📍 308 Orange High Rd, Hillsborough, Orange County, 27278
Orange Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Hillsborough, Orange County. The school has 525 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Orange County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. 49% of students are proficient in reading. 38% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Orange Middle enrolls 525 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% White, 17% Hispanic or Latino and 14% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 323 | 62% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 89 | 17% |
| Black or African American | 75 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 35 | 6.7% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
210 of the school's 525 students (40%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 191 qualify for free lunch and 19 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.
Orange Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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-40, state senate district 23, state house district 50.
Orange Middle is one of 13 schools in Orange County Schools, based in Hillsborough, North Carolina. The district serves 6,982 students district-wide and employs 507 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 525 students, Orange Middle is close to the district average of about 537 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe