1
Enrollment
645
Middle
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ROBESON COUNTY·NCES 370393001579
Pembroke Middle
8910 Deep Branch Road, Pembroke, NC 28372 · (910) 522-5013 · Robeson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL645 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of North Carolina public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
17.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
642 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 278 | 43% |
| Grade 8 | 260 | 40% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
28.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
32.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Pembroke Middle
Pembroke Middle's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pembroke Middle this school | 645 | 99.5% | 31.4% |
| Littlefield Middle Lumberton | 632 | 99.5% | 46.6% |
| Sandy Grove Middle Lumber Bridge | 604 | 99.5% | 38.9% |
| West Hoke Middle Raeford | 656 | 99.5% | 38.8% |
| Southern Middle Aberdeen | 620 | 98.9% | 56.1% |
| Hope Mills Middle Hope Mills | 474 | 97.0% | 52.3% |
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 Pembroke Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Robeson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #425 of 463 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #391 of 461 | #2 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #436 of 463 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 645 | #192 of 478 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #300 of 456 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.7% | #414 of 456 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #72 of 472 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #106 of 143 | 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
645
-91 (-12%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 657
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 645 | 37.9 | 17.0:1 | 100% (642) |
| 2023-24 | 641 | 40.8 | 15.7:1 | 100% (638) |
| 2022-23 | 698 | 40.6 | 17.2:1 | 99% (694) |
| 2020-21 | 736 | 41 | 17.9:1 | 100% (733) |
| 2017-18 | 623 | 44.2 | 14.1:1 | 99% (614) |
| 2015-16 | 633 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 100% (630) |
| 2010-11 | 718 | 47 | 15.3:1 | 76% (543) |
| 2000-01 | 743 | 53 | 14.0:1 | 64% (478) |
| 1990-91 | 657 | 40 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pembroke Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (623 to 645); teachers down 14% (44.2 to 37.9).
About Pembroke Middle
Pembroke Middle is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Pembroke, North Carolina, one of the schools in Public Schools of Robeson County. Total enrollment is 645 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8.
Pembroke Middle belongs to Public Schools of Robeson County, a district of 36 schools and 20,856 students.
Native American students are 77% of those enrolled at Pembroke Middle. The next largest groups are 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% White. A diversity index of 39% means there is a 39% chance two randomly chosen students at Pembroke Middle are from different groups.
With 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.0:1. Middle schools in North Carolina average 15.9:1, 1.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 100% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Robeson County is close, at 98%.
Among North Carolina public middle schools, Pembroke Middle outscored 8%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Pembroke Middle lands between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 31.4%; the prediction is 48.5%.
In Robeson County, median household income comes to about $41,978, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 21%. The county's public schools total 40, with about 21,625 students.
The closest school to Pembroke Middle is CIS Academy, located about 0.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 7. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Pembroke Middle is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Pembroke Middle is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school's student count decreased 12% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Robeson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
116,902
Census ACS
Median income
$41,978
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
21,625 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Public Schools of Robeson County
- Lumberton Senior HighHigh · 1,894 students
- Purnell Swett HighHigh · 1,583 students
- Saint Pauls HighHigh · 1,142 students
- Red Springs HighHigh · 867 students
- Fairmont HighHigh · 780 students
- Magnolia ElementaryElementary · 779 students
Other schools in Pembroke
- Purnell Swett HighHigh · 1,583 students
- Pembroke ElementaryElementary · 703 students
- Union Chapel ElementaryElementary · 442 students
- Old Main STREAM AcademyElementary · 437 students
- CIS AcademyMiddle · 114 students
Nearby schools
- CIS Academy0.9 mi · 114
- Pembroke Elementary1.0 mi · 703
- Old Main STREAM Academy1.1 mi · 437
- Purnell Swett High2.5 mi · 1,583
- Union Elementary3.4 mi · 351
- Prospect Elementary4.2 mi · 775
Frequently asked questions
About Pembroke MiddleHow large is Pembroke Middle?
Pembroke Middle enrolls approximately 645 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Pembroke Middle serve?
Pembroke Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Pembroke Middle?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at Pembroke Middle.
How diverse is Pembroke Middle?
Pembroke Middle reports a student body of 3% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Pembroke Middle?
Pembroke Middle is overseen by Public Schools of Robeson County in Robeson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.