Four Oaks Middle

Four Oaks Middle operates as an intimate junior high in Four Oaks, North Carolina, run under Johnston County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 477 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 21% leaner than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 605 students.

Johnston County Public Schools comprises 48 schools with combined enrollment of 37,320 students; Four Oaks Middle is among them.

On the student-mix side, Four Oaks Middle shows that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 32% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Four Oaks Middle has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 98% of students at Four Oaks Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Four Oaks Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.9%; this one delivers 59.4%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Johnston County) logs that median household earnings sit near $83,384, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Four Oaks Middle is one of 52 public schools in Johnston County (combined enrollment of about 41,004 students).

Nearest neighbor: Four Oaks Elementary, around 1.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Four Oaks Middle. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Four Oaks Middle ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 53.9%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Four Oaks Middle has ticked down 5%, going from 502 students in 2018 to 477 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 57% to 49% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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