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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Orange Middle this year?
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Enrollment
514
Middle
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370348001444
Orange Middle
308 Orange High Rd, Hillsborough, NC 27278 · (919) 732-6121 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL514 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of North Carolina public middle schools
- A-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
13.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
223 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 186 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 170 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 158 | 31% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
61.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
62.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Orange Middle
Orange Middle's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Middle this school | 514 | 43.4% | 62.2% |
| New Bridge Middle Jacksonville | 482 | 39.0% | 67.3% |
| Tucker Creek Middle Havelock | 478 | 44.6% | 70.8% |
| Hendersonville Middle Hendersonville | 540 | 49.6% | 63.4% |
| Grover C Fields Middle New Bern | 542 | 46.1% | 64.5% |
| Lakeshore Middle Mooresville | 531 | 40.5% | 54.5% |
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 Orange Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #108 of 463 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #114 of 461 | #5 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #99 of 463 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 514 | #290 of 478 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #45 of 456 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #264 of 456 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.4% | #400 of 472 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #88 of 300 | N/A |
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
514
-71 (-12%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 788
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 514 | 38.2 | 13.4:1 | 43% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 529 | 34.7 | 15.2:1 | 40% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 37.2 | 14.1:1 | 40% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 585 | 39 | 15.0:1 | 27% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 622 | 41.5 | 15.0:1 | 31% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 32% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 587 | 41 | 14.3:1 | 34% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 787 | 57 | 13.8:1 | 23% (183) |
| 1990-91 | 788 | 53 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orange Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (622 to 514); teachers down 8% (41.5 to 38.2).
About Orange Middle
Orange Middle is classified as a middle school. It is located in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 514 students.
Within Orange County Schools, Orange Middle is one of 13 schools. The district enrolls 6,982 students.
By race and ethnicity, Orange Middle is 58% White. After that, the student body is 20% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Orange County is about 69% White. Orange Middle has a diversity index of 59%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Orange Middle is 38.2 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.4:1. Among middle schools in North Carolina, the typical ratio is 15.9:1. The school counts 223 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 43%.
Orange Middle is graded B by allk12, scoring above 62% of North Carolina public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 65.6% at Orange Middle; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 62.2%.
Census Bureau estimates for Orange County show that median household income is about $90,089, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 62% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Orange Middle is one of 38 public schools in Orange County, which together enroll about 19,582 students.
Orange High is located about 0.2 miles from Orange Middle. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Local comparison: Orange Middle ranks 4th of 6 nearby schools, at 62.2% versus a 62.9% average.
For locale, NCES codes Orange Middle as Town: Fringe.
Federal counts put enrollment at 585 in 2020-21 and 514 in 2024-25, a 12% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.0:1 in 2020-21 to 13.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
149,678
Census ACS
Median income
$90,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
62%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
19,582 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Orange County Schools
- Orange HighHigh · 1,161 students
- Cedar Ridge HighHigh · 1,148 students
- A L Stanback MiddleMiddle · 648 students
- Efland Cheeks ElementaryElementary · 532 students
- New Hope ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- River Park ElementaryElementary · 523 students
Other schools in Hillsborough
- Orange HighHigh · 1,161 students
- Cedar Ridge HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Eno River AcademyCombined · 828 students
- A L Stanback MiddleMiddle · 648 students
- River Park ElementaryElementary · 523 students
- Hillsborough ElementaryElementary · 435 students
Nearby schools
- Orange High0.2 mi · 1,161
- River Park Elementary0.9 mi · 523
- Hillsborough Elementary1.1 mi · 435
- Eno River Academy1.1 mi · 828
- Central Elementary1.3 mi · 261
- Pathways Elementary1.5 mi · 371
Frequently asked questions
About Orange MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Orange Middle?
Orange Middle enrolls approximately 514 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Orange Middle serve?
Orange Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Orange Middle?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Orange Middle.
What is the student diversity at Orange Middle?
Student demographics at Orange Middle are roughly 58% White, 20% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Orange Middle public or private?
Orange Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Orange County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.