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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Bertie Middle administration to hear?
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Enrollment
354
Middle
DISTRICT 260 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERTIE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370036002818
Bertie Middle
652 US Hwy 13 North, Windsor, NC 27983 · (252) 794-2143 · Bertie County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of North Carolina public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
12.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
351 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 110 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 112 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 132 | 37% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bertie County Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
43.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
41.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Bertie Middle
Bertie Middle's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bertie Middle this school | 354 | 99.2% | 44.2% |
| J W Parker Middle Rocky Mount | 336 | 99.1% | N/A |
| Dillard Middle Goldsboro | 319 | 99.1% | 24.4% |
| Warren County Middle Warrenton | 342 | 99.1% | 27.4% |
| W A Pattillo Middle Tarboro | 289 | 99.0% | 35.0% |
| Hertford County Middle Murfreesboro | 489 | 99.4% | 26.5% |
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 Bertie Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #307 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #309 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #298 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #404 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #17 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.6% | #441 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #212 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.6% | #24 of 300 |
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
354
-108 (-23%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 642
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 354 | 29 | 12.2:1 | 99% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 34 | 11.0:1 | 99% (372) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 34 | 12.5:1 | 99% (422) |
| 2020-21 | 462 | 32 | 14.4:1 | 99% (459) |
| 2017-18 | 503 | 28.4 | 17.7:1 | 99% (496) |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 31 | 18.3:1 | 98% (556) |
| 2010-11 | 642 | 39 | 16.5:1 | 82% (529) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bertie Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (503 to 354); teachers up 2% (28.4 to 29).
About Bertie Middle
Bertie Middle is a public middle school in Windsor, North Carolina. Enrollment is 354 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in North Carolina is about 605 students, so this school is 41% smaller than average.
Bertie County Schools has a total of 7 schools and 1,819 students, Bertie Middle among them.
About 83% of the student body at Bertie Middle is Black. The rest of enrollment is 8% White, 4% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Bertie County's population at about 60%. The school's diversity index is 30%, meaning two students picked at random have a 30% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Bertie Middle is 29 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.2:1. That is lower than the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. The school counts 351 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 99%. That tracks the 99% average for public schools in Bertie County.
Bertie Middle is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 36% of North Carolina public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Bertie Middle posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.2%, compared with a predicted 48.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
Bertie Middle is located in Bertie County, where the median household income is $48,750, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Bertie Middle is one of 7 public schools in the county.
Bertie High is the public school closest to Bertie Middle, about 0.3 miles away. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. Bertie Middle's average proficiency of 44.2% compares with 44.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES describes the area around Bertie Middle as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 354, a 23% decrease from 462 in 2020-21. The ratio was 14.4:1 in 2020-21 and 12.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Bertie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,170
Census ACS
Median income
$48,750
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,819 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bertie County Schools
- Bertie HighHigh · 449 students
- Windsor ElementaryElementary · 336 students
- West Bertie ElementaryElementary · 277 students
- Colerain ElementaryElementary · 193 students
- Aulander ElementaryElementary · 111 students
- Bertie Early College HighHigh · 99 students
Other schools in Windsor
- Bertie HighHigh · 449 students
- Windsor ElementaryElementary · 336 students
- Bertie Early College HighHigh · 99 students
Nearby schools
- Bertie High0.3 mi · 449
- Bertie Early College High0.5 mi · 99
- Windsor Elementary4.8 mi · 336
- Aulander Elementary14.0 mi · 111
- E J Hayes Elementary14.9 mi · 280
- Colerain Elementary15.0 mi · 193
Frequently asked questions
About Bertie MiddleHow many students attend Bertie Middle?
Bertie Middle enrolls approximately 354 students in grades 06-08.
Is Bertie Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bertie Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bertie Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bertie Middle is approximately 12.2:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bertie Middle?
Bertie Middle reports a student body of 8% White, 4% Hispanic, 83% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Bertie Middle public or private?
Bertie Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bertie County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.