📍 194 Church St, Cordova, Richmond County, 28330
Cordova Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Cordova, Richmond County. The school has 270 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 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. 36% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Cordova Middle enrolls 270 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% White, 27% Black or African American and 18% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 120 | 44% |
| Black or African American | 74 | 27% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 48 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 4.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 12 | 4.4% |
| Asian | 3 | 1.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
267 of the school's 270 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 267 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.
Cordova 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.
Cordova 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 270 students, Cordova Middle is smaller than the district average of about 434 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant