Springfield Middle

Springfield Middle is a 6-8 campus of cozy scale in Lucama, North Carolina, one of the schools within Wilson County Schools, hosting 448 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 605 students each, so Springfield Middle sits 26% below that benchmark.

Within Wilson County Schools, which oversees 25 schools and 10,451 students, Springfield Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Springfield Middle reports that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 31% Hispanic, 17% Black, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Wilson County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Springfield Middle sits in the top 10% of North Carolina schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.5%; actual is 70.7%, +22.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Wilson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $56,423 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Wilson County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,482 students), of which Springfield Middle is one.

Rock Ridge Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Springfield Middle at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 59.5%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 482 students in 2018 compared to 448 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 55% to 46% over that span.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Springfield Middle typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.