📍 400 Barbour Road, Morehead City, Carteret County, 28557
Morehead City Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Morehead City, Carteret County. The school has 482 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Carteret County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. 63% of students are proficient in reading. 53% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Morehead City Middle enrolls 482 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% White, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 6.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 341 | 71% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 70 | 15% |
| Black or African American | 32 | 6.6% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 5.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 7 | 1.5% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
479 of the school's 482 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 479 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.
Morehead City 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.
Morehead City 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 482 students, Morehead City Middle is close to the district average of about 436 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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