McDougle Middle

McDougle Middle is a medium-sized middle school in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, one of the schools within Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. The school caters to 659 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, which oversees 20 schools and 11,392 students, McDougle Middle is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, McDougle Middle lists that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 25% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, McDougle Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Orange County) reports that median household earnings sit near $90,089, 62% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Orange County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,582 students), McDougle Middle is one campus in the mix.

McDougle Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McDougle Middle. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), McDougle Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 69.0%.

McDougle Middle operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McDougle Middle has showed little movement, going from 658 students in 2018 to 659 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment contracted from 7% to 3% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for McDougle Middle typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.