📍 82 Marion Rd, Lumberton, Robeson County, 28358
Lumberton Junior is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lumberton, Robeson County. The school has 707 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Public Schools of Robeson County school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.3:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lumberton Junior enrolls 707 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% Black or African American, 24% Hispanic or Latino and 11% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 310 | 44% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 170 | 24% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 81 | 11% |
| White | 76 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 46 | 6.5% |
| Asian | 20 | 2.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
704 of the school's 707 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 704 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.
Lumberton Junior 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 13, state house district 47.
Lumberton Junior 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 707 students, Lumberton Junior is larger than the district average of about 576 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant