Enrollment
233
Middle
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370387001559
Cordova Middle
194 Church St, Cordova, NC 28330 · (910) 997-9839 · Richmond County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL233 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% 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.
- CBeats 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
14.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
230 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 6 | 75 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 84 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 32% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
37.2%
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 37 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 Cordova Middle
Cordova Middle's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cordova Middle this school | 233 | 98.7% | 38.9% |
| Burgaw Middle Burgaw | 236 | 97.9% | 37.5% |
| South Edgecombe Middle Pinetops | 271 | 98.9% | 46.8% |
| Franklinton Middle Franklinton | 232 | 98.7% | 46.8% |
| West Pender Middle Burgaw | 209 | 97.6% | 35.9% |
| Bladenboro Middle Bladenboro | 254 | 98.8% | 36.1% |
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 Cordova Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #354 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #402 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #366 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 233 | #447 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #88 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #31 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #271 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #114 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
233
-80 (-26%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 344
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 233 | 16.2 | 14.4:1 | 99% (230) |
| 2023-24 | 254 | 20 | 12.7:1 | 99% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 270 | 17.2 | 15.7:1 | 99% (267) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 18 | 17.4:1 | 99% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 274 | 18.4 | 14.9:1 | 99% (271) |
| 2015-16 | 274 | 20 | 13.7:1 | 96% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 306 | 19 | 16.1:1 | 79% (242) |
| 2000-01 | 280 | 26 | 10.8:1 | 62% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 344 | 31 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cordova Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (274 to 233); teachers down 12% (18.4 to 16.2).
About Cordova Middle
Cordova Middle runs as a very small middle school in Cordova, North Carolina. It has an enrollment of 233 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in North Carolina average about 605 students, which makes this school 61% below average.
Richmond County Schools counts 6,504 students in its 15 schools, and Cordova Middle is one of them.
White students account for 36% of enrollment at Cordova Middle, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 32% Black, 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Native American. County-wide, 56% of Richmond County residents are White. The diversity index for Cordova Middle is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Cordova Middle, there are about 14.4 students; the school has 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in North Carolina is 15.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 230 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 99% of enrollment. Public schools in Richmond County average a similar 99%.
On the allk12 Grade, Cordova Middle lands at C, ahead of 25% of North Carolina public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Cordova Middle falls in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools: 38.9% actual against 48.7% predicted.
Census data for Richmond County show median household income comes to about $44,883, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 20%. The county has 15 public schools and about 6,504 students.
Ashley Chapel Educational Center sits about 2.3 miles from Cordova Middle. Cordova Middle has 5 other public schools within five miles. The school's 38.9% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Town: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, Cordova Middle enrolled 313 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 233. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.4:1.
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Richmond County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,344
Census ACS
Median income
$44,883
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
6,504 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Richmond County Schools
- Richmond Senior HighHigh · 1,365 students
- Rockingham MiddleMiddle · 606 students
- Fairview Heights ElementaryElementary · 480 students
- L J Bell ElementaryElementary · 449 students
- Mineral Springs ElementaryElementary · 441 students
- East Rockingham ElementaryElementary · 430 students
Other Cordova Middle schools
One other US public school is named Cordova Middle. Cordova Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Cordova MiddleCordova, TN · 680 students
Nearby schools
- Ashley Chapel Educational Center2.3 mi · 59
- West Rockingham Elementary2.8 mi · 314
- L J Bell Elementary3.9 mi · 449
- Rockingham Middle3.9 mi · 606
- East Rockingham Elementary4.1 mi · 430
- Washington Street Elementary5.2 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About Cordova MiddleHow many students attend Cordova Middle?
Cordova Middle enrolls approximately 233 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Cordova Middle serve?
Cordova Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Cordova Middle?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Cordova Middle.
What is the student diversity at Cordova Middle?
Student demographics at Cordova Middle are roughly 36% White, 21% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Cordova Middle in?
Cordova Middle is part of Richmond County Schools.
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