Woodlawn Middle, Mebane NC - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Woodlawn Middle

Woodlawn Middle serves sixth through eighth grade students in Mebane, a manufacturing and distribution hub on the I-40/I-85 corridor straddling Alamance and Orange counties. The school enrolls students across the full demographic spectrum of its city: roughly equal shares of white, Hispanic, and Black students, with smaller populations of multiracial and Asian students. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting economic pressures common across the Alamance-Burlington district.

The school's test results show uneven performance. In science, students meet or exceed proficiency at a rate slightly above one in two. In math, proficiency drops to about four in ten. In English Language Arts, the school's weakest area, roughly one in three students demonstrated proficiency. State testing data do not include scale scores, so a parent cannot gauge how far students fall when they do not meet the bar. Data on students with individualized education plans and English learners were not available. The state changed its science assessment and cut scores between the year tested and the prior year, so direct year-to-year comparison is not reliable; this is noted in the data itself.

The enrollment is stable at roughly three-quarters of a school, distributed fairly evenly across the three grade bands. The school sits within Alamance-Burlington Schools, a five-district county system. Because Woodlawn is a regular middle school serving grades six through eight and state testing data for only that entity were available, meaningful comparison with other schools or districts is not possible from the data at hand.

Mebane itself is one of the Piedmont's fastest-growing cities, with ongoing residential expansion through large subdivisions and smaller townhome projects. The economic base centers on manufacturers like Eaton and Sealed Air, warehousing, and distribution. Housing values in the zip code are stable; rents have edged upward. Downtown Mebane is walkable and anchored by locally owned retail, arts, and dining, though most newer residential growth is car-oriented and separated from the center. Parks, trails, and a public library serve the community.

The district has undergone material changes in recent years. Southeast Alamance High School, the district's first new high school in more than half a century, opened in fall 2023 in nearby Haw River, redrawing attendance zones and relieving overcrowding at other high schools. A bond measure funded renovations and security upgrades across schools, including key-card entry and security vestibules district-wide. For the current school year, the district implemented classroom cell phone restrictions requiring students to power off phones and store them during class, reflecting state legislation.

School-specific information about program offerings, staffing, attendance, discipline, or strategic direction was not available in the data provided. A parent evaluating Woodlawn would benefit from contacting the school directly to understand class structure, extracurricular options, support for students not meeting grade-level proficiency, and the school's approach to the demographic and economic diversity in its enrollment.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grades 3-841%

School 41% · District 45% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

English language arts

Grades 3-834%

School 34% · District 39% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Science

Grades 3-854%

School 54% · District 50% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

This schoolAlamance-Burlington Schools, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income26%Higher-income49%24 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income19%Higher-income43%24 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income32%Higher-income43%11 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income26%Higher-income45%19 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income31%Higher-income69%38 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income26%Higher-income53%27 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income30%Higher-income53%24 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income29%Higher-income58%29 pp gap