📍 3170 Red Oak-Battleboro Road, Battleboro, Nash County, 27809
Red Oak Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Battleboro, Nash County. The school has 804 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Nash County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.3:1. 38% of students are proficient in reading. 24% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Red Oak Middle enrolls 804 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% Black or African American, 31% White and 10% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 428 | 53% |
| White | 250 | 31% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 83 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 3.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 10 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
518 of the school's 804 students (64%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 479 qualify for free lunch and 39 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.
Red Oak Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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.
Red Oak 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 804 students, Red Oak Middle is larger than the district average of about 439 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe