higher than 54% · rank 24 of 54

Chronic absence is lower here than at 55% of the 2,482 North Carolina schools reporting it.

Performance score since 2014

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Score down 3 points since 2014 (63 → 60). Met or exceeded expected growth in 9 of 10 years, exceeding it in 4. No grades were issued for 2020 or 2021.

YearScoreGradeGrowthAchievement
202560CMet54.5
202458CNot Met55.4
202359CMet53.1
202260CMet55.8
201968CMet64.3
201866CExceeded60.4
201765CExceeded60
201666CExceeded59
201562CExceeded54
201463CMet58

Rankings and trends are calculated by Back To School NC from NC DPI report card results; NC DPI publishes each school's own figures but not its standing among peers. See Gaston County Schools for district totals.

Student Demographics

White 49.3%Black 20.18%Hispanic 18.6%Two+ Races 8.25%Asian 3.33%Pacific Isl. 0.35%
White: 49.3% (281) Black: 20.18% (115) Hispanic: 18.6% (106) Two+ Races: 8.25% (47) Asian: 3.33% (19) Pacific Isl.: 0.35% (2)
White49.3%
Black20.18%
Hispanic18.6%
Two+ Races8.25%
Asian3.33%
Pacific Isl.0.35%

Gender Distribution

Total Students: 570
48.07%274 Female
51.93%296 Male

Student counts for Mount Holly Middle, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 570 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.

Students

Regular attendance 79.3%Chronically absent 20.7%
Regular attendance: 79.3% (487) Chronically absent: 20.7% (127)
Regular attendance79.3%
Chronically absent20.7%

Student Population

Students Counted: 614
47.8%Economically disadvantaged
7.72%44 English learners

Student indicators for Mount Holly Middle, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 614 students DPI counted. A student is chronically absent after missing 10% or more of the days enrolled; the other measures overlap it and each other.

Teachers

Experienced 75.17%Beginning 24.83%
Experienced: 75.17% (23) Beginning: 24.83% (8)
Experienced75.17%
Beginning24.83%

Licensing & Certification

Total Teachers: 30.7 FTE
93.13%Fully licensed
6.87%Emergency or provisional
6.51%2 teachers certified

Teacher figures for Mount Holly Middle, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Counts are full-time equivalents, not headcount. Licensing and certification percentages are each out of 30.7 FTE.

NC School Report Card

2024-2025

Student performance by subject

SubjectGrade-level proficientCareer & college ready
Science (grades 5 & 8)58.1%37.1%
Mathematics (grades 3–8)55.5%40.6%
Reading (grades 3–8)51.5%32.5%

Grade-level proficient is levels 3–5; career and college ready is the higher bar of levels 4–5.

Achievement levels

SubjectNot ProficientLevel 3Level 4Level 5
Mathematics (grades 3–8)44.5%14.9%24.4%16.2%
Reading (grades 3–8)48.5%19%27.4%5.1%
Science (grades 5 & 8)41.9%21%26.3%10.8%

Academic growth

MeasureStatusGrowth indexScore
OverallMeets Expected Growth0.2680.6

Teachers

Reported as full-time-equivalent staff, so figures carry decimals.

MeasureValue
Total teachers30.73
Experienced teachers23.1 (75%)
Beginning teachers7.63 (25%)
Holding a standard license28.62 (93%)
Emergency or provisional licenses2.11 (7%)
National Board certified2

Students

MeasureValue
Chronically absent (127 of 614)20.7%
Economically disadvantaged47.8%
English learners making progress (of 44)9.1%

School environment

MeasureValue
Devices per student0.66
Library books per student13.32
Students have device accessYes
Devices may go homeYes
Wireless access points per classroom1.67

Federal & state designations

DesignationApplies
Low-performing schoolNo
Recurring low-performingNo
CSI — low performingNo
CSI — low graduation rateNo
TSI — at riskYes
TSI — consistently underperformingNo

CSI is Comprehensive Support and Improvement; TSI is Targeted Support and Improvement, both federal ESSA categories.

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First page of the Mount Holly Middle report card PDF

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Mount Holly Middle's 2024-2025 report card as an interactive PDF — bookmarked sections, donut and bar charts for performance, attendance and achievement levels, and the NC DPI and NCES sources cited with working links.

Enrollment and staffing come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), U.S. Department of Education for 2024-2025; performance, attendance and economic-need figures are the state's NC School Report Card for the same year. Contact the school to confirm current details.