📍 1337 Broadway Rd, Sanford, Lee County, 27330
East Lee Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Sanford, Lee County. The school has 531 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lee County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 21% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
East Lee Middle enrolls 531 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 33 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% Hispanic or Latino, 30% White and 20% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 226 | 43% |
| White | 161 | 30% |
| Black or African American | 108 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 34 | 6.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
379 of the school's 531 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 347 qualify for free lunch and 32 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.
East Lee 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 12, state house district 51.
East Lee Middle is one of 16 schools in Lee County Schools, based in Sanford, North Carolina. The district serves 9,168 students district-wide and employs 653 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 531 students, East Lee Middle is close to the district average of about 573 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant