West Hoke Middle

Set in Raeford, North Carolina, West Hoke Middle is a moderately sized intermediate school, one of the schools within Hoke County Schools. It instructs 656 students across grades 6 through 8.

West Hoke Middle is one of 14 schools operated by Hoke County Schools, a district that serves 8,732 students overall.

In terms of who attends, West Hoke Middle logs that 37% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 25% Hispanic, 14% White, 12% Native American, 12% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, West Hoke Middle shows 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting West Hoke Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at West Hoke Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, West Hoke Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.4%, the actual is 38.8%, a residual of -9.7 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Hoke County shows median household earnings sit near $64,912, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. West Hoke Middle is one of 14 public schools in Hoke County (combined enrollment of about 8,732 students).

The closest other public school is Upchurch Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around West Hoke Middle. On composite proficiency, West Hoke Middle comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 49.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Hoke Middle has ticked up 16%, going from 566 students in 2018 to 656 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 42% to 37% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.