📍 402 Iona St, Fairmont, Robeson County, 28340
Fairmont Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Fairmont, Robeson County. The school has 318 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Public Schools of Robeson County school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 16% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Fairmont Middle enrolls 318 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Black or African American, 25% American Indian or Alaska Native and 8.5% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 160 | 50% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 79 | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 27 | 8.5% |
| White | 26 | 8.2% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 7.9% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
315 of the school's 318 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 315 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.
Fairmont Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 13, state house district 47.
Fairmont Middle is one of 37 schools in Public Schools of Robeson County, based in Lumberton, North Carolina. The district serves 21,301 students district-wide and employs 1,309 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 318 students, Fairmont Middle is smaller than the district average of about 576 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant