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Enrollment
572
Middle
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ROBESON COUNTY·NCES 370393002240
Red Springs Middle
302 W Second Avenue, Red Springs, NC 28377 · (910) 843-3883 · Robeson County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL572 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of North Carolina public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
14.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
569 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 5 | 115 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 141 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 158 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 158 | 28% |
Student demographics
70%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
21.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
20.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Red Springs Middle
Red Springs Middle's state test result (23.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Springs Middle this school | 572 | 99.5% | 23.1% |
| Lexington Middle School Lexington | 595 | 99.5% | 44.5% |
| Thomasville Middle Thomasville | 500 | 99.4% | 29.9% |
| Saint Pauls Middle Saint Pauls | 678 | 99.6% | 24.3% |
| Sampson Middle Clinton | 703 | 99.6% | 43.4% |
| Graham Middle Graham | 553 | 99.5% | 20.1% |
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 Red Springs Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Robeson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #458 of 463 | #7 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #447 of 461 | #6 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #458 of 463 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 572 | #251 of 478 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #105 of 456 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #62 of 456 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #104 of 472 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #177 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
572
-59 (-9%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 572 | 38.9 | 14.7:1 | 99% (569) |
| 2023-24 | 580 | 35.9 | 16.2:1 | 99% (577) |
| 2022-23 | 596 | 31.1 | 19.2:1 | 99% (593) |
| 2020-21 | 631 | 40 | 15.8:1 | 100% (628) |
| 2017-18 | 634 | 35.7 | 17.8:1 | 100% (631) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 99% (566) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | 38 | 14.3:1 | 88% (476) |
| 2000-01 | 551 | 40 | 13.8:1 | 86% (473) |
| 1990-91 | 517 | 35 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Red Springs Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (634 to 572); teachers up 9% (35.7 to 38.9).
About Red Springs Middle
Red Springs Middle is classified as a middle school. It is located in Red Springs, North Carolina. It has an enrollment of 572 students in grades 5 through 8.
Red Springs Middle is among 36 schools run by Public Schools of Robeson County, which serves 20,856 students.
Hispanic students account for 40% of enrollment at Red Springs Middle, more than any other group. Other groups include 31% Native American, 19% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% White. By comparison, Robeson County residents are about 11% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Red Springs Middle scores 70%.
Teacher count: 38.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.7:1. Across middle schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 15.9:1. Roughly 99% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 98% average for public schools in Robeson County.
Among North Carolina public middle schools, Red Springs Middle outscored 1%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Red Springs Middle ranks in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 23.1%. Predicted: 48.5%. Difference: 25.3 points.
The school is in Robeson County, where the median household earns about $41,978 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 21%. Red Springs Middle shares Robeson County with 39 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Red Springs High, is about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles: 3. On average proficiency, Red Springs Middle is 8th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A 9% decline took enrollment from 631 in 2020-21 to 572 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.7:1) than in 2020-21 (15.8:1).
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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 Red Springs
- Red Springs HighHigh · 867 students
- Peterson ElementaryElementary · 539 students
- Hawk Eye ElementaryElementary · 328 students
Nearby schools
- Red Springs High0.2 mi · 867
- Peterson Elementary0.6 mi · 539
- Oxendine Elementary4.2 mi · 301
- Rex-Rennert Elementary5.8 mi · 395
- Prospect Elementary6.6 mi · 775
- Hawk Eye Elementary7.9 mi · 328
Frequently asked questions
About Red Springs MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Red Springs Middle?
Red Springs Middle enrolls approximately 572 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Red Springs Middle serve?
Red Springs Middle serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Red Springs Middle?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Red Springs Middle.
How diverse is Red Springs Middle?
Red Springs Middle reports a student body of 4% White, 40% Hispanic, 19% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Red Springs Middle public or private?
Red Springs Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Public Schools of Robeson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.