Myrtle Grove Middle

Myrtle Grove Middle is one of the middle-of-the-pack intermediate schools in Wilmington, North Carolina, part of New Hanover County Schools, with 600 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Myrtle Grove Middle is one of 42 schools operated by New Hanover County Schools, a district that serves 24,791 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Myrtle Grove Middle lists that 56% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 19% Hispanic, 17% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at Myrtle Grove Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, New Hanover County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Myrtle Grove Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 62.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for New Hanover County indicate median household earnings sit near $75,166, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across New Hanover County's 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,460 students), Myrtle Grove Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mary C Williams Elementary, around 1.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Myrtle Grove Middle at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 68.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 18%: 736 students in 2018 compared to 600 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 63% to 56% over that span.

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