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Enrollment
614
Middle
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001100435
South View Middle
4100 Elk Road, Hope Mills, NC 28348 · (910) 424-3131 · Cumberland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL614 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of North Carolina public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
15.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
611 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 198 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 198 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 218 | 36% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
41.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
35.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 South View Middle
South View Middle's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South View Middle this school | 614 | 99.5% | 43.1% |
| Northeast Guilford Middle McLeansville | 675 | 99.6% | 36.4% |
| Farmville Middle Farmville | 552 | 99.5% | 44.6% |
| Forest Hills Middle Wilson | 654 | 99.5% | 52.2% |
| Spring Lake Middle Spring Lake | 500 | 98.8% | 38.4% |
| Western Guilford Middle Greensboro | 731 | 99.6% | 43.3% |
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 South View Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #318 of 463 | #12 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #358 of 461 | #12 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #320 of 463 | #12 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 614 | #213 of 478 | #8 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #189 of 456 | #10 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.8% | #235 of 456 | #10 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #84 of 472 | #1 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #243 of 300 | #6 of 7 |
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
614
-46 (-7%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 880
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 614 | 39 | 15.8:1 | 100% (611) |
| 2023-24 | 626 | 44 | 14.2:1 | 100% (623) |
| 2022-23 | 661 | 40.6 | 16.3:1 | 99% (653) |
| 2020-21 | 660 | 44 | 15.0:1 | 100% (657) |
| 2017-18 | 648 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 96% (620) |
| 2015-16 | 675 | 37 | 18.2:1 | 69% (468) |
| 2010-11 | 802 | 50 | 16.0:1 | 60% (481) |
| 2000-01 | 1,251 | 58 | 21.6:1 | 48% (604) |
| 1990-91 | 880 | 56 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South View Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (648 to 614); teachers down 5% (41 to 39).
About South View Middle
South View Middle is a medium-sized middle school in Cumberland County Schools, located in Hope Mills, North Carolina. The student body numbers 614 students, from grades 6 through 8.
The district, Cumberland County Schools, operates 86 schools serving 49,002 students.
Black students are the majority at South View Middle, with 57% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 19% Hispanic, 15% White, and 7% multiracial. The school's Black share is 19 points above the 38% share among Cumberland County residents. The school's diversity index is 62%, meaning two students picked at random have a 62% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at South View Middle total 39 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.8:1. That matches the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina fairly closely. The school counts 611 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 100%. It compares with 86% for public schools in Cumberland County.
The allk12 Grade for South View Middle is C. Compared with North Carolina public middle schools, the school scored higher than 33% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
South View Middle posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 43.1%, compared with a predicted 48.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
Cumberland County has about 338,545 residents, and the median household income is $61,291, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Besides South View Middle, Cumberland County has 88 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, South View High, is about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, South View Middle is 5th among 9 schools close by.
South View Middle falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at South View Middle dropped 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 660 to 614 students.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at South View Middle, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
338,545
Census ACS
Median income
$61,291
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
50,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cumberland County Schools
- Jack Britt HighHigh · 1,940 students
- Pine Forest HighHigh · 1,551 students
- Cape Fear HighHigh · 1,515 students
- South View HighHigh · 1,461 students
- Gray's Creek HighHigh · 1,458 students
- Seventy-First HighHigh · 1,332 students
Other schools in Hope Mills
- South View HighHigh · 1,461 students
- Gray's Creek HighHigh · 1,458 students
- Gray's Creek MiddleMiddle · 1,068 students
- Gallberry Farm ElementaryElementary · 883 students
- Rockfish ElementaryElementary · 682 students
- Ed V Baldwin ElementaryElementary · 634 students
Other South View Middle schools
One other US public school is named South View Middle. South View Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- SOUTH VIEW MIDDLEEDINA, MN · 1,021 students
Nearby schools
- South View High0.2 mi · 1,461
- Ed V Baldwin Elementary0.3 mi · 634
- Hope Mills Middle1.2 mi · 474
- Rockfish Elementary1.7 mi · 682
- Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary2.0 mi · 576
- Cumberland Mills Elementary2.6 mi · 573
Frequently asked questions
About South View MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at South View Middle?
South View Middle enrolls approximately 614 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does South View Middle serve?
South View Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at South View Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at South View Middle is approximately 15.8:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at South View Middle?
Student demographics at South View Middle are roughly 15% White, 19% Hispanic, 57% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees South View Middle?
South View Middle is overseen by Cumberland County Schools in Cumberland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.