Union Middle

As a modestly sized intermediate school in Clinton, North Carolina, Union Middle enrolls 374 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Sampson County Schools. That puts it 38% below the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 605 students.

Sampson County Schools runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 7,986 students. Union Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Union Middle logs that 61% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 18% White, 18% Black, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Union Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Union Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Sampson County indicate median household earnings sit near $52,432, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sampson County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,001 students), of which Union Middle is one.

Union Intermediate is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Union Middle at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 49.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 393 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 53% to 61% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

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