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Enrollment
481
Middle
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOORE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370309003211
Crain's Creek Middle
4631 Union Church Rd, Carthage, NC 28327 · (910) 245-3796 · Moore County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL481 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of North Carolina public middle schools
- B-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
15.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
478 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 170 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 142 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 169 | 35% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
53.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
44.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% 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 Crain's Creek Middle
Crain's Creek Middle's state test result (51.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crain's Creek Middle this school | 481 | 99.4% | 51.1% |
| Southern Middle Roxboro | 456 | 99.3% | 56.3% |
| Troutman Middle Troutman | 470 | 99.4% | 31.9% |
| Reynolds Middle Asheville | 490 | 98.2% | 51.5% |
| George M. Horton Middle Pittsboro | 414 | 99.3% | 68.5% |
| Cedar Grove Middle Supply | 507 | 99.4% | 47.1% |
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 Crain's Creek Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #238 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #279 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #176 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 481 | #320 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #184 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.8% | #200 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #144 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.3% | #30 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
481
+45 (+10%) vs 2020
+31% since 2010-11, when it was 368
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 481 | 30.7 | 15.7:1 | 99% (478) |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 30.7 | 16.1:1 | 99% (493) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 32.3 | 18.3:1 | 51% (302) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 29 | 15.0:1 | 44% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 390 | 24.9 | 15.7:1 | 49% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 411 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 53% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 368 | 24 | 15.3:1 | 44% (161) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crain's Creek Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (390 to 481); teachers up 23% (24.9 to 30.7).
About Crain's Creek Middle
Crain's Creek Middle is a small middle-grades school in Carthage, North Carolina, administered by Moore County Schools. The school has 481 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in North Carolina enroll about 605 students on average.
Crain's Creek Middle is one school in a 23-school district, Moore County Schools, which enrolls 13,085 students.
More than half of the students at Crain's Creek Middle are White (53%). Next come 22% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. That compares with about 77% White among all Moore County residents. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Crain's Creek Middle are from different groups.
There are about 15.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Crain's Creek Middle, which has 30.7. The average ratio among middle schools in North Carolina is similar, at 15.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Crain's Creek Middle is about 99%. Public schools in Moore County average 64%.
Crain's Creek Middle earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 52% of North Carolina public middle schools.
Crain's Creek Middle's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (51.1%) and its predicted rate (48.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
The county, Moore County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $86,080, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 27, with about 14,708 students.
Of the public schools around it, Crain's Creek Middle is closest to Vass-Lakeview Elementary, about 1.6 miles away. Crain's Creek Middle has 4 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Crain's Creek Middle at 8th of 8.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment rose by 10% across 4 years, from 436 in 2020-21 to 481 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Crain's Creek Middle lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Moore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,876
Census ACS
Median income
$86,080
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
14,708 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moore County Schools
- Pinecrest HighHigh · 2,290 students
- Union Pines HighHigh · 1,462 students
- West Pine MiddleMiddle · 717 students
- McDeeds Creek ElementaryElementary · 707 students
- Aberdeen ElementaryElementary · 675 students
- Southern MiddleMiddle · 620 students
Other schools in Carthage
- Sandhills Farm Life ElementaryElementary · 379 students
- Carthage ElementaryElementary · 350 students
- The Community Learning Center @ PinckneyHigh · 77 students
Nearby schools
- Vass-Lakeview Elementary1.6 mi · 511
- Cameron Elementary3.9 mi · 215
- Union Pines High4.7 mi · 1,462
- STARS Charter4.9 mi · 885
- New Century Middle5.4 mi · 602
- Sandhills Farm Life Elementary6.0 mi · 379
Frequently asked questions
About Crain's Creek MiddleHow large is Crain's Creek Middle?
Crain's Creek Middle enrolls approximately 481 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Crain's Creek Middle serve?
Crain's Creek Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Crain's Creek Middle have?
Crain's Creek Middle employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Crain's Creek Middle?
Student demographics at Crain's Creek Middle are roughly 53% White, 14% Hispanic, 22% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Crain's Creek Middle in?
Crain's Creek Middle is part of Moore County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.