Leland Middle

Leland Middle, a mid-tier intermediate school in Leland, North Carolina, operated by Brunswick County Schools, instructs 806 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 33% larger than typical.

Brunswick County Schools runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 13,561 students. Leland Middle is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Leland Middle logs that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 24% Black, 21% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Brunswick County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Leland Middle has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Leland Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.4%, the actual is 46.7%, a residual of -1.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, Brunswick County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,024 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Brunswick County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,069 students), Leland Middle is one campus in the mix.

North Brunswick High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Leland Middle. On composite proficiency, Leland Middle comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 48.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Leland Middle's enrollment has declined 4% since 2018, when it stood at 837 (now 806). The White share of enrollment contracted from 57% to 45% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

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