📍 841 Nash Street, Rocky Mount, Nash County, 27804
Rocky Mount Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Rocky Mount, Nash County. The school has 407 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 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.4:1. 26% of students are proficient in reading. 7% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Rocky Mount Middle enrolls 407 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 21 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% Black or African American, 6.6% Hispanic or Latino and 6.4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 320 | 79% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 27 | 6.6% |
| White | 26 | 6.4% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 6.1% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
393 of the school's 407 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 393 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.
Rocky Mount 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.
Rocky Mount 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 407 students, Rocky Mount 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