Rosewood Middle

Rosewood Middle is a low-enrollment 6-8 campus in Goldsboro, North Carolina, operated by Wayne County Public Schools. The school hosts 302 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 50% leaner than the state mean of about 605.

Within Wayne County Public Schools, which oversees 33 schools and 17,150 students, Rosewood Middle is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Rosewood Middle reports that White students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder breaks down as 19% Hispanic, 14% Black, 8% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Rosewood Middle shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Rosewood Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 57.1%, a residual of +8.5 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate median household earnings sit near $59,733, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Wayne County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,481 students), Rosewood Middle is one campus in the mix.

Rosewood High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rosewood Middle at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 48.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Rosewood Middle's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 325 (now 302). White enrollment moved from 67% to 58% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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