Bunn Middle

Bunn Middle is one of the mid-tier middle schools in Bunn, North Carolina, operated by Franklin County Schools, with 618 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within Franklin County Schools, which oversees 16 schools and 7,978 students, Bunn Middle is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Bunn Middle reports that 38% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 36% Hispanic, 20% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Bunn Middle has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Bunn Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Franklin County (around 82%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bunn Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 44.0%.

Around the school, Franklin County reports that median household income runs about $74,240, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Bunn Middle is one of 19 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 11,614 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bunn High, around 1.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bunn Middle comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 52.4%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 609 students in 2018 compared to 618 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 24% to 36%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Bunn Middle typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.