📍 1406 McDonald Ave, Hamlet, Richmond County, 28345
Hamlet Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Hamlet, Richmond County. The school has 425 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Richmond County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 34% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Hamlet Middle enrolls 425 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% White, 39% Black or African American and 11% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 169 | 40% |
| Black or African American | 167 | 39% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 45 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 5.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 16 | 3.8% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
422 of the school's 425 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 422 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.
Hamlet Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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-80, state senate district 25, state house district 66.
Hamlet Middle is one of 15 schools in Richmond County Schools, based in Hamlet, North Carolina. The district serves 6,504 students district-wide and employs 423 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 425 students, Hamlet Middle is close to the district average of about 434 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant