Enrollment
383
Middle
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DARE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370111002107
Manteo Middle School
1000 N Hwy 64, Manteo, NC 27954 · (252) 473-5549 · Dare County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% of North Carolina public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
181 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 128 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 143 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 112 | 29% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 71% · US 70%
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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
54.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
57.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Manteo Middle School
Manteo Middle School's state test result (57.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manteo Middle School this school | 383 | 47.3% | 57.9% |
| Currituck County Middle Barco | 435 | 50.3% | 57.2% |
| Orange Middle Hillsborough | 514 | 43.4% | 62.2% |
| New Bridge Middle Jacksonville | 482 | 39.0% | 67.3% |
| Hendersonville Middle Hendersonville | 540 | 49.6% | 63.4% |
| Tucker Creek Middle Havelock | 478 | 44.6% | 70.8% |
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 Manteo Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #149 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #150 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #161 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #391 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #19 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #293 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.3% | #390 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #95 of 300 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
383
-21 (-5%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 598
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 383 | 31.1 | 12.3:1 | 47% (181) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 31.9 | 12.4:1 | 48% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 30.9 | 11.9:1 | 46% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 33 | 12.2:1 | 31% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 34.7 | 13.3:1 | 37% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 386 | 30 | 12.9:1 | 45% (174) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | 30 | 11.1:1 | 42% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 359 | 31 | 11.6:1 | 30% (108) |
| 1990-91 | 598 | 19 | 31.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manteo Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (460 to 383); teachers down 10% (34.7 to 31.1).
About Manteo Middle School
Located in Manteo, North Carolina, Manteo Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 383 students. Middle schools in North Carolina have about 605 students on average; enrollment here is 37% lower.
Dare County Schools has a total of 11 schools and 4,968 students, Manteo Middle School among them.
The share of White students at Manteo Middle School is 57%, a majority. The school is also 30% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 2% Black. That is lower than the 86% White share among all Dare County residents. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at Manteo Middle School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.3 students per teacher. Across middle schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 15.9:1. Manteo Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 47%. Public schools in Dare County average a similar 46%.
Among North Carolina public middle schools, Manteo Middle School outscored 52%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Manteo Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.9% and a predicted 64.4%.
In Dare County, home to about 37,875 people, the median household earns about $88,994 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Public schools in Dare County number 12, with about 4,968 students.
About 0.5 miles separate Manteo Middle School from the closest public school, Manteo High School. Within five miles are 3 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Manteo Middle School places 5th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The NCES locale for Manteo Middle School is Town: Remote, which covers schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% decline, from 404 to 383.
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Dare County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,875
Census ACS
Median income
$88,994
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
4,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dare County Schools
- First Flight High SchoolHigh · 874 students
- Manteo Elementary SchoolElementary · 636 students
- First Flight Middle SchoolMiddle · 604 students
- Manteo High SchoolHigh · 528 students
- Kitty Hawk Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Nags Head Elementary SchoolElementary · 484 students
Other schools in Manteo
- Manteo Elementary SchoolElementary · 636 students
- Manteo High SchoolHigh · 528 students
- Dare Early CollegeElementary
Nearby schools
- Manteo High School0.5 mi · 528
- Manteo Elementary School0.7 mi · 636
- Nags Head Elementary School4.5 mi · 484
- First Flight Middle School5.9 mi · 604
- First Flight Elementary School6.0 mi · 285
- Dare Learning Academy6.2 mi · 39
Frequently asked questions
About Manteo Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Manteo Middle School?
Manteo Middle School enrolls approximately 383 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Manteo Middle School serve?
Manteo Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Manteo Middle School have?
Manteo Middle School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Manteo Middle School?
Student demographics at Manteo Middle School are roughly 57% White, 30% Hispanic, 2% Black, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Manteo Middle School?
Manteo Middle School is overseen by Dare County Schools in Dare County.
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