Elizabeth City Middle

Elizabeth City Middle is a 6-8 campus of cozy scale in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, part of Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools, instructing 484 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools, which oversees 13 schools and 5,014 students, Elizabeth City Middle is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Elizabeth City Middle reports that 44% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 33% White, 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

In terms of school funding signals, Elizabeth City Middle records 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Pasquotank County (around 91%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Elizabeth City Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Pasquotank County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,589, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Elizabeth City Middle is one of 14 public schools in Pasquotank County (combined enrollment of about 5,774 students).

Pasquotank County High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Elizabeth City Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 59.1%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elizabeth City Middle has contracted 16%, going from 576 students in 2018 to 484 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 44% to 33% over that span.

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