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Enrollment
476
Middle
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RANDOLPH COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM·NCES 370378002475
Northeastern Randolph Middle School
3493 Ramseur Julian Road, Liberty, NC 27298 · (336) 622-5808 · Randolph County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL476 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of North Carolina public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
473 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 150 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 166 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 160 | 34% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
48.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
53.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Northeastern Randolph Middle School
Northeastern Randolph Middle School's state test result (51.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeastern Randolph Middle School this school | 476 | 99.4% | 51.6% |
| Owen Middle Swannanoa | 457 | 96.7% | 42.4% |
| Macon Middle School Franklin | 576 | 99.5% | 51.5% |
| Oakwood Middle IB School Statesville | 516 | 98.8% | 76.5% |
| Enka Middle Candler | 588 | 99.5% | 42.7% |
| North Windy Ridge Intermediate Weaverville | 487 | 98.2% | 64.3% |
Matched among North Carolina middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Northeastern Randolph Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Randolph County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #226 of 463 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #188 of 461 | #2 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #237 of 463 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 476 | #325 of 478 | #6 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #401 of 456 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #368 of 456 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #146 of 472 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #82 of 300 | #3 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
476
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 533
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 18.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 476 | 25.7 | 18.5:1 | 99% (473) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 27.2 | 17.8:1 | 59% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 27 | 17.8:1 | 61% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 26 | 18.7:1 | 45% (219) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 31.7 | 18.4:1 | 48% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 616 | 33 | 18.7:1 | 54% (331) |
| 2010-11 | 672 | 38 | 17.7:1 | 45% (305) |
| 2000-01 | 533 | 40 | 13.3:1 | 29% (157) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northeastern Randolph Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (582 to 476); teachers down 19% (31.7 to 25.7).
About Northeastern Randolph Middle School
As a small middle-grades school, Northeastern Randolph Middle School serves students in Liberty, North Carolina. It reports enrollment of 476 students in grades 6 through 8. The school is 21% below the average for middle schools in North Carolina.
Northeastern Randolph Middle School reports to Randolph County School System, which has 32 schools and 14,994 students.
Federal enrollment data show Northeastern Randolph Middle School is 68% White. The remaining shares are 24% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Randolph County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 48, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 18.5 students per teacher. The gap from the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina is 2.7 students per teacher. Roughly 99% of students at Northeastern Randolph Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Randolph County is 84%.
On the allk12 Grade, Northeastern Randolph Middle School lands at B, ahead of 55% of North Carolina public middle schools.
Northeastern Randolph Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.6% and a predicted 48.5%.
For Randolph County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $61,022, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 42 public schools and about 21,656 students.
Grays Chapel Elementary School is about 2.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 4. Northeastern Randolph Middle School is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 486 to 476.
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Randolph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
146,348
Census ACS
Median income
$61,022
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
21,656 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Randolph County School System
- Randleman High SchoolHigh · 870 students
- Southwestern Randolph High SchoolHigh · 801 students
- Randleman Middle SchoolMiddle · 765 students
- Hopewell Elementary SchoolElementary · 679 students
- Trinity High SchoolHigh · 675 students
- Wheatmore High SchoolHigh · 667 students
Other schools in Liberty
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 411 students
- Nathanael Greene ElementaryElementary · 263 students
Nearby schools
- Grays Chapel Elementary School2.9 mi · 446
- Providence Grove High School4.2 mi · 587
- Liberty Elementary School4.8 mi · 411
- Eastern Randolph High School4.9 mi · 586
- Ramseur Elementary School5.8 mi · 346
- Franklinville Elementary School5.9 mi · 272
Frequently asked questions
About Northeastern Randolph Middle SchoolHow large is Northeastern Randolph Middle School?
Northeastern Randolph Middle School enrolls approximately 476 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Northeastern Randolph Middle School serve?
Northeastern Randolph Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Northeastern Randolph Middle School have?
Northeastern Randolph Middle School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
How diverse is Northeastern Randolph Middle School?
Northeastern Randolph Middle School reports a student body of 68% White, 24% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Northeastern Randolph Middle School in?
Northeastern Randolph Middle School is part of Randolph County School System.
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