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If you could change one rule at Eastern Wayne Middle, what would it be?
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Enrollment
427
Middle
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370488001951
Eastern Wayne Middle
3518 Central Heights Rd, Goldsboro, NC 27534 · (919) 751-7110 · Wayne County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
- B-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
19.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
416 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 141 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 124 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 162 | 38% |
Student demographics
61%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
48.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
38.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 Eastern Wayne Middle
Eastern Wayne Middle's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Wayne Middle this school | 427 | 97.4% | 48.4% |
| Northern Granville Middle Oxford | 495 | 94.7% | 30.0% |
| Anne Chesnutt Middle Fayetteville | 470 | 99.4% | 46.4% |
| Spring Lake Middle Spring Lake | 500 | 98.8% | 38.4% |
| Greenwood Middle Goldsboro | 402 | 97.5% | 52.1% |
| River Road Middle Elizabeth City | 414 | 99.3% | 42.9% |
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 Eastern Wayne Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #266 of 463 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #335 of 461 | #8 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #234 of 463 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 427 | #363 of 478 | #4 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #422 of 456 | #7 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #248 of 456 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #321 of 472 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #46 of 300 | #1 of 7 |
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
427
-67 (-14%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 427 | 22.5 | 19.0:1 | 97% (416) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 25.5 | 18.2:1 | 98% (457) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 25.5 | 18.2:1 | 98% (458) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 98% (482) |
| 2017-18 | 566 | 38 | 14.9:1 | 97% (549) |
| 2015-16 | 613 | 36 | 17.0:1 | 68% (414) |
| 2010-11 | 650 | 37 | 17.6:1 | 51% (333) |
| 2000-01 | 660 | 40 | 16.5:1 | 33% (219) |
| 1990-91 | 564 | 34 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eastern Wayne Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (566 to 427); teachers down 41% (38 to 22.5).
About Eastern Wayne Middle
Eastern Wayne Middle is a small middle-grades school located in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 427 students in 2024-25. The school is 29% below the average for middle schools in North Carolina.
Across its 33 schools, Wayne County Public Schools enrolls 17,150 students. Eastern Wayne Middle is one of those schools.
The largest group at Eastern Wayne Middle is Black students, at 57%. Smaller groups are 20% Hispanic, 13% White, and 7% multiracial. County-wide, 30% of Wayne County residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 61%.
On staff are 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.0:1. Statewide, middle schools in North Carolina average 15.9:1. Eastern Wayne Middle has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 97%. The figure for public schools in Wayne County is close, at 98%.
Eastern Wayne 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 46% of North Carolina public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 49.1% at Eastern Wayne Middle; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.4%.
The school is in Wayne County, where the median household earns about $59,733 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Across Wayne County, 36 public schools serve about 18,481 students.
Wayne STEM Academy is about 1.6 miles from Eastern Wayne Middle, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Eastern Wayne Middle is 4th among 6 schools close by.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A 14% decline took enrollment from 494 in 2020-21 to 427 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 17.6:1 in 2020-21 to 19.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
118,652
Census ACS
Median income
$59,733
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
18,481 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wayne County Public Schools
- Charles B Aycock HighHigh · 1,138 students
- Southern Wayne HighHigh · 1,007 students
- Norwayne MiddleMiddle · 848 students
- Spring Creek ElementaryElementary · 804 students
- Eastern Wayne HighHigh · 781 students
- Spring Creek HighHigh · 732 students
Other schools in Goldsboro
- Spring Creek ElementaryElementary · 804 students
- Eastern Wayne HighHigh · 781 students
- Wayne Preparatory AcademyCombined · 765 students
- Meadow Lane ElementaryElementary · 674 students
- Rosewood ElementaryElementary · 650 students
- Eastern Wayne ElementaryElementary · 597 students
Nearby schools
- Wayne STEM Academy1.6 mi · 305
- Eastern Wayne High1.6 mi · 781
- Wayne Middle / High Academy1.6 mi · 92
- Edgewood Cmty Developmental1.6 mi · 38
- Eastern Wayne Elementary2.0 mi · 597
- Greenwood Middle2.2 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Eastern Wayne MiddleHow large is Eastern Wayne Middle?
Eastern Wayne Middle enrolls approximately 427 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Eastern Wayne Middle serve?
Eastern Wayne Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Eastern Wayne Middle have?
Eastern Wayne Middle employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Eastern Wayne Middle?
At Eastern Wayne Middle, the student body is approximately 13% White, 20% Hispanic, 57% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Eastern Wayne Middle public or private?
Eastern Wayne Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wayne County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.