Midway High

Set in Newton Grove, North Carolina, Midway High is a mid-tier high school, operated by Sampson County Schools. It teaches 726 students across grades 9 through 12.

Within Sampson County Schools, which oversees 18 schools and 7,986 students, Midway High is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Midway High reports that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 36% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Sampson County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Midway High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 55.3%.

Around the school, Sampson County reports that median household income runs about $52,432, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sampson County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,001 students), of which Midway High is one.

The closest other public school is Midway Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Midway High comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 57.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 803 students in 2018 compared to 726 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 21% to 36% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 in 2025.

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