Grantham Middle

Grantham Middle, a close-knit middle school in Goldsboro, North Carolina, overseen by Wayne County Public Schools, caters to 301 students, covering grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 50% below the state mean of about 605.

Wayne County Public Schools comprises 33 schools with combined enrollment of 17,150 students; Grantham Middle is among them.

In terms of who attends, Grantham Middle shows that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Grantham Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Grantham Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 48.9%, a residual of +0.3 points.

In the surrounding community, Wayne County reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,733 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Wayne County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,481 students), of which Grantham Middle is one.

Grantham Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grantham Middle at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Grantham Middle's enrollment has decreased 22% since 2018, when it stood at 385 (now 301). White enrollment moved from 59% to 41% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

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