📍 14888 Hwy 87 West, Tar Heel, Bladen County, 28392
Tar Heel Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Tar Heel, Bladen County. The school has 287 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Bladen County Schools school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 15.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Tar Heel Middle enrolls 287 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 15.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Hispanic or Latino, 25% Black or African American and 23% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 129 | 45% |
| Black or African American | 71 | 25% |
| White | 67 | 23% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 14 | 4.9% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 2.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
284 of the school's 287 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 284 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.
Tar Heel Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. 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.
Tar Heel 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 287 students, Tar Heel 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