📍 102 N Martin Luther King Jr Dr, La Grange, Lenoir County, 28551
E B Frink Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in La Grange, Lenoir County. The school has 540 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lenoir County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 35% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
E B Frink Middle enrolls 540 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 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Black or African American, 34% White and 19% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 226 | 42% |
| White | 184 | 34% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 104 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 4.1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
537 of the school's 540 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 537 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.
E B Frink Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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.
E B Frink 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 540 students, E B Frink 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: Rural - Distant