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Enrollment
388
Middle
DISTRICT 709 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARNETT COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370201000880
Dunn Middle
1301 Meadowlark Road, Dunn, NC 28334 · (910) 892-1016 · Harnett County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of North Carolina public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
13.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
384 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 122 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 130 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 136 | 35% |
Student demographics
66%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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
37.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
46.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 Dunn Middle
Dunn Middle's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunn Middle this school | 388 | 99.0% | 43.0% |
| Third Creek Middle Statesville | 402 | 99.3% | 21.7% |
| York Chester Middle Gastonia | 398 | 99.2% | 40.3% |
| Lucas Middle Durham | 400 | 99.3% | 41.4% |
| Mount Olive Middle Mount Olive | 329 | 99.1% | 41.1% |
| Centennial Campus Middle Raleigh | 477 | 99.4% | 35.5% |
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 Dunn Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Harnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #320 of 463 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #262 of 461 | #2 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #362 of 463 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #389 of 478 | #6 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #66 of 456 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #151 of 456 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #238 of 472 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.3% | #71 of 143 | N/A |
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
388
-24 (-6%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 686
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 388 | 28 | 13.8:1 | 99% (384) |
| 2023-24 | 399 | 27.5 | 14.5:1 | 99% (395) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 31.3 | 13.2:1 | 99% (409) |
| 2020-21 | 412 | 30 | 13.7:1 | 99% (409) |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 26.8 | 13.3:1 | 99% (352) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 76% (306) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | 33 | 13.3:1 | 72% (314) |
| 2000-01 | 539 | 44 | 12.3:1 | 57% (308) |
| 1990-91 | 686 | 40 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dunn Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (355 to 388); teachers up 5% (26.8 to 28).
About Dunn Middle
Dunn Middle is a small middle school in Dunn, North Carolina, one of the schools in Harnett County Schools. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 388 students enrolled. For comparison, middle schools in North Carolina average about 605 students.
Harnett County Schools has 20,095 students in 29 schools, and Dunn Middle is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Dunn Middle is Black (44%). Smaller groups are 33% Hispanic, 18% White, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Harnett County is roughly 20% Black. Dunn Middle has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dunn Middle operates with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.8:1. That ratio is under the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. Dunn Middle reports 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 25 points above the 74% average for public schools in Harnett County.
allk12 grades Dunn Middle a C. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Dunn Middle is 5.6 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 43.0% actual, 48.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Harnett County show that median household income is about $71,287, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 31 public schools in Harnett County, with a combined enrollment of about 20,611.
Dunn Elementary is located about 1.3 miles from Dunn Middle. Other public schools within five miles: 5. Dunn Middle comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Dunn Middle falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Dunn Middle saw enrollment fall 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Harnett County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
139,150
Census ACS
Median income
$71,287
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
20,611 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harnett County Schools
- Overhills HighHigh · 1,981 students
- Harnett Central HighHigh · 1,522 students
- Western Harnett HighHigh · 1,324 students
- Triton HighHigh · 1,274 students
- Benhaven ElementaryElementary · 1,065 students
- Harnett Central MiddleMiddle · 1,059 students
Other schools in Dunn
- Dunn ElementaryElementary · 813 students
- Coats-Erwin MiddleMiddle · 589 students
- Midway MiddleMiddle · 584 students
- Midway ElementaryElementary · 539 students
- Plain View ElementaryElementary · 362 students
- Harnett County Early CollegeHigh · 185 students
Nearby schools
- Dunn Elementary1.3 mi · 813
- Harnett County Early College1.3 mi · 185
- Triton High3.0 mi · 1,274
- Erwin Elementary3.4 mi · 637
- Coats-Erwin Middle3.8 mi · 589
- Benson Elementary5.5 mi · 719
Frequently asked questions
About Dunn MiddleHow many students attend Dunn Middle?
Dunn Middle enrolls approximately 388 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Dunn Middle serve?
Dunn Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Dunn Middle?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Dunn Middle.
How diverse is Dunn Middle?
Dunn Middle reports a student body of 18% White, 33% Hispanic, 44% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Dunn Middle in?
Dunn Middle is part of Harnett County Schools.
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