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What's the one class at Bunn Middle every student should take?
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Enrollment
618
Middle
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370153002382
Bunn Middle
4742 NC 39 Hwy S, Bunn, NC 27508 · (919) 496-7700 · Franklin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL618 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% 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
18.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
614 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 | 202 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 187 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 229 | 37% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
44.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
38.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
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 Bunn Middle
Bunn Middle's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunn Middle this school | 618 | 99.4% | 44.0% |
| Coats-Erwin Middle Dunn | 589 | 98.5% | 40.9% |
| Southern Nash Middle Spring Hope | 795 | 98.2% | 50.8% |
| Southeast Middle Salisbury | 628 | 99.5% | 25.9% |
| Midway Middle Dunn | 584 | 97.1% | 54.5% |
| Clayton Middle Clayton | 609 | 96.2% | 52.1% |
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 Bunn Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #311 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #329 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #284 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 618 | #208 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #378 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #102 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #154 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #121 of 143 |
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
618
-29 (-4%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 729
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 618 | 34.1 | 18.1:1 | 99% (614) |
| 2023-24 | 588 | 37.1 | 15.9:1 | 76% (446) |
| 2022-23 | 591 | 35.5 | 16.7:1 | 72% (424) |
| 2020-21 | 647 | 37 | 17.5:1 | 66% (427) |
| 2017-18 | 609 | 38 | 16.0:1 | 59% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 672 | 42 | 16.0:1 | 60% (403) |
| 2010-11 | 705 | 44 | 16.0:1 | 60% (422) |
| 2000-01 | 729 | 32 | 22.8:1 | 45% (331) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bunn Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (609 to 618); teachers down 10% (38 to 34.1).
About Bunn Middle
Bunn Middle is a mid-sized middle school in Bunn, North Carolina. It reported 618 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
The 16 schools of Franklin County Schools, including Bunn Middle, enroll 7,978 students.
Of every 100 students at Bunn Middle, about 38 are White, the largest group. Smaller groups are 36% Hispanic, 20% Black, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Franklin County is roughly 62% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 68, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Bunn Middle, there are about 18.1 students; the school has 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in North Carolina is 15.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 614 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 99% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Franklin County average 82%.
Bunn Middle earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 35% of North Carolina public middle schools.
Bunn Middle scores 44.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 48.5%.
In Franklin County, the median household earns about $74,240 a year, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Franklin County has 19 public schools with about 11,614 students, including Bunn Middle.
Bunn High is the nearest public school to Bunn Middle, about 1.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 2. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Bunn Middle ranks 5th on proficiency.
NCES assigns Bunn Middle the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's student count fell 4% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
74,386
Census ACS
Median income
$74,240
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
11,614 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin County Schools
- Franklinton HighHigh · 1,127 students
- Bunn HighHigh · 817 students
- Louisburg Magnet HighHigh · 630 students
- Bunn ElementaryElementary · 600 students
- Cedar Creek MiddleMiddle · 529 students
- Edward Best ElementaryElementary · 498 students
Other schools in Bunn
- Bunn HighHigh · 817 students
- Bunn ElementaryElementary · 600 students
Nearby schools
- Bunn High1.6 mi · 817
- Bunn Elementary2.4 mi · 600
- Royal Elementary6.5 mi · 349
- Louisburg Elementary7.5 mi · 387
- Crosscreek Charter School8.3 mi · 404
- Franklin County Early College8.5 mi · 179
Frequently asked questions
About Bunn MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Bunn Middle?
Bunn Middle enrolls approximately 618 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Bunn Middle serve?
Bunn Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Bunn Middle?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Bunn Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bunn Middle?
At Bunn Middle, the student body is approximately 38% White, 36% Hispanic, 20% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Bunn Middle public or private?
Bunn Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Franklin County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.