West Pine Middle

Set in West End, North Carolina, West Pine Middle is a reasonably sized middle-grades school, operated by Moore County Schools. It serves 717 students across grades 6 through 8.

Across the 23 schools in Moore County Schools (13,085 students total), West Pine Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, West Pine Middle lists that White students make up the majority at 73%; the rest comes out to 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Moore County's rate of about 64%.

After controlling for student poverty, West Pine Middle sits in the top 10% of North Carolina schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.4%; actual is 74.8%, +26.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Moore County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,080, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Moore County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,708 students), of which West Pine Middle is one.

The closest other public school is West Pine Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Pine Middle ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 64.9%.

West Pine Middle operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. West Pine Middle's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 846 (now 717).

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