Enrollment
253
Middle
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ROBESON COUNTY·NCES 370393002233
Fairmont Middle
402 Iona St, Fairmont, NC 28340 · (910) 628-4363 · Robeson County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL253 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of North Carolina public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
11.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
250 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 5 | 61 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 54 | 21% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
21.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
13.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-27.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Fairmont Middle
Fairmont Middle's state test result (21.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmont Middle this school | 253 | 98.8% | 21.1% |
| Reid Ross Classical Middle Fayetteville | 238 | 97.5% | 59.8% |
| South Robeson Middle School Rowland | 344 | 99.1% | 29.6% |
| West Edgecombe Middle Rocky Mount | 249 | 96.8% | 33.3% |
| Riverside Middle Williamston | 335 | 99.1% | 38.3% |
| William R Davie Middle S.T.E.M. Academy Roanoke Rapids | 243 | 98.8% | 23.9% |
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 Fairmont Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Robeson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #461 of 463 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #461 of 461 | #8 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #459 of 463 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 253 | #438 of 478 | #8 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #14 of 456 | #1 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #94 of 456 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #262 of 472 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.3% | #20 of 300 | 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
253
-84 (-25%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 669
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 253 | 21.2 | 11.9:1 | 99% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 22.3 | 12.0:1 | 99% (265) |
| 2022-23 | 318 | 22.1 | 14.4:1 | 99% (315) |
| 2020-21 | 337 | 22 | 15.3:1 | 99% (334) |
| 2017-18 | 363 | 27.1 | 13.4:1 | 99% (360) |
| 2015-16 | 360 | 27 | 13.3:1 | 99% (357) |
| 2010-11 | 453 | 30 | 15.1:1 | 91% (412) |
| 2000-01 | 539 | 41 | 13.2:1 | 88% (474) |
| 1990-91 | 669 | 46 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairmont Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (363 to 253); teachers down 22% (27.1 to 21.2).
About Fairmont Middle
Fairmont Middle is one of the public schools in Fairmont, North Carolina. It is a low-enrollment middle school. It is open to students in grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 253 students. It has 58% fewer students than the average for middle schools in North Carolina (about 605).
Besides Fairmont Middle, Public Schools of Robeson County runs 35 other schools. The district enrolls 20,856 students.
Black students account for 49% of enrollment at Fairmont Middle, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 22% Native American, 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 6% White. County-wide, 23% of Robeson County residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
The school had 21.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.9:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in North Carolina is 15.9:1. The school reported 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Robeson County is close, at 98%.
Fairmont Middle earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 0% of North Carolina public middle schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Fairmont Middle is 48.7%. It actually posts 21.1%, which is 27.6 points lower and in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
Census data for Robeson County show median household income comes to about $41,978, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15%, and roughly 21% of residents are in poverty. The county has 40 public schools and about 21,625 students.
Rosenwald Elementary, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Fairmont Middle, there are 3 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Fairmont Middle places 9th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
A 25% decline took enrollment from 337 in 2020-21 to 253 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.3:1 in 2020-21 to 11.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Robeson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
116,902
Census ACS
Median income
$41,978
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
21,625 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Public Schools of Robeson County
- Lumberton Senior HighHigh · 1,894 students
- Purnell Swett HighHigh · 1,583 students
- Saint Pauls HighHigh · 1,142 students
- Red Springs HighHigh · 867 students
- Fairmont HighHigh · 780 students
- Magnolia ElementaryElementary · 779 students
Other schools in Fairmont
- Fairmont HighHigh · 780 students
- Rosenwald ElementaryElementary · 343 students
- Fairgrove Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
Nearby schools
- Rosenwald Elementary0.3 mi · 343
- Fairmont High1.9 mi · 780
- Fairgrove Elementary School3.2 mi · 291
- Orrum Middle6.6 mi · 294
- South Robeson Middle School8.4 mi · 344
- Lumberton Junior8.9 mi · 655
Frequently asked questions
About Fairmont MiddleHow large is Fairmont Middle?
Fairmont Middle enrolls approximately 253 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Fairmont Middle serve?
Fairmont Middle serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Fairmont Middle have?
Fairmont Middle employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Fairmont Middle?
Student demographics at Fairmont Middle are roughly 6% White, 10% Hispanic, 49% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Fairmont Middle public or private?
Fairmont Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Public Schools of Robeson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.