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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Sandy Grove Middle?
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Enrollment
604
Middle
DISTRICT 677 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370225003249
Sandy Grove Middle
300 Chason Road, Lumber Bridge, NC 28357 · (910) 875-3559 · Hoke County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL604 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of North Carolina public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
18.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
601 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 | 196 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 203 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 205 | 34% |
Student demographics
77%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
39.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
31.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Sandy Grove Middle
Sandy Grove Middle's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Grove Middle this school | 604 | 99.5% | 38.9% |
| Littlefield Middle Lumberton | 632 | 99.5% | 46.6% |
| Woodlawn Middle Mebane | 633 | 99.5% | 40.9% |
| Rogers-Herr Middle Durham | 660 | 99.5% | 70.9% |
| West Hoke Middle Raeford | 656 | 99.5% | 38.8% |
| Cedar Creek Middle Youngsville | 529 | 98.9% | 56.3% |
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 Sandy Grove Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #355 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #393 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #339 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 604 | #223 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #403 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.5% | #2 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #90 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #272 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
604
-94 (-13%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 604 | 32.5 | 18.6:1 | 100% (601) |
| 2023-24 | 625 | 31.7 | 19.7:1 | 100% (622) |
| 2022-23 | 645 | 29.5 | 21.9:1 | 99% (641) |
| 2020-21 | 698 | 43 | 16.2:1 | 100% (695) |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 37.3 | 16.8:1 | 53% (329) |
| 2015-16 | 511 | 36 | 14.2:1 | 58% (295) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sandy Grove Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (625 to 604); teachers down 13% (37.3 to 32.5).
About Sandy Grove Middle
Sandy Grove Middle is a medium-sized middle-grades school with its address in Lumber Bridge, North Carolina. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 604 students.
A total of 14 schools make up Hoke County Schools, with 8,732 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at Sandy Grove Middle, at 30%. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% White, 23% Hispanic, 11% Native American, and 11% multiracial. That is close to the 33% Black share among all Hoke County residents. Sandy Grove Middle's diversity index is 77%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 32.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 18.6:1. That is higher than the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. For comparison, public schools in Hoke County average 99%.
allk12 grades Sandy Grove Middle a C-. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
In North Carolina, Sandy Grove Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 38.9% actual against a predicted 48.5%.
County data help place the school in context: in Hoke County, the median household income is $64,912, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Hoke County is home to 14 public schools and about 8,732 public school students.
Sandy Grove Elementary is located about 0.2 miles from Sandy Grove Middle. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Sandy Grove Middle ranks 9th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment at Sandy Grove Middle dropped 13% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 698 to 604 students. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.6:1) than in 2020-21 (16.2:1).
Community posts for Sandy Grove Middle can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Hoke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
53,835
Census ACS
Median income
$64,912
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
8,732 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hoke County Schools
- Hoke County HighHigh · 2,110 students
- East Hoke MiddleMiddle · 771 students
- West Hoke MiddleMiddle · 656 students
- Upchurch ElementaryElementary · 646 students
- Don D Steed ElementaryElementary · 628 students
- Scurlock ElementaryElementary · 611 students
Nearby schools
- Sandy Grove Elementary0.2 mi · 557
- Rockfish Hoke Elementary3.5 mi · 606
- Don D Steed Elementary4.8 mi · 628
- Stoney Point Elementary4.8 mi · 780
- Jack Britt High4.9 mi · 1,940
- New Century International Elementary5.3 mi · 686
Frequently asked questions
About Sandy Grove MiddleHow large is Sandy Grove Middle?
Sandy Grove Middle enrolls approximately 604 students in grades 06-08.
Is Sandy Grove Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sandy Grove Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sandy Grove Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sandy Grove Middle is approximately 18.6:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sandy Grove Middle?
At Sandy Grove Middle, the student body is approximately 24% White, 23% Hispanic, 30% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Sandy Grove Middle public or private?
Sandy Grove Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hoke County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.