Enrollment
147
Middle
DISTRICT 235 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLADEN COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370039000113
Clarkton School of Discovery
10000 North College Street, Clarkton, NC 28433 · (910) 647-6531 · Bladen County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL147 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% 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.
- BBeats 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
12.2:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
144 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 5 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 33 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 28% |
Student demographics
64%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
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NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
46.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
48.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% 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 Clarkton School of Discovery
Clarkton School of Discovery's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkton School of Discovery this school | 147 | 98.0% | 49.0% |
| South Creek Middle Robersonville | 146 | 96.6% | 31.2% |
| Franklinton Middle Franklinton | 232 | 98.7% | 46.8% |
| West Edgecombe Middle Rocky Mount | 249 | 96.8% | 33.3% |
| Reid Ross Classical Middle Fayetteville | 238 | 97.5% | 59.8% |
| Fairmont Middle Fairmont | 253 | 98.8% | 21.1% |
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 Clarkton School of Discovery ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #259 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #245 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #261 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 147 | #467 of 478 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.0% | #308 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.7% | #23 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
147
-66 (-31%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 389
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 147 | 12 | 12.2:1 | 98% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 185 | 11.8 | 15.7:1 | 98% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 212 | 15.9 | 13.3:1 | 99% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 213 | 16 | 13.3:1 | 99% (210) |
| 2017-18 | 209 | 14.6 | 14.3:1 | 99% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 230 | 14 | 16.4:1 | 99% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 353 | 19 | 18.6:1 | 52% (185) |
| 2000-01 | 358 | 25 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 389 | 36 | 10.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clarkton School of Discovery.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (209 to 147); teachers down 18% (14.6 to 12).
About Clarkton School of Discovery
Clarkton School of Discovery is a middle-grades school in Clarkton, North Carolina, and it is part of Bladen County Schools. It teaches 147 students in grades 5 through 8. Middle schools in North Carolina have about 605 students on average; enrollment here is 76% lower.
The district for Clarkton School of Discovery is Bladen County Schools, with 12 schools and 3,928 students.
No group is above 50% at Clarkton School of Discovery; the largest is Black, at 50%. After that, the student body is 31% White, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Native American. Among all residents of Bladen County, the Black share is about 32%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.
Clarkton School of Discovery lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.2 students per teacher. The gap from the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina is 3.6 students per teacher. About 98% of students at Clarkton School of Discovery are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Bladen County is close, at 98%.
Among North Carolina public middle schools, Clarkton School of Discovery outscored 47%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Clarkton School of Discovery's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 49.0% is within a point of the 48.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Bladen County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $42,422 a year, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Bladen County number 15, with about 4,756 students.
The closest school to Clarkton School of Discovery is Bladenboro Primary, located about 8.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Clarkton School of Discovery ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 147, from 213 in 2020-21. The ratio was 13.3:1 in 2020-21 and 12.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Bladen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,566
Census ACS
Median income
$42,422
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
4,756 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bladen County Schools
- West Bladen HighHigh · 720 students
- East Bladen HighHigh · 525 students
- Elizabethtown PrimaryElementary · 483 students
- Tar Heel SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Bladenboro PrimaryElementary · 448 students
- Elizabethtown MiddleMiddle · 305 students
Nearby schools
- Bladenboro Primary8.4 mi · 448
- Elizabethtown Middle8.5 mi · 305
- Emereau: Bladen8.6 mi · 629
- Bladenboro Middle8.6 mi · 254
- Paul R. Brown Leadership Academy9.0 mi · 199
- East Bladen High9.1 mi · 525
Frequently asked questions
About Clarkton School of DiscoveryWhat is the total enrollment at Clarkton School of Discovery?
Clarkton School of Discovery enrolls approximately 147 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Clarkton School of Discovery serve?
Clarkton School of Discovery serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Clarkton School of Discovery have?
Clarkton School of Discovery employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Clarkton School of Discovery?
At Clarkton School of Discovery, the student body is approximately 31% White, 10% Hispanic, 50% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is Clarkton School of Discovery public or private?
Clarkton School of Discovery is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bladen County Schools.
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