Orrum Middle

Orrum Middle is a small middle school in North Carolina, located in Orrum. The school's enrollment of 294 students covers grades 5 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in North Carolina average about 605 students each.

Public Schools of Robeson County runs Orrum Middle along with 35 other schools, enrolling 20,856 students in total.

By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Orrum Middle is Black (31%). Smaller groups are 28% White, 17% Native American, 16% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Orrum Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 77%.

Orrum Middle employs 19.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.3:1. Middle schools in North Carolina average about 15.9:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 99% in 2024-25. Across public schools in Robeson County, the average is about the same, 98%.

Orrum Middle falls short of its prediction by 22.9 points. The model expects 48.6% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in North Carolina; the school's rate is 25.7%.

Within Robeson County, median household income is about $41,978, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 21% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Robeson County number 40 and enroll about 21,625.

The closest other public school is Fairmont High, about 4.9 miles away. Around the school, 6 other public schools are within ten miles. Its average proficiency rate of 25.7% is below the 32.2% average for nearby schools.

The federal government classifies Orrum Middle's location as Rural: Distant.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 288 to 294, a small change.

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