Dillard Middle

Dillard Middle is an intermediate school of low-enrollment scale in Goldsboro, North Carolina, run under Wayne County Public Schools, caters to 319 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 47% smaller than the state mean of about 605.

Dillard Middle is one of 33 schools operated by Wayne County Public Schools, a district that caters to 17,150 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dillard Middle lists that nearly all students (85%) are Black; the rest consists of 10% Hispanic, 3% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Dillard Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.6%; actual is 24.4%, a gap of -24.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Wayne County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,733 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Dillard Middle is one of 36 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 18,481 students).

Carver Heights Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dillard Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.8%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Dillard Middle's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 316 (now 319). Class-load math has widened: from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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