📍 301 N Rochelle Blvd, Kinston, Lenoir County, 28501
Rochelle Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Kinston, Lenoir County. The school has 466 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lenoir County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. 20% of students are proficient in reading. 9% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Rochelle Middle enrolls 466 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Black or African American, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino and 3.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 410 | 88% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 23 | 4.9% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 3.9% |
| White | 9 | 1.9% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
455 of the school's 466 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 455 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.
Rochelle 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-10, state senate district 7, state house district 12.
Rochelle Middle is one of 17 schools in Lenoir County Public Schools, based in Kinston, North Carolina. The district serves 8,331 students district-wide and employs 547 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 466 students, Rochelle Middle is close to the district average of about 490 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant