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Littlefield Middle

9674 NC Hwy 41 N, Lumberton, NC 28358 · (910) 671-6065 · Robeson County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL632 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of North Carolina public middle schools
  • C+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

Enrollment
632
Middle
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 605
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
629 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 411118%
Grade 513421%
Grade 612720%
Grade 711919%
Grade 814122%
Student demographics
79%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
12820%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 42% · US 43%
Hispanic
12019%
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 22% · US 30%
Black
15224%
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 25% · US 15%
Asian
20%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
7412%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
15625%
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
32551%
Female
30749%

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Test scores

NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)
English Language Arts
45.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
43.7%
NC avg 52.2%

What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Littlefield Middle

Littlefield Middle's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Littlefield Middle this school63299.5%46.6%
Sandy Grove Middle
Lumber Bridge
60499.5%38.9%
West Hoke Middle
Raeford
65699.5%38.8%
Woodlawn Middle
Mebane
63399.5%40.9%
Rogers-Herr Middle
Durham
66099.5%70.9%
Cedar Creek Middle
Youngsville
52998.9%56.3%
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 Littlefield Middle ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn North CarolinaIn Robeson County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
46.6%#282 of 463#1 of 8
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
43.7%#290 of 461#1 of 8
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
45.3%#274 of 463#1 of 8
Enrollment
ranked largest first
632#200 of 478#4 of 9
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
19.6:1#432 of 456#8 of 8
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
79.0%#1 of 456#1 of 8
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
99.5%#76 of 472#4 of 9
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-18.2%#83 of 300N/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 2024-25
Enrollment
632
-88 (-12%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 677
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 18.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2563232.219.6:1100% (629)
2023-2464336.817.5:1100% (640)
2022-236583419.4:1100% (655)
2020-217203818.9:1100% (717)
2017-1877341.718.5:1100% (770)
2015-167434317.3:1100% (740)
2010-118474319.7:173% (621)
2000-017623919.5:167% (511)
1990-916774216.1:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Littlefield Middle.

Since 2017-18: students down 18% (773 to 632); teachers down 23% (41.7 to 32.2).

About Littlefield Middle

The public middle school Littlefield Middle is located in Lumberton, North Carolina. The school offers grades 4 through 8 and enrolls 632 students.

Public Schools of Robeson County counts 20,856 students in its 36 schools, and Littlefield Middle is one of them.

The student body at Littlefield Middle has no majority group. Native American students lead at 25%. The next largest groups are 24% Black, 20% White, 19% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. A diversity index of 79% means there is a 79% chance two randomly chosen students at Littlefield Middle are from different groups.

The student-to-teacher ratio at Littlefield Middle is 19.6:1, based on 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Robeson County is similar, at 98%.

On the allk12 Grade, Littlefield Middle lands at C+, ahead of 42% of North Carolina public middle schools.

A school with Littlefield Middle's lunch-eligibility share in North Carolina is predicted to score 48.5%. Littlefield Middle scores 46.6%, 1.8 points below that line.

The school is in Robeson County, where the median household earns about $41,978 a year, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 21% of residents are in poverty. Across Robeson County, 40 public schools serve about 21,625 students.

East Robeson Primary, about 1.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Littlefield Middle is 4th on average proficiency.

The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 720 to 632, a 12% decline.

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Robeson County at a glance

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Population
116,902
Census ACS
Median income
$41,978
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
21,625 students

Quick facts

School name
Littlefield Middle
District
Public Schools of Robeson County
Address
9674 NC Hwy 41 N, Lumberton, NC 28358
Phone
(910) 671-6065
County
Robeson County
Level
Middle
Grade range
04–08
Total enrollment
632
Teachers (FTE)
32
Student–teacher ratio
19.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
629 (100%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
370393001572
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Public Schools of Robeson County
Other schools in Lumberton
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Frequently asked questions

About Littlefield Middle
What is the total enrollment at Littlefield Middle?
Littlefield Middle enrolls approximately 632 students in grades 04-08.
Is Littlefield Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Littlefield Middle is a middle school covering grades 04-08.
How many teachers does Littlefield Middle have?
Littlefield Middle employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Littlefield Middle?
Student demographics at Littlefield Middle are roughly 20% White, 19% Hispanic, 24% Black, 0% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Littlefield Middle?
Littlefield Middle is overseen by Public Schools of Robeson County in Robeson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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