📍 490 Guy Rd, Clayton, Johnston County, 27520
Clayton Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Clayton, Johnston County. The school has 573 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Johnston County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. 41% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Clayton Middle enrolls 573 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 36 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 35% White, 32% Hispanic or Latino and 26% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 200 | 35% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 183 | 32% |
| Black or African American | 149 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 32 | 5.6% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
331 of the school's 573 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 303 qualify for free lunch and 28 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.
Clayton Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 11, state house district 26.
Clayton Middle is one of 48 schools in Johnston County Public Schools, based in Smithfield, North Carolina. The district serves 37,320 students district-wide and employs 2,398 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 573 students, Clayton Middle is smaller than the district average of about 778 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small