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Enrollment
605
Middle
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROANOKE RAPIDS CITY SCHOOLS·NCES 370390001562
Chaloner Middle School
2100 Virginia Avenue, Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870 · (252) 519-7600 · Halifax County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of North Carolina public middle schools
- BTest 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
17.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
602 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 | 176 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 203 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 226 | 37% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Based on grade levels within Roanoke Rapids City 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
48.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
57.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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
53.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% 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 Chaloner Middle School
Chaloner Middle School's state test result (53.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaloner Middle School this school | 605 | 99.5% | 53.9% |
| Kings Mountain Middle Kings Mountain | 631 | 99.5% | 54.1% |
| Kings Mountain Intermediate Kings Mountain | 601 | 99.3% | 58.5% |
| Southern Middle Aberdeen | 620 | 98.9% | 56.1% |
| J E Holmes Middle Eden | 612 | 99.5% | 34.8% |
| West Craven Middle New Bern | 614 | 97.6% | 38.9% |
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 Chaloner Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #194 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #148 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #239 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #221 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #351 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #196 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #89 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #115 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
605
-83 (-12%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 690
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 605 | 34 | 17.8:1 | 100% (602) |
| 2023-24 | 602 | 37 | 16.3:1 | 100% (599) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 37 | 16.6:1 | 100% (613) |
| 2020-21 | 688 | 42 | 16.4:1 | 66% (453) |
| 2017-18 | 593 | 40.3 | 14.7:1 | 59% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 660 | 43 | 15.3:1 | 58% (385) |
| 2010-11 | 637 | 43 | 14.8:1 | 51% (325) |
| 2000-01 | 728 | 60 | 12.1:1 | 41% (298) |
| 1990-91 | 690 | 50 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chaloner Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (593 to 605); teachers down 16% (40.3 to 34).
About Chaloner Middle School
Chaloner Middle School sits in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, and is classified as a middle-grades school. The school has 605 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8.
Roanoke Rapids City Schools is responsible for 5 schools, Chaloner Middle School included, with 2,744 students in all.
At Chaloner Middle School, 50% of students are White. Smaller groups are 31% Black, 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Halifax County is roughly 37% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Chaloner Middle School scores 64%.
The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1. The average for middle schools in North Carolina, 15.9:1, is lower. A total of 602 students, or 100%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Halifax County average a similar 99%.
Chaloner Middle School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 63% of North Carolina public middle schools.
In North Carolina, Chaloner Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 53.9% actual against a predicted 48.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Halifax County show that median household income comes to about $45,590, roughly 16% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 18%. The county's public schools total 23, with about 6,803 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Manning Elementary School, is about 1.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Chaloner Middle School is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Chaloner Middle School had a net loss of 83 students, or 12%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.4:1 in 2020-21, and 17.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Halifax County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,675
Census ACS
Median income
$45,590
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
6,803 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Roanoke Rapids City Schools
- Roanoke Rapids High SchoolHigh · 776 students
- Manning Elementary SchoolElementary · 630 students
- Belmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 614 students
- Roanoke Rapids Early College HighHigh · 119 students
Other schools in Roanoke Rapids
- Roanoke Rapids High SchoolHigh · 776 students
- Manning Elementary SchoolElementary · 630 students
- Belmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 614 students
- Everetts Elementary S.T.E.M. AcademyElementary · 254 students
- William R Davie Middle S.T.E.M. AcademyMiddle · 243 students
- Roanoke Rapids Early College HighHigh · 119 students
Nearby schools
- Manning Elementary School1.1 mi · 630
- Roanoke Rapids Early College High1.2 mi · 119
- Roanoke Rapids High School1.3 mi · 776
- Belmont Elementary School1.8 mi · 614
- Halifax County Early College High2.5 mi · 126
- Roanoke Valley Early College2.5 mi · 114
Frequently asked questions
About Chaloner Middle SchoolHow many students attend Chaloner Middle School?
Chaloner Middle School enrolls approximately 605 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Chaloner Middle School serve?
Chaloner Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Chaloner Middle School?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at Chaloner Middle School.
How diverse is Chaloner Middle School?
Chaloner Middle School reports a student body of 50% White, 11% Hispanic, 31% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Chaloner Middle School?
Chaloner Middle School is overseen by Roanoke Rapids City Schools in Halifax County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.