📍 720 Edwards Street, Rocky Mount, Nash County, 27803
G R Edwards Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Rocky Mount, Nash County. The school has 410 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Nash County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.1:1. 31% of students are proficient in reading. 20% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
G R Edwards Middle enrolls 410 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 69% Black or African American, 15% White and 12% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 281 | 69% |
| White | 61 | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 49 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 3.9% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
361 of the school's 410 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 361 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.
G R Edwards Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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-10, state senate district 11, state house district 25.
G R Edwards Middle is one of 30 schools in Nash County Public Schools, based in Nashville, North Carolina. The district serves 13,178 students district-wide and employs 852 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 410 students, G R Edwards Middle is close to the district average of about 439 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small