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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Rochelle Middle this year?
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Enrollment
517
Middle
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LENOIR COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370261000589
Rochelle Middle
301 N Rochelle Blvd, Kinston, NC 28501 · (252) 527-4290 · Lenoir County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL517 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% 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
20.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
501 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 179 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 173 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 165 | 32% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
33.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
32.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Rochelle Middle
Rochelle Middle's state test result (33.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochelle Middle this school | 517 | 96.9% | 33.1% |
| Hertford County Middle Murfreesboro | 489 | 99.4% | 26.5% |
| Bertie Middle Windsor | 354 | 99.2% | 44.2% |
| J W Parker Middle Rocky Mount | 336 | 99.1% | N/A |
| Rocky Mount Middle Rocky Mount | 692 | 99.3% | 31.1% |
| Dillard Middle Goldsboro | 319 | 99.1% | 24.4% |
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 Rochelle Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #412 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #384 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #401 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 517 | #287 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #442 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.4% | #449 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.9% | #335 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.9% | #50 of 143 |
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
517
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-34% since 2000-01, when it was 783
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 517 | 25.8 | 20.1:1 | 97% (501) |
| 2023-24 | 429 | 22.9 | 18.7:1 | 99% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 466 | 28.9 | 16.1:1 | 98% (455) |
| 2020-21 | 512 | 29 | 17.7:1 | 99% (505) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 25.8 | 17.5:1 | 99% (447) |
| 2015-16 | 449 | 35 | 12.8:1 | 99% (444) |
| 2010-11 | 501 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 92% (459) |
| 2000-01 | 783 | 70 | 11.2:1 | 82% (640) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rochelle Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (450 to 517); teachers unchanged (25.8 to 25.8).
About Rochelle Middle
This page covers Rochelle Middle, a mid-sized middle school in Kinston, North Carolina. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 517 students on the rolls.
Rochelle Middle is in Lenoir County Public Schools, a district with 8,331 students across 17 schools.
Roughly 87% of students at Rochelle Middle are Black. Other groups include 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Lenoir County residents are about 39% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Rochelle Middle scores 24%.
The school's 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1. Middle schools in North Carolina average 15.9:1, 4.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 97% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Lenoir County is close, at 99%.
Among North Carolina public middle schools, Rochelle Middle outscored 10%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 49.3%.
In Lenoir County, home to about 54,919 people, the median household earns about $45,143 a year, roughly 16% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Lenoir County number 18, with about 8,480 students.
Rochelle Middle's nearest public school is Children's Village Academy (about 0.4 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Rochelle Middle is 7th among 8 schools close by.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Distant.
Rochelle Middle had 512 students in 2020-21 and 517 in 2024-25, nearly the same. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.1:1) than in 2020-21 (17.7:1).
Rochelle Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Lenoir County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,919
Census ACS
Median income
$45,143
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
8,480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lenoir County Public Schools
- North Lenoir HighHigh · 957 students
- Contentnea-Savannah SchoolElementary · 789 students
- South Lenoir HighHigh · 721 students
- Kinston HighHigh · 659 students
- Woodington MiddleMiddle · 584 students
- La Grange ElementaryElementary · 547 students
Other schools in Kinston
- Contentnea-Savannah SchoolElementary · 789 students
- Kinston HighHigh · 659 students
- Woodington MiddleMiddle · 584 students
- Northwest ElementaryElementary · 504 students
- Northeast ElementaryElementary · 465 students
- Banks ElementaryElementary · 436 students
Other Rochelle Middle schools
One other US public school is named Rochelle Middle. Rochelle Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Rochelle Middle SchoolRochelle, IL · 488 students
Nearby schools
- Children's Village Academy0.4 mi · 149
- Southeast Elementary0.6 mi · 326
- Northeast Elementary1.3 mi · 465
- Lenoir County Early College High2.0 mi · 246
- Kinston High2.4 mi · 659
- Northwest Elementary2.6 mi · 504
Frequently asked questions
About Rochelle MiddleHow large is Rochelle Middle?
Rochelle Middle enrolls approximately 517 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Rochelle Middle serve?
Rochelle Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Rochelle Middle?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at Rochelle Middle.
How diverse is Rochelle Middle?
Rochelle Middle reports a student body of 2% White, 6% Hispanic, 87% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Rochelle Middle public or private?
Rochelle Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lenoir County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.