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Enrollment
584
Middle
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LENOIR COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370261001096
Woodington Middle
4939 Hwy 258 South, Kinston, NC 28504 · (252) 527-9570 · Lenoir County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL584 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
- BBeats 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
16.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
581 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 | 182 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 209 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 193 | 33% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
45.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
46.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Woodington Middle
Woodington Middle's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodington Middle this school | 584 | 99.5% | 48.3% |
| Emma B Trask Middle Wilmington | 611 | 99.5% | 58.6% |
| W C Friday Middle School Dallas | 618 | 99.5% | 39.9% |
| Shallotte Middle Shallotte | 627 | 99.5% | 60.0% |
| Lincolnton Middle Lincolnton | 563 | 99.5% | 43.2% |
| West Rowan Middle Salisbury | 707 | 98.9% | 36.0% |
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 Woodington Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #267 of 463 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #263 of 461 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #266 of 463 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 584 | #244 of 478 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #287 of 456 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #169 of 456 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #101 of 472 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #213 of 300 |
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
584
-75 (-11%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 584 | 34.6 | 16.9:1 | 99% (581) |
| 2023-24 | 582 | 35.7 | 16.3:1 | 99% (579) |
| 2022-23 | 577 | 38 | 15.2:1 | 99% (574) |
| 2020-21 | 659 | 37 | 17.8:1 | 98% (648) |
| 2017-18 | 632 | 37 | 17.1:1 | 97% (616) |
| 2015-16 | 623 | 38 | 16.4:1 | 99% (619) |
| 2010-11 | 683 | 40 | 17.1:1 | 54% (366) |
| 2000-01 | 640 | 46 | 13.9:1 | 42% (267) |
| 1990-91 | 570 | 38 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodington Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (632 to 584); teachers down 6% (37 to 34.6).
About Woodington Middle
Woodington Middle is a middle-grades school with a street address in Kinston, North Carolina. It reports enrollment of 584 students in grades 6 through 8.
Lenoir County Public Schools is the district for Woodington Middle. It has 17 schools and 8,331 students.
The largest group at Woodington Middle is White students, at 49%. Other students are 25% Hispanic, 19% Black, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put Lenoir County at about 50% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
Its staff includes 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.9 students per teacher. Compared with the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina, this school's ratio is higher. Roughly 99% of students at Woodington Middle can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Lenoir County is close, at 99%.
Woodington Middle holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 46% of North Carolina public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Woodington Middle falls in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools: 48.3% actual against 48.5% predicted.
The school's county is Lenoir County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $45,143, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lenoir County's 18 public schools enroll about 8,480 students and include Woodington Middle.
South Lenoir High is the nearest public school to Woodington Middle, about 4.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Woodington Middle ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
An 11% decline took enrollment from 659 in 2020-21 to 584 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Woodington Middle can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Lenoir County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,919
Census ACS
Median income
$45,143
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
8,480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lenoir County Public Schools
- North Lenoir HighHigh · 957 students
- Contentnea-Savannah SchoolElementary · 789 students
- South Lenoir HighHigh · 721 students
- Kinston HighHigh · 659 students
- La Grange ElementaryElementary · 547 students
- Rochelle MiddleMiddle · 517 students
Other schools in Kinston
- Contentnea-Savannah SchoolElementary · 789 students
- Kinston HighHigh · 659 students
- Rochelle MiddleMiddle · 517 students
- Northwest ElementaryElementary · 504 students
- Northeast ElementaryElementary · 465 students
- Banks ElementaryElementary · 436 students
Nearby schools
- South Lenoir High4.1 mi · 721
- Southwood Elementary5.2 mi · 218
- Lenoir County Early College High6.3 mi · 246
- Moss Hill Elementary7.2 mi · 371
- Lenoir County Learning Academy7.4 mi · 66
- Southeast Elementary7.7 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About Woodington MiddleHow large is Woodington Middle?
Woodington Middle enrolls approximately 584 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Woodington Middle serve?
Woodington Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Woodington Middle have?
Woodington Middle employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Woodington Middle?
Student demographics at Woodington Middle are roughly 49% White, 25% Hispanic, 19% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Woodington Middle public or private?
Woodington Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lenoir County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.