Sampson Middle

Sampson Middle, a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school in Clinton, North Carolina, operated by Clinton City Schools, hosts 703 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Across the 5 schools in Clinton City Schools (3,015 students total), Sampson Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Sampson Middle shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 33% Black, 17% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Sampson County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sampson Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.4%; this one delivers 43.4%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Sampson County) records that median household earnings sit near $52,432, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Sampson County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,001 students), Sampson Middle is one campus in the mix.

Clinton High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sampson Middle at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 48.9%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Sampson Middle's enrollment has rose 4% since 2018, when it stood at 674 (now 703). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 30% to 43%.

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