South Brunswick Middle

As a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school in Southport, North Carolina, South Brunswick Middle serves 585 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Brunswick County Schools.

Brunswick County Schools runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 13,561 students. South Brunswick Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, South Brunswick Middle shows that 74% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 8% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, South Brunswick Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.0%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Brunswick County put median household earnings sit near $77,024, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Brunswick County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,069 students), of which South Brunswick Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: South Brunswick High, around 0.4 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South Brunswick Middle at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 62.1%.

South Brunswick Middle operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Brunswick Middle has declined 19%, going from 720 students in 2018 to 585 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 78% to 74%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the South Brunswick Middle community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.