📍 910 South Main Street, Bladenboro, Bladen County, 28320
Bladenboro Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Bladenboro, Bladen County. The school has 277 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Bladen County Schools school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 30% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Bladenboro Middle enrolls 277 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% White, 20% Black or African American and 14% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 156 | 56% |
| Black or African American | 56 | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 39 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 6.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | 2.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
274 of the school's 277 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 274 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.
Bladenboro Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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-70, state senate district 8, state house district 22.
Bladenboro Middle is one of 13 schools in Bladen County Schools, based in Elizabethtown, North Carolina. The district serves 3,928 students district-wide and employs 263 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 277 students, Bladenboro Middle is close to the district average of about 302 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant