Littlefield Middle

Set in Lumberton, North Carolina, Littlefield Middle is a medium-sized middle-grades school, part of Public Schools of Robeson County. It serves 632 students across grades 4 through 8.

Across the 36 schools in Public Schools of Robeson County (20,856 students total), Littlefield Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Littlefield Middle logs that 25% of students identify as Native American, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% Black, 20% White, 19% Hispanic, 12% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Littlefield Middle has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Littlefield Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Littlefield Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 46.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Robeson County) logs that median household earnings sit near $41,978, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 21%. Across Robeson County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,625 students), Littlefield Middle is one campus in the mix.

East Robeson Primary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Littlefield Middle comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 52.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Littlefield Middle has ticked down 18%, going from 773 students in 2018 to 632 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 34% to 20%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

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