Elise Middle

Elise Middle is an one-room-style intermediate school in Robbins, North Carolina, run under Moore County Schools. The school hosts 192 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 605 students each, so Elise Middle sits 68% leaner than that benchmark.

Moore County Schools runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 13,085 students. Elise Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Elise Middle shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder comes out to 21% White, 14% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Moore County (around 64%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Elise Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Moore County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $86,080 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Moore County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,708 students), of which Elise Middle is one.

Robbins Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Elise Middle at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.2%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elise Middle has declined 11%, going from 216 students in 2018 to 192 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 35% to 21% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.