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Enrollment
678
Middle
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ROBESON COUNTY·NCES 370393002245
Saint Pauls Middle
526 W Shaw St, Saint Pauls, NC 28384 · (910) 865-4070 · Robeson County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL678 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% 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
17.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
675 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 | 129 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 198 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 177 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 174 | 26% |
Student demographics
67%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
27.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
18.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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
24.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% 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 Saint Pauls Middle
Saint Pauls Middle's state test result (24.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Pauls Middle this school | 678 | 99.6% | 24.3% |
| Smithfield Middle Smithfield | 573 | 98.8% | 34.2% |
| West Lee Middle Sanford | 522 | 96.9% | 41.9% |
| Lexington Middle School Lexington | 595 | 99.5% | 44.5% |
| Brogden Middle Durham | 753 | 99.5% | 33.7% |
| Mineral Springs Middle Winston Salem | 702 | 99.6% | 20.0% |
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 Saint Pauls Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Robeson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #453 of 463 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #454 of 461 | #7 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #443 of 463 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 678 | #169 of 478 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #358 of 456 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #148 of 456 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #58 of 472 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +44.3% | #9 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
678
-51 (-7%) vs 2020
+75% since 1990-91, when it was 388
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 678 | 37.9 | 17.9:1 | 100% (675) |
| 2023-24 | 703 | 39.1 | 18.0:1 | 100% (700) |
| 2022-23 | 708 | 34.8 | 20.3:1 | 99% (700) |
| 2020-21 | 729 | 35 | 20.8:1 | 100% (726) |
| 2017-18 | 470 | 29.9 | 15.7:1 | 99% (467) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 27 | 16.7:1 | 99% (449) |
| 2010-11 | 473 | 28 | 16.9:1 | 84% (395) |
| 2000-01 | 450 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 67% (300) |
| 1990-91 | 388 | 25 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Saint Pauls Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 44% (470 to 678); teachers up 27% (29.9 to 37.9).
About Saint Pauls Middle
In Saint Pauls, North Carolina, Saint Pauls Middle is a mid-sized middle school. It had 678 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 5 through 8.
Public Schools of Robeson County counts 20,856 students in its 36 schools, and Saint Pauls Middle is one of them.
The student body at Saint Pauls Middle is 51% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 22% Black, 10% White, 10% Native American, and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Robeson County, the Hispanic share is about 11%. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at Saint Pauls Middle are from different groups.
For every teacher at Saint Pauls Middle, there are about 17.9 students; the school has 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in North Carolina, 15.9:1, is lower. There are 675 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 100% of enrollment. Public schools in Robeson County average a similar 98%.
Among North Carolina public middle schools, Saint Pauls Middle outscored 2%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Saint Pauls Middle falls short of its prediction by 24.1 points. The model expects 48.4% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in North Carolina; the school's rate is 24.3%.
For the population of Robeson County, median household income comes to about $41,978, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 21%. Saint Pauls Middle shares Robeson County with 39 other public schools.
The closest school to Saint Pauls Middle is Saint Pauls High, located about 0.2 miles away. Saint Pauls Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Saint Pauls Middle ranks 9th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 24.3% against a local average of 46.2%.
Under the NCES locale system, Saint Pauls Middle is Rural: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Saint Pauls Middle had a net loss of 51 students, or 7%. The ratio was 20.8:1 in 2020-21 and 17.9:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Saint Pauls Middle. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Saint Pauls
- Saint Pauls HighHigh · 1,142 students
- Saint Pauls ElementaryElementary · 710 students
Nearby schools
- Saint Pauls High0.2 mi · 1,142
- Saint Pauls Elementary0.9 mi · 710
- Parkton Elementary6.6 mi · 592
- Rex-Rennert Elementary6.7 mi · 395
- Gray's Creek Middle6.9 mi · 1,068
- Magnolia Elementary7.1 mi · 779
Frequently asked questions
About Saint Pauls MiddleHow many students attend Saint Pauls Middle?
Saint Pauls Middle enrolls approximately 678 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Saint Pauls Middle serve?
Saint Pauls Middle serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Saint Pauls Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Saint Pauls Middle is approximately 17.9:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Saint Pauls Middle?
At Saint Pauls Middle, the student body is approximately 10% White, 51% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Saint Pauls Middle public or private?
Saint Pauls 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.