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What advice would you give to incoming students at Southeastern Stokes Middle School?
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Enrollment
413
Middle
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STOKES COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370438001742
Southeastern Stokes Middle School
1044 N Main Street, Walnut Cove, NC 27052 · (336) 591-4371 · Stokes County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% 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.
- 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
14.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
406 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 129 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 137 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 147 | 36% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
37.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
34.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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
38.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Southeastern Stokes Middle School
Southeastern Stokes Middle School's state test result (38.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeastern Stokes Middle School this school | 413 | 98.3% | 38.1% |
| Murphy Middle Murphy | 353 | 99.2% | 56.3% |
| West Alexander Middle Taylorsville | 467 | 99.4% | 69.6% |
| Cane Creek Middle Fletcher | 499 | 98.0% | 71.3% |
| Madison Middle School Marshall | 468 | 99.4% | 56.9% |
| North Stanly Middle New London | 471 | 99.4% | 56.0% |
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 Southeastern Stokes Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #364 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #367 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #360 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #370 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #114 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.8% | #423 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #293 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #138 of 143 |
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
413
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 477
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 413 | 27.8 | 14.8:1 | 98% (406) |
| 2023-24 | 407 | 25.8 | 15.8:1 | 65% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 25.2 | 15.9:1 | 63% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 30 | 13.5:1 | 49% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 411 | 30.2 | 13.6:1 | 54% (222) |
| 2015-16 | 426 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 54% (229) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 38 | 12.8:1 | 48% (233) |
| 2000-01 | 539 | 48 | 11.2:1 | 22% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 477 | 43 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southeastern Stokes Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (411 to 413); teachers down 8% (30.2 to 27.8).
About Southeastern Stokes Middle School
Southeastern Stokes Middle School is a small middle school serving families in Walnut Cove, North Carolina. The school counted 413 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. That is 32% below the average of about 605 students for middle schools in North Carolina.
Enrollment across the 19 schools in Stokes County Schools totals 5,758 students.
About 80% of the student body at Southeastern Stokes Middle School is White. The remaining students are 8% Black, 8% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Among people living in Stokes County, the White share is about 90%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 35, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 14.8:1 is based on 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in North Carolina is 15.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 98% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Stokes County average 82%.
Among North Carolina public middle schools, Southeastern Stokes Middle School outscored 21%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with North Carolina schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Southeastern Stokes Middle School's results are 10.7 points below predicted: 38.1% against 48.8%.
For Stokes County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $62,969, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 19 public schools in the county, enrolling about 5,758, Southeastern Stokes Middle School among them.
London Elementary School sits about 0.8 miles from Southeastern Stokes Middle School. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Southeastern Stokes Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Southeastern Stokes Middle School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 413, close to the 406 recorded in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 13.5:1 to 14.8:1.
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Stokes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,139
Census ACS
Median income
$62,969
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
5,758 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stokes County Schools
- West Stokes High SchoolHigh · 799 students
- Chestnut Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 662 students
- South Stokes High SchoolHigh · 538 students
- Poplar Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 495 students
- King Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
- Mount Olive Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
Other schools in Walnut Cove
- South Stokes High SchoolHigh · 538 students
- Walnut Cove Elementary SchoolElementary · 298 students
- London Elementary SchoolElementary · 230 students
- Stokes Early College High SchoolHigh · 159 students
Nearby schools
- London Elementary School0.8 mi · 230
- Walnut Cove Elementary School1.2 mi · 298
- Stokes Early College High School5.1 mi · 159
- Pine Hall Elementary School5.2 mi · 97
- Germanton Elementary School5.4 mi · 165
- South Stokes High School5.8 mi · 538
Frequently asked questions
About Southeastern Stokes Middle SchoolHow many students attend Southeastern Stokes Middle School?
Southeastern Stokes Middle School enrolls approximately 413 students in grades 06-08.
Is Southeastern Stokes Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Southeastern Stokes Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Southeastern Stokes Middle School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Southeastern Stokes Middle School.
How diverse is Southeastern Stokes Middle School?
Southeastern Stokes Middle School reports a student body of 80% White, 5% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Southeastern Stokes Middle School?
Southeastern Stokes Middle School is overseen by Stokes County Schools in Stokes County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.