Mount Olive Middle

Mount Olive Middle is a low-enrollment intermediate school in Mount Olive, North Carolina, part of Wayne County Public Schools. The school serves 329 students in grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 46% below typical.

Mount Olive Middle is one of 33 schools operated by Wayne County Public Schools, a district that educates 17,150 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mount Olive Middle records that the largest single group is Black at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 36% Hispanic, 14% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 30% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Mount Olive Middle shows 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mount Olive Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for Wayne County shows median household earnings sit near $59,733, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Wayne County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,481 students), of which Mount Olive Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Carver Elementary, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mount Olive Middle at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mount Olive Middle's enrollment has shrank 20% since 2018, when it stood at 413 (now 329). The Black share of enrollment increased from 35% to 45% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

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