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Enrollment
849
Middle
DISTRICT 739 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENDERSON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370210000923
Rugby Middle
3345 Haywood Road, Hendersonville, NC 28791 · (828) 891-6566 · Henderson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL849 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of North Carolina public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.6:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
336 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 259 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 306 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 284 | 33% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
64.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
70.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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
69.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Rugby Middle
Rugby Middle's state test result (69.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rugby Middle this school | 849 | 39.6% | 69.2% |
| Oak Grove Middle Winston-Salem | 727 | 41.4% | 62.2% |
| East Lincoln Middle Iron Station | 738 | 37.8% | 61.9% |
| Dixon Middle Sneads Ferry | 997 | 34.3% | 58.5% |
| North Davidson Middle Lexington | 706 | 45.0% | 68.0% |
| Roland-Grise Middle Wilmington | 878 | 33.5% | 70.4% |
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 Rugby Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #59 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #56 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #71 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 849 | #80 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #266 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.3% | #419 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.6% | #412 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #298 of 300 |
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
849
+21 (+3%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 935
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 849 | 51 | 16.6:1 | 40% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 838 | 53.9 | 15.6:1 | 100% (835) |
| 2022-23 | 804 | 51.7 | 15.6:1 | 39% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 828 | 52 | 15.9:1 | 28% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 852 | 53.2 | 16.0:1 | 36% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 900 | 56 | 16.1:1 | 37% (336) |
| 2010-11 | 901 | 55 | 16.4:1 | 42% (382) |
| 2000-01 | 831 | 53 | 15.7:1 | 21% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 935 | 60 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rugby Middle.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (852 to 849); teachers down 4% (53.2 to 51).
About Rugby Middle
Rugby Middle is a medium-sized middle-grades school found in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 849 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in North Carolina is about 605 students, so this school is 40% bigger than average.
Henderson County Schools has a total of 23 schools and 12,619 students, Rugby Middle among them.
At Rugby Middle, White students make up 78% of the student body. The school is also 16% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. For comparison, Henderson County is about 82% White. The school's diversity index is 37%, meaning two students picked at random have a 37% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 51 full-time-equivalent teachers at Rugby Middle and a ratio of 16.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 40% of enrollment. Public schools in Henderson County average 63%.
The allk12 Grade for Rugby Middle is A-. Compared with North Carolina public middle schools, the school scored higher than 81% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at Rugby Middle are 2.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (69.2% actual, 66.8% predicted).
Within Henderson County, the median household income is $68,187, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Besides Rugby Middle, Henderson County has 24 other public schools.
West Henderson High is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Rugby Middle. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Rugby Middle ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Rugby Middle climbed 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 828 to 849 students.
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Henderson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
118,484
Census ACS
Median income
$68,187
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
13,572 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Henderson County Schools
- West Henderson HighHigh · 1,053 students
- North Henderson HighHigh · 1,052 students
- East Henderson HighHigh · 932 students
- Apple Valley MiddleMiddle · 820 students
- Hendersonville HighHigh · 794 students
- Flat Rock MiddleMiddle · 748 students
Other schools in Hendersonville
- West Henderson HighHigh · 1,053 students
- North Henderson HighHigh · 1,052 students
- Apple Valley MiddleMiddle · 820 students
- Hendersonville HighHigh · 794 students
- Hendersonville MiddleMiddle · 540 students
- Bruce Drysdale ElementaryElementary · 473 students
Nearby schools
- West Henderson High0.5 mi · 1,053
- Mills River Elementary3.2 mi · 608
- Hendersonville Elementary3.3 mi · 323
- Hendersonville Middle3.5 mi · 540
- Fletcher Elementary3.6 mi · 434
- Glenn C Marlow Elementary3.8 mi · 562
Frequently asked questions
About Rugby MiddleHow large is Rugby Middle?
Rugby Middle enrolls approximately 849 students in grades 06-08.
Is Rugby Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rugby Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Rugby Middle?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Rugby Middle.
How diverse is Rugby Middle?
Rugby Middle reports a student body of 78% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Rugby Middle public or private?
Rugby Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Henderson County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.