📍 612 Spring Avenue, Spring Lake, Cumberland County, 28390
Spring Lake Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Spring Lake, Cumberland County. The school has 512 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cumberland County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. 31% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Spring Lake Middle enrolls 512 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 33 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% Black or African American, 14% Hispanic or Latino and 13% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 309 | 60% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 71 | 14% |
| White | 64 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 50 | 9.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 10 | 2% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
509 of the school's 512 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 509 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Spring Lake Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 21, state house district 42.
Spring Lake Middle is one of 86 schools in Cumberland County Schools, based in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The district serves 49,002 students district-wide and employs 3,329 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 512 students, Spring Lake Middle is close to the district average of about 570 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large