Enrollment
289
Middle
DISTRICT 253 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDGECOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370132003349
W A Pattillo Middle
501 East Ave, Tarboro, NC 27886 · (252) 823-3812 · Edgecombe County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL289 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of North Carolina public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
14.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
286 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 84 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 100 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 105 | 36% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
34.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
32.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 W A Pattillo Middle
W A Pattillo Middle's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| W A Pattillo Middle this school | 289 | 99.0% | 35.0% |
| Conway Middle Conway | 259 | 98.8% | 38.0% |
| Warren County Middle Warrenton | 342 | 99.1% | 27.4% |
| Dillard Middle Goldsboro | 319 | 99.1% | 24.4% |
| William R Davie Middle S.T.E.M. Academy Roanoke Rapids | 243 | 98.8% | 23.9% |
| Wadesboro Elementary Wadesboro | 215 | 97.2% | 30.1% |
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 W A Pattillo Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Edgecombe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #394 of 463 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #387 of 461 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #392 of 463 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 289 | #428 of 478 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #85 of 456 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.8% | #406 of 456 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #240 of 472 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.3% | #68 of 143 | N/A |
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
289
-21 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 289 | 20.2 | 14.3:1 | 99% (286) |
| 2023-24 | 304 | 19 | 16.0:1 | 98% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 303 | 18 | 16.8:1 | 99% (300) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 19 | 16.3:1 | 99% (307) |
| 2017-18 | 262 | 19.7 | 13.3:1 | 99% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 256 | 18 | 14.2:1 | 99% (253) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for W A Pattillo Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (262 to 289); teachers up 2% (19.7 to 20.2).
About W A Pattillo Middle
Federal records list W A Pattillo Middle as a middle-grades school in Tarboro, North Carolina. Federal data show 289 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Across middle schools in North Carolina, the average enrollment is about 605.
The district, Edgecombe County Public Schools, has 6,310 students enrolled across 19 schools.
Black students are 75% of those enrolled at W A Pattillo Middle. Next come 11% Hispanic, 10% White, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 56% Black among all Edgecombe County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
Staffing at W A Pattillo Middle comes to 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.3:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in North Carolina is 15.9:1. W A Pattillo Middle counts 99% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Edgecombe County is close, at 99%.
Among North Carolina public middle schools, W A Pattillo Middle outscored 15%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 48.6% for a school in North Carolina with W A Pattillo Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. W A Pattillo Middle posts 35.0%.
Looking at the county, Edgecombe County, median household income comes to about $51,265, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 19% of residents are in poverty. The county has 27 public schools and about 8,573 students.
W A Pattillo Middle is about 0.7 miles from Martin Millennium Academy, its nearest public school. Within five miles are 6 other public schools. On proficiency, W A Pattillo Middle is ahead of the 28.5% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 7.
The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school's student count decreased 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio dropped from 16.3:1 to 14.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Edgecombe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
48,736
Census ACS
Median income
$51,265
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
8,573 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edgecombe County Public Schools
- SouthWest Edgecombe HighHigh · 798 students
- G W Carver ElementaryElementary · 550 students
- Martin Millennium AcademyElementary · 548 students
- G W Bulluck ElementaryElementary · 535 students
- Tarboro HighHigh · 496 students
- Stocks ElementaryElementary · 389 students
Other schools in Tarboro
- North East Carolina PrepCombined · 1,107 students
- Martin Millennium AcademyElementary · 548 students
- Tarboro HighHigh · 496 students
- Stocks ElementaryElementary · 389 students
- North Edgecombe HighHigh · 358 students
- Princeville ElementaryElementary · 205 students
Nearby schools
- Martin Millennium Academy0.7 mi · 548
- Princeville Elementary1.3 mi · 205
- Stocks Elementary1.5 mi · 389
- Tarboro High1.9 mi · 496
- Edgecombe Early College High3.2 mi · 171
- North East Carolina Prep3.3 mi · 1,107
Frequently asked questions
About W A Pattillo MiddleHow many students attend W A Pattillo Middle?
W A Pattillo Middle enrolls approximately 289 students in grades 06-08.
Is W A Pattillo Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
W A Pattillo Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at W A Pattillo Middle?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at W A Pattillo Middle.
How diverse is W A Pattillo Middle?
W A Pattillo Middle reports a student body of 10% White, 11% Hispanic, 75% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is W A Pattillo Middle public or private?
W A Pattillo Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Edgecombe County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.