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What's the most underrated thing about Archer Lodge Middle that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,204
Middle
DISTRICT 644 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOHNSTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370237002998
Archer Lodge Middle
762 Wendell Rd, Wendell, NC 27591 · (919) 553-0714 · Johnston County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,204 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of North Carolina public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,201 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 372 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 416 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 416 | 35% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
64.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
64.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Archer Lodge Middle
Archer Lodge Middle's state test result (65.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archer Lodge Middle this school | 1,204 | 99.8% | 65.0% |
| Harnett Central Middle Angier | 1,059 | 97.8% | 41.3% |
| Cleveland Middle Garner | 936 | 99.7% | 61.2% |
| Holly Shelter Middle Castle Hayne | 801 | 99.1% | 57.8% |
| Riverwood Middle Clayton | 902 | 99.4% | 57.5% |
| Norwayne Middle Fremont | 848 | 99.6% | 57.6% |
Matched among North Carolina middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Archer Lodge Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Johnston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #86 of 463 | #2 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #98 of 461 | #2 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #74 of 463 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,204 | #15 of 478 | #1 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #417 of 456 | #12 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #216 of 456 | #8 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #2 of 472 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.5% | #81 of 143 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,204
-57 (-5%) vs 2020
+38% since 2010-11, when it was 874
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 18.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,204 | 64.2 | 18.8:1 | 100% (1,201) |
| 2023-24 | 1,223 | 63.6 | 19.2:1 | 100% (1,220) |
| 2022-23 | 1,219 | 62.3 | 19.6:1 | 40% (491) |
| 2020-21 | 1,261 | 68 | 18.5:1 | 25% (314) |
| 2017-18 | 1,120 | 58 | 19.3:1 | 30% (333) |
| 2015-16 | 1,024 | 58 | 17.7:1 | 36% (372) |
| 2010-11 | 874 | 55 | 15.9:1 | 35% (309) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Archer Lodge Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (1,120 to 1,204); teachers up 11% (58 to 64.2).
About Archer Lodge Middle
Archer Lodge Middle is a large middle school located in Wendell, North Carolina. Its enrollment is 1,204 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in North Carolina, the average enrollment is about 605.
Johnston County Public Schools is the local district for Archer Lodge Middle. It runs 48 schools with 37,320 students.
About 53% of the student body at Archer Lodge Middle is White. The remaining students are 24% Hispanic, 17% Black, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Johnston County, the White share is about 64%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
Archer Lodge Middle has 64.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1. The school's 18.8:1 compares with an average of 15.9:1 for middle schools in North Carolina. The school has 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among North Carolina public middle schools, Archer Lodge Middle outscored 91%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.4% for Archer Lodge Middle. The school posts 65.0%, 16.6 points above the prediction.
Census data for Johnston County show the median household earns about $83,384 a year, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Archer Lodge Middle, Johnston County has 52 public schools.
The closest school to Archer Lodge Middle is Corinth Holders High, located about 2.2 miles away. Archer Lodge Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with 7 others within five miles. Archer Lodge Middle's average proficiency of 65.0% compares with 60.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2020-21, Archer Lodge Middle enrolled 1,261 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 1,204.
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Johnston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
234,263
Census ACS
Median income
$83,384
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
41,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Johnston County Public Schools
- Corinth Holders HighHigh · 2,187 students
- Clayton HighHigh · 1,929 students
- Cleveland HighHigh · 1,889 students
- West Johnston HighHigh · 1,563 students
- Smithfield-Selma HighHigh · 1,548 students
- South Johnston HighHigh · 1,355 students
Other schools in Wendell
- Corinth Holders HighHigh · 2,187 students
- East Wake HighHigh · 1,777 students
- Wendell MiddleMiddle · 762 students
- Lake Myra ElementaryElementary · 722 students
- Cardinal Charter Acad at Wendell FallsElementary · 567 students
- Carver ElementaryElementary · 495 students
Nearby schools
- Corinth Holders High2.2 mi · 2,187
- River Dell Elementary2.6 mi · 981
- Riverwood Elementary3.2 mi · 728
- Riverwood Middle3.2 mi · 902
- Thanksgiving Elementary3.8 mi · 870
- East Clayton Elementary4.3 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About Archer Lodge MiddleHow many students attend Archer Lodge Middle?
Archer Lodge Middle enrolls approximately 1,204 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Archer Lodge Middle serve?
Archer Lodge Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Archer Lodge Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Archer Lodge Middle is approximately 18.8:1 (64 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Archer Lodge Middle?
At Archer Lodge Middle, the student body is approximately 53% White, 24% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Archer Lodge Middle public or private?
Archer Lodge Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Johnston County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.