Lumberton Junior

Located at 82 Marion Rd, in Lumberton, North Carolina, Lumberton Junior is an average-sized junior high that teaches 655 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Public Schools of Robeson County.

Public Schools of Robeson County comprises 36 schools with combined enrollment of 20,856 students; Lumberton Junior is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lumberton Junior logs that the most-represented group is Black (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 24% Hispanic, 9% White, 9% Native American, 7% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lumberton Junior performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.4%, the actual is 31.8%, a residual of -16.6 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Robeson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $41,978 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. In all, Robeson County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,625 students), of which Lumberton Junior is one.

W H Knuckles is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Lumberton Junior. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lumberton Junior ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 46.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Lumberton Junior's enrollment has rose 62% since 2018, when it stood at 405 (now 655). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 14% to 24% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Lumberton Junior typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.