New Bridge Middle

Set in Jacksonville, North Carolina, New Bridge Middle is a close-knit 6-8 campus, part of Onslow County Schools. It teaches 482 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 20% below the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 605 students.

Within Onslow County Schools, which oversees 39 schools and 27,397 students, New Bridge Middle is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, New Bridge Middle records that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 20% Hispanic, 13% Black, 9% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, New Bridge Middle has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Onslow County (around 51%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, New Bridge Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.3%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Onslow County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,148 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. New Bridge Middle is one of 42 public schools in Onslow County (combined enrollment of about 27,501 students).

Nearest neighbor: Z.E.C.A. School of Arts and Technology, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), New Bridge Middle ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 51.6%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. New Bridge Middle's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 485 (now 482). Black enrollment moved from 20% to 13% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.