Spring Lake Middle

Spring Lake Middle operates as a tight-knit middle-grades school in Spring Lake, North Carolina, run under Cumberland County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 500 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Across the 86 schools in Cumberland County Schools (49,002 students total), Spring Lake Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Spring Lake Middle shows that 63% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% White. By comparison, Cumberland County as a whole is about 38% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Cumberland County's rate of about 86%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Spring Lake Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.7%, the actual is 38.4%, a residual of -10.3 points.

In the area at large, census data for Cumberland County shows median household income runs about $61,291, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Spring Lake Middle is one of 89 public schools in Cumberland County (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students).

Nearest neighbor: Manchester Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Spring Lake Middle. On composite proficiency, Spring Lake Middle comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 13%: 441 students in 2018 compared to 500 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.