📍 100 Carraway Drive, Beaufort, Carteret County, 28516
Beaufort Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Beaufort, Carteret County. The school has 258 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Carteret County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 21.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. 55% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Beaufort Middle enrolls 258 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 21.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 69% White, 12% Black or African American and 10% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 177 | 69% |
| Black or African American | 32 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 23 | 8.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
255 of the school's 258 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 255 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.
Beaufort Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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-30, state senate district 2, state house district 13.
Beaufort Middle is one of 18 schools in Carteret County Public Schools, based in Beaufort, North Carolina. The district serves 7,847 students district-wide and employs 588 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 258 students, Beaufort Middle is smaller than the district average of about 436 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant