Selma Middle School

Set in Selma, North Carolina, Selma Middle School is a small intermediate school, overseen by Johnston County Public Schools. It educates 339 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 44% leaner than typical.

Johnston County Public Schools runs 48 schools in total, collectively educating 37,320 students. Selma Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Selma Middle School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment; the rest looks like 22% Black, 8% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Johnston County as a whole is about 17% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Selma Middle School logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Selma Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 38.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Johnston County) records that median household earnings sit near $83,384, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Johnston County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,004 students), of which Selma Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Selma Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Selma Middle School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 50.4%.

Selma Middle School operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Selma Middle School's enrollment has ticked down 35% since 2018, when it stood at 524 (now 339). Black enrollment moved from 33% to 22% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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