Fairmont Middle

Fairmont Middle is one of the small middle-grades schools in Fairmont, North Carolina, one of the schools within Public Schools of Robeson County, with 253 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. That puts it 58% below the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 605 students.

Across the 36 schools in Public Schools of Robeson County (20,856 students total), Fairmont Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Fairmont Middle logs that 49% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 22% Native American, 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 6% White. By comparison, Robeson County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Fairmont Middle lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Fairmont Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Fairmont Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.7%; actual is 21.1%, a gap of -27.6 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Robeson County put the typical household earns roughly $41,978 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Robeson County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,625 students), Fairmont Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Rosenwald Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Fairmont Middle comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Fairmont Middle's enrollment has edged down 30% since 2018, when it stood at 363 (now 253). White enrollment moved from 10% to 6% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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