Chocowinity Middle

Located at 3831 US HWY 17 S, in Chocowinity, North Carolina, Chocowinity Middle is a low-enrollment 6-8 campus that caters to 366 students (grades 5 through 8), overseen by Beaufort County Schools. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 605 students each, so Chocowinity Middle sits 40% below that benchmark.

Within Beaufort County Schools, which oversees 13 schools and 5,601 students, Chocowinity Middle is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Chocowinity Middle logs that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 25% Black, 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Beaufort County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Chocowinity 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 59.2%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Beaufort County indicate the typical household earns roughly $58,357 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Beaufort County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,030 students), Chocowinity Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Chocowinity Primary, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Chocowinity Middle at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 52.7%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chocowinity Middle has fell 11%, going from 410 students in 2018 to 366 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 30% to 25% across the same window.

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