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What's something Hawfields Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
864
Middle
DISTRICT 709 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS·NCES 370003002566
Hawfields Middle
1951 S NC 119, Mebane, NC 27302 · (919) 563-5303 · Alamance County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL864 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of North Carolina public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
18.9:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
484 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 6 | 279 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 273 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 312 | 36% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
54.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
69.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Hawfields Middle
Hawfields Middle's state test result (65.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawfields Middle this school | 864 | 56.0% | 65.0% |
| C C Griffin Middle Concord | 792 | 54.8% | 52.7% |
| Sun Valley Middle Indian Trail | 909 | 54.3% | 70.2% |
| Western Alamance Middle Elon | 837 | 55.0% | 44.4% |
| Roberta Road Middle Concord | 906 | 53.8% | 54.6% |
| Dillard Drive Middle Raleigh | 977 | 50.5% | 51.0% |
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 Hawfields Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Alamance County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #85 of 463 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #59 of 461 | #1 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #150 of 463 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 864 | #76 of 478 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #419 of 456 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #32 of 456 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.0% | #365 of 472 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.8% | #21 of 143 | 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
864
+161 (+23%) vs 2020
+21% since 2010-11, when it was 716
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 864 | 45.8 | 18.9:1 | 56% (484) |
| 2023-24 | 822 | 44.1 | 18.6:1 | 58% (473) |
| 2022-23 | 706 | 40.4 | 17.5:1 | 56% (392) |
| 2020-21 | 703 | 45 | 15.6:1 | 30% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 39.6 | 17.1:1 | 55% (373) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 40 | 16.2:1 | 50% (324) |
| 2010-11 | 716 | 45 | 15.9:1 | 45% (323) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hawfields Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (676 to 864); teachers up 16% (39.6 to 45.8).
About Hawfields Middle
In Mebane, North Carolina, part of Alamance County, Hawfields Middle is a middle-grades school. A federal count lists 864 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in North Carolina is about 605, so this school runs 43% larger than that.
A total of 37 schools make up Alamance-Burlington Schools, with 22,661 students enrolled.
Hawfields Middle has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 39%. Other reported shares: 26% Hispanic, 23% Black, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 60% White among all Alamance County residents. The school's diversity index is 72%, meaning two students picked at random have a 72% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.9:1, with 45.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 3.0 students per teacher above the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 56% of enrollment. That is lower than the 80% average for public schools in Alamance County.
allk12 grades Hawfields Middle an A-. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Hawfields Middle would score about 61.7%. It scores 65.0%, 3.3 points above that figure.
Within Alamance County, the median household income is $65,651, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Hawfields Middle, Alamance County has 41 other public schools.
Nearby, Audrey W. Garrett Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Hawfields Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Hawfields Middle places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put Hawfields Middle in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (Suburb: Mid-size).
Over 4 years, Hawfields Middle's enrollment grew 23%, to 864. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 15.6:1 to 18.9:1.
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Alamance County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
176,893
Census ACS
Median income
$65,651
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
25,737 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alamance-Burlington Schools
- Walter M Williams HighHigh · 1,206 students
- Southern Alamance HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Western Alamance HighHigh · 1,138 students
- Southeast Alamance HighHigh · 1,079 students
- Eastern Alamance HighHigh · 952 students
- Western Alamance MiddleMiddle · 837 students
Other schools in Mebane
- Eastern Alamance HighHigh · 952 students
- Audrey W. Garrett ElementaryElementary · 785 students
- Woodlawn MiddleMiddle · 633 students
- South Mebane ElementaryElementary · 506 students
- E M Yoder ElementaryElementary · 336 students
- South ElementaryElementary · 235 students
Nearby schools
- Audrey W. Garrett Elementary0.0 mi · 785
- South Mebane Elementary2.3 mi · 506
- Southeast Alamance High2.6 mi · 1,079
- E M Yoder Elementary3.0 mi · 336
- Alamance Community School3.1 mi · 736
- ABSS Early College at ACC3.4 mi · 247
Frequently asked questions
About Hawfields MiddleHow large is Hawfields Middle?
Hawfields Middle enrolls approximately 864 students in grades 06-08.
Is Hawfields Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hawfields Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Hawfields Middle have?
Hawfields Middle employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Hawfields Middle?
Student demographics at Hawfields Middle are roughly 39% White, 26% Hispanic, 23% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Hawfields Middle?
Hawfields Middle is overseen by Alamance-Burlington Schools in Alamance County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.