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Enrollment
571
Middle
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370488003364
Spring Creek Middle
3579 S NC 111 Hwy, Seven Springs, NC 28578 · (919) 751-7125 · Wayne County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL571 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% 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.
- A-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
16.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
568 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 5 | 140 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 141 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 124 | 22% |
| Grade 8 | 166 | 29% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
48.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
64.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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
57.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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 Spring Creek Middle
Spring Creek Middle's state test result (57.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Creek Middle this school | 571 | 99.5% | 57.4% |
| Chatham Middle Siler City | 513 | 99.4% | 39.5% |
| North Asheboro Middle Asheboro | 501 | 99.4% | 43.2% |
| Walter R Johnson Middle Morganton | 441 | 99.3% | 42.6% |
| Brogden Middle Dudley | 603 | 98.2% | 36.3% |
| Hobbton Middle Newton Grove | 428 | 99.3% | 49.0% |
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 Spring Creek Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #154 of 463 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #94 of 461 | #1 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #240 of 463 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 571 | #253 of 478 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #253 of 456 | #4 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #353 of 456 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #106 of 472 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #139 of 300 | #5 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
571
-75 (-12%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 571 | 34.5 | 16.6:1 | 99% (568) |
| 2023-24 | 622 | 34.8 | 17.9:1 | 97% (605) |
| 2022-23 | 624 | 35 | 17.8:1 | 99% (617) |
| 2020-21 | 646 | 38 | 17.0:1 | 100% (643) |
| 2017-18 | 656 | 37.5 | 17.5:1 | 100% (653) |
| 2015-16 | 604 | 30 | 20.1:1 | 72% (435) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring Creek Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (656 to 571); teachers down 8% (37.5 to 34.5).
About Spring Creek Middle
Spring Creek Middle is a mid-sized middle school with its address in Seven Springs, North Carolina. It offers grades 5 through 8 and has 571 students enrolled.
The 33 schools in Wayne County Public Schools enroll 17,150 students altogether, Spring Creek Middle among them.
Federal enrollment data show Spring Creek Middle is 68% Hispanic. Other groups make up 16% White, 11% Black, and 4% multiracial. Wayne County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at Spring Creek Middle are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Spring Creek Middle is 16.6:1, based on 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. Spring Creek Middle counts 99% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 98% average for public schools in Wayne County.
Among North Carolina public middle schools, Spring Creek Middle outscored 75%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Spring Creek Middle falls in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools: 57.4% actual against 48.5% predicted.
In Wayne County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $59,733, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. There are 36 public schools in the county, enrolling about 18,481, Spring Creek Middle among them.
Spring Creek High is about 0.3 miles from Spring Creek Middle, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Spring Creek Middle ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Spring Creek Middle is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
A 12% decline took enrollment from 646 in 2020-21 to 571 in 2024-25.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
118,652
Census ACS
Median income
$59,733
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
18,481 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wayne County Public Schools
- Charles B Aycock HighHigh · 1,138 students
- Southern Wayne HighHigh · 1,007 students
- Norwayne MiddleMiddle · 848 students
- Spring Creek ElementaryElementary · 804 students
- Eastern Wayne HighHigh · 781 students
- Spring Creek HighHigh · 732 students
Other Spring Creek Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Spring Creek Middle. Spring Creek Middle is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Spring Creek Middle SchoolPROVIDENCE, UT · 869 students
- Spring Creek Middle SchoolSpring Creek, NV · 708 students
Nearby schools
- Spring Creek High0.3 mi · 732
- Spring Creek Elementary3.8 mi · 804
- La Grange Elementary7.8 mi · 547
- E B Frink Middle8.1 mi · 488
- Moss Hill Elementary8.3 mi · 371
- Brogden Primary8.5 mi · 689
Frequently asked questions
About Spring Creek MiddleHow large is Spring Creek Middle?
Spring Creek Middle enrolls approximately 571 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Spring Creek Middle serve?
Spring Creek Middle serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Spring Creek Middle have?
Spring Creek Middle employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Spring Creek Middle?
At Spring Creek Middle, the student body is approximately 16% White, 68% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Spring Creek Middle public or private?
Spring Creek Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wayne County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.