Williston Middle

Williston Middle, a middle-of-the-pack junior high in Wilmington, North Carolina, run under New Hanover County Schools, educates 666 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

New Hanover County Schools comprises 42 schools with combined enrollment of 24,791 students; Williston Middle is among them.

In terms of who attends, Williston Middle reports that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 40% Black, 12% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, New Hanover County as a whole is about 8% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Williston Middle records 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Williston Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Williston Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of New Hanover County's rate of about 67%.

After controlling for student poverty, Williston Middle is in the bottom 10% of North Carolina public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 48.4%; Williston Middle posts 28.4%, -20.0 points below that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for New Hanover County put median household income runs about $75,166, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, New Hanover County runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,460 students), of which Williston Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: The International School at Gregory, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Williston Middle comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.3%.

Williston Middle operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 665 students in 2018 compared to 666 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 25% to 41% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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