J W Parker Middle

J W Parker Middle is a small middle school with its address in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Enrollment stands at 244 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That is 60% below the average of about 605 students for middle schools in North Carolina.

J W Parker Middle is in Nash County Public Schools, a district with 14,587 students across 28 schools.

By race and ethnicity, J W Parker Middle is 91% Black. Other groups include 6% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 56% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 18%.

J W Parker Middle reported 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2023-24, a ratio of 15.9:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. Roughly 99% of students at J W Parker Middle can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Edgecombe County average a similar 99%.

In the surrounding county, Edgecombe County, the median household earns about $51,265 a year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 19% of people live in poverty. Edgecombe County has 27 public schools with about 8,573 students, including J W Parker Middle.

J W Parker Middle's nearest public school is J W Parker Middle (less than a tenth of a mile). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.

In the federal locale system, J W Parker Middle is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Enrollment in 2023-24 stood at 244, compared with 277 in 2017-18. The percentage of Black students fell from 96% to 91% between 2017-18 and 2023-24.

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