📍 5514 Old Stantonsburg Road, Stantonsburg, Wilson County, 27883
Speight Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Stantonsburg, Wilson County. The school has 294 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wilson County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 18.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1. 33% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Speight Middle enrolls 294 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 18.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 38% Hispanic or Latino, 32% White and 25% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 112 | 38% |
| White | 95 | 32% |
| Black or African American | 73 | 25% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 4.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
291 of the school's 294 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 270 qualify for free lunch and 21 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.
Speight 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-10, state senate district 4, state house district 24.
Speight Middle is one of 25 schools in Wilson County Schools, based in Wilson, North Carolina. The district serves 10,451 students district-wide and employs 621 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 294 students, Speight Middle is smaller than the district average of about 418 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant