📍 500 E Chatham Street, Newport, Carteret County, 28570
Newport Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Newport, Carteret County. The school has 378 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 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. 56% of students are proficient in reading. 39% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Newport Middle enrolls 378 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% White, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 8.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 266 | 70% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 42 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 8.2% |
| Black or African American | 30 | 7.9% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 1.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
369 of the school's 378 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 369 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.
Newport 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.
Newport 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 378 students, Newport 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