Northwoods Park Middle

Northwoods Park Middle is an intermediate school of mid-tier scale in Jacksonville, North Carolina, overseen by Onslow County Schools, educateing 633 students in grades 6 through 8.

Onslow County Schools runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 27,397 students. Northwoods Park Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Northwoods Park Middle records that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% Black, 18% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 53% of students at Northwoods Park Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Northwoods Park Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.9%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Onslow County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,148 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Northwoods Park Middle is one of 42 public schools in Onslow County (combined enrollment of about 27,501 students).

Parkwood Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Northwoods Park Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northwoods Park Middle at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 53.0%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northwoods Park Middle has held roughly steady, going from 628 students in 2018 to 633 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 12% to 18%.

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