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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Southern Nash Middle administration to hear?
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Enrollment
795
Middle
DISTRICT 620 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NASH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370327001353
Southern Nash Middle
5301 South NC Highway 581, Spring Hope, NC 27882 · (252) 937-9020 · Nash County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL795 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of North Carolina public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
20.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.9:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
781 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 244 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 255 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 296 | 37% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
48.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
47.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% 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 Southern Nash Middle
Southern Nash Middle's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Nash Middle this school | 795 | 98.2% | 50.8% |
| Kannapolis Middle School 7/8 Kannapolis | 782 | 99.6% | 32.3% |
| Bunn Middle Bunn | 618 | 99.4% | 44.0% |
| SanLee Middle School Sanford | 792 | 99.6% | 55.6% |
| East Union Middle Marshville | 683 | 99.6% | 44.5% |
| Southeast Middle Salisbury | 628 | 99.5% | 25.9% |
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 Southern Nash Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #242 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #253 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #236 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 795 | #103 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #445 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #107 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.2% | #296 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #139 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
795
-40 (-5%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 917
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 795 | 39.5 | 20.1:1 | 98% (781) |
| 2023-24 | 782 | 40 | 19.6:1 | 69% (543) |
| 2022-23 | 798 | 43 | 18.6:1 | 69% (551) |
| 2020-21 | 835 | 44 | 19.0:1 | 35% (295) |
| 2017-18 | 792 | 44.5 | 17.8:1 | 65% (513) |
| 2015-16 | 798 | 46 | 17.4:1 | 69% (551) |
| 2010-11 | 1,062 | 63 | 16.9:1 | 61% (646) |
| 2000-01 | 1,086 | 68 | 16.0:1 | 38% (418) |
| 1990-91 | 917 | 68 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southern Nash Middle.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (792 to 795); teachers down 11% (44.5 to 39.5).
About Southern Nash Middle
At 5301 South NC Highway 581 in Spring Hope, North Carolina, Southern Nash Middle operates as a medium-sized middle-grades school. A federal count lists 795 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in North Carolina) has about 605 students.
Southern Nash Middle is one of the 28 schools that make up Nash County Public Schools (14,587 students in total).
Southern Nash Middle has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 39%. Smaller groups are 35% White, 21% Black, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 8% of Nash County residents are Hispanic. Southern Nash Middle's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Southern Nash Middle in 2024-25, for a ratio of 20.1:1. That is higher than the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. The lunch program counts 98% of students at Southern Nash Middle as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 98% average for public schools in Nash County.
Southern Nash Middle is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 51% of North Carolina public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Southern Nash Middle's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (50.8%) and its predicted rate (48.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
Across Nash County, the median household income is $62,426, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Nash County is home to 27 public schools and about 14,285 public school students.
The closest public school, Southern Nash High, is about 1.7 miles from Southern Nash Middle. Other public schools within ten miles: 7. On average proficiency, Southern Nash Middle is 7th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school enrolled 795 students in 2024-25, 40 fewer than the 835 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 19.0:1 to 20.1:1.
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Nash County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,216
Census ACS
Median income
$62,426
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
14,285 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nash County Public Schools
- Southern Nash HighHigh · 1,048 students
- Northern Nash HighHigh · 1,035 students
- Rocky Mount HighHigh · 1,023 students
- Red Oak MiddleMiddle · 840 students
- Nash Central HighHigh · 703 students
- Red Oak ElementaryElementary · 696 students
Nearby schools
- Southern Nash High1.7 mi · 1,048
- Spring Hope Elementary5.3 mi · 378
- Bailey Elementary6.6 mi · 580
- Coopers Elementary8.0 mi · 591
- Middlesex Elementary9.2 mi · 333
- Nash Central Middle9.3 mi · 531
Frequently asked questions
About Southern Nash MiddleHow large is Southern Nash Middle?
Southern Nash Middle enrolls approximately 795 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Southern Nash Middle serve?
Southern Nash Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Southern Nash Middle?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at Southern Nash Middle.
How diverse is Southern Nash Middle?
Southern Nash Middle reports a student body of 35% White, 39% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Southern Nash Middle in?
Southern Nash Middle is part of Nash County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.