Midway Middle

Located at 1115 Roberts Grove Road, in Dunn, North Carolina, Midway Middle is a reasonably sized intermediate school that enrolls 584 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Sampson County Schools.

Sampson County Schools runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 7,986 students. Midway Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Midway Middle lists that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 38% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Midway Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.5%.

In the broader community, Sampson County reports that median household income runs about $52,432, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sampson County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,001 students), Midway Middle is one campus in the mix.

Midway Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Midway Middle at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 55.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 641 students in 2018 compared to 584 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 29% to 38% across the same window.

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