Enrollment
236
Middle
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENDER COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370357001463
Burgaw Middle
500 South Wright Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 · (910) 259-0149 · Pender County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL236 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of North Carolina public middle schools
- C-Test 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
10.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
231 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 85 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 72 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 79 | 33% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
36.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
31.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% 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 Burgaw Middle
Burgaw Middle's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burgaw Middle this school | 236 | 97.9% | 37.5% |
| Cordova Middle Cordova | 233 | 98.7% | 38.9% |
| South Edgecombe Middle Pinetops | 271 | 98.9% | 46.8% |
| Bladenboro Middle Bladenboro | 254 | 98.8% | 36.1% |
| West Pender Middle Burgaw | 209 | 97.6% | 35.9% |
| Havelock Middle Havelock | 313 | 96.2% | 44.1% |
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 Burgaw Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #371 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #401 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #371 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 236 | #446 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #2 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #132 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.9% | #309 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #170 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
236
-43 (-15%) vs 2020
-63% since 1990-91, when it was 640
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 236 | 23 | 10.3:1 | 98% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 228 | 21 | 10.9:1 | 99% (225) |
| 2022-23 | 257 | 20.4 | 12.6:1 | 83% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 279 | 19 | 14.7:1 | 65% (181) |
| 2017-18 | 263 | 19.4 | 13.6:1 | 80% (210) |
| 2015-16 | 246 | 18 | 13.7:1 | 74% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 230 | 16 | 14.4:1 | 73% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 496 | 37 | 13.4:1 | 57% (283) |
| 1990-91 | 640 | 36 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burgaw Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (263 to 236); teachers up 19% (19.4 to 23).
About Burgaw Middle
Burgaw Middle is a small middle-grades school in Pender County Schools, located in Burgaw, North Carolina. It enrolled 236 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in North Carolina average about 605 students each.
Pender County Schools has 11,073 students in 19 schools, and Burgaw Middle is one of those schools.
White students are the largest group at Burgaw Middle, with 42% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 32% Black, 21% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Pender County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at Burgaw Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
The school employs the equivalent of 23 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 10.3:1. Among middle schools in North Carolina, the typical ratio is 15.9:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 98%. Public schools in Pender County average 70%.
allk12 grades Burgaw Middle a C-. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Burgaw Middle, the prediction is 49.0% and the result is 37.5%.
Census estimates describe Pender County this way: median household income is about $80,396, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 19 public schools in Pender County, with a combined enrollment of about 11,073.
The shortest distance from Burgaw Middle to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to Pender Early College High. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. By average proficiency, Burgaw Middle is 6th among 9 schools close by.
In the federal locale system, Burgaw Middle is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 15%, from 279 to 236. The school's ratio fell from 14.7:1 to 10.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Pender County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,550
Census ACS
Median income
$80,396
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
11,073 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pender County Schools
- Topsail HighHigh · 1,945 students
- Surf City ElementaryElementary · 857 students
- Topsail MiddleMiddle · 837 students
- Surf City MiddleMiddle · 752 students
- Heide Trask HighHigh · 732 students
- Pender HighHigh · 648 students
Other schools in Burgaw
- Pender HighHigh · 648 students
- C.F. Pope ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- Malpass Corner ElementaryElementary · 513 students
- Pender Early College HighHigh · 215 students
- West Pender MiddleMiddle · 209 students
Nearby schools
- Pender Early College High0.1 mi · 215
- C.F. Pope Elementary0.8 mi · 530
- Pender High5.0 mi · 648
- Heide Trask High7.6 mi · 732
- Malpass Corner Elementary7.9 mi · 513
- Rocky Point Elementary8.5 mi · 403
Frequently asked questions
About Burgaw MiddleHow many students attend Burgaw Middle?
Burgaw Middle enrolls approximately 236 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Burgaw Middle serve?
Burgaw Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Burgaw Middle?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at Burgaw Middle.
How diverse is Burgaw Middle?
Burgaw Middle reports a student body of 42% White, 21% Hispanic, 32% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Burgaw Middle?
Burgaw Middle is overseen by Pender County Schools in Pender County.
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