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Culbreth Middle

Q: Is Culbreth Middle a good school?

Culbreth Middle ranks 198 th of 773 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

198^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 773 North Carolina Middle Schools

Better than 74% of North Carolina middle schools

Summary

Culbreth Middle is a public middle school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 664 students. It is part of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district, which is ranked 30th out of 242 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. Culbreth Middle has consistently maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past several years, ranking among the top middle schools in North Carolina.

Culbreth Middle students consistently outperform the state average in proficiency rates for EOG (End-of-Grade) tests in Mathematics, Reading, and Science. The school ranks highly for White students and Multi-racial students, indicating that these groups are achieving at high levels. However, the school's performance is relatively lower for African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students, suggesting an opportunity for improvement in addressing achievement gaps. Culbreth Middle excels in supporting its Special Education students, ranking 13th out of 478 middle schools in North Carolina, but its performance for Gifted and Talented students is more average.

Culbreth Middle's academic performance and student-teacher ratio compare favorably to the nearby schools, particularly those within the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district. This suggests that Culbreth Middle is a high-performing school within its local context. Overall, Culbreth Middle is a strong-performing middle school that consistently ranks among the top in North Carolina, with notable strengths in academic excellence and support for certain student subgroups, but also facing challenges in addressing achievement gaps and providing optimal support for its Gifted and Talented students.

632

Students ?

12.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,195

Per pupil spending ?

33.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

225 Culbreth Rd
Chapel Hill, NC 27516-8302

(919) 929-7161

District: Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

Students who attend Culbreth Middle usually attend:

High:

Carrboro High

Racial breakdown:

White:

45.4%

Hispanic:

30.1%

African American:

10.9%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 90th percentile in 2015 → 74th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the North Carolina average (63% vs 54% meeting standards)

✓Above the North Carolina median (74th percentile)

✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 16 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Near the bottom of Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools's ranking

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school63%

District avg70%

North Carolina avg54%

198^th of 773

North Carolina public middle schools ?

Top 26%▼ down 16 pts since 2015

From top 10% (2015) to top 26% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 4Middle Schools in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

30^th of 242Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools among North Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	70.3	198 of 773	74.4%	★★★★☆
2024	69.8	210 of 793	73.5%	★★★★☆
2023	74.4	171 of 784	78.2%	★★★★☆
2022	82.7	121 of 786	84.6%	★★★★☆
2021	82.3	111 of 741	85.0%	★★★★☆
2019	80.5	120 of 737	83.7%	★★★★☆
2018	80.6	107 of 691	84.5%	★★★★☆
2017	86.0	64 of 694	90.8%	★★★★★
2016	85.3	72 of 692	89.6%	★★★★☆
2015	86.4	71 of 705	89.9%	★★★★★
2014	91.5	41 of 627	93.5%	★★★★★
2013	91.5	46 of 673	93.2%	★★★★★
2012	79.8	92 of 662	86.1%	★★★★☆
2011	82.1	65 of 648	90.0%	★★★★★
2010	82.1	64 of 640	90.0%	★★★★★
2009	84.2	54 of 630	91.4%	★★★★★
2008	89.1	34 of 620	94.5%	★★★★★
2007	81.3	60 of 606	90.1%	★★★★★
2006	81.6	65 of 598	89.1%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	29.2	410 of 546	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	52.0	213 of 560	62.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.6	170 of 559	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	65.0	120 of 550	78.2%	★★★★☆
2021	68.5	90 of 533	83.1%	★★★★☆
2019	59.3	153 of 519	70.5%	★★★★☆
2018	30.3	375 of 494	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	13.1	103 of 111	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	25.9	85 of 110	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	43.7	72 of 110	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	56.5	55 of 109	49.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	66.7	43 of 99	56.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	32.9	83 of 102	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.4	74 of 95	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	54.8	123 of 449	72.6%	★★★★☆
2021	64.4	83 of 478	82.6%	★★★★☆
2019	85.0	29 of 504	94.2%	★★★★★
2018	84.3	25 of 475	94.7%	★★★★★

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	24.1	320 of 371	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.0	347 of 356	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.0	286 of 318	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.4	215 of 312	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	24.4	216 of 236	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	48.2	84 of 211	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	43.3	67 of 151	55.6%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	71.8	178 of 733	75.7%	★★★★☆
2024	66.2	220 of 738	70.2%	★★★★☆
2023	74.1	157 of 731	78.5%	★★★★☆
2022	78.8	136 of 733	81.4%	★★★★☆
2021	74.8	155 of 706	78.0%	★★★★☆
2019	77.3	134 of 684	80.4%	★★★★☆
2018	76.4	133 of 656	79.7%	★★★★☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	57.6	240 of 458	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	51.4	291 of 461	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	52.9	268 of 452	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	60.5	195 of 450	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	68.7	130 of 448	71.0%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	31.8	407 of 562	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.4	454 of 564	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.7	463 of 553	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.9	374 of 541	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.5	358 of 522	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	42.1	306 of 493	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.5	311 of 472	34.1%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	15.8	663 of 729	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	20.3	651 of 743	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.5	616 of 735	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.9	487 of 689	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.2	441 of 633	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.1	490 of 639	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.5	516 of 604	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	66.4	219 of 733	70.1%	★★★★☆
2024	70.7	192 of 751	74.4%	★★★★☆
2023	72.2	178 of 747	76.2%	★★★★☆
2022	84.4	98 of 748	86.9%	★★★★☆
2021	86.5	71 of 711	90.0%	★★★★★
2019	81.6	104 of 697	85.1%	★★★★☆
2018	83.5	74 of 665	88.9%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	84.7	36 of 328	89.0%	★★★★☆
2024	89.9	21 of 306	93.1%	★★★★★
2023	86.5	26 of 302	91.4%	★★★★★
2022	84.9	24 of 283	91.5%	★★★★★
2021	90.8	16 of 248	93.5%	★★★★★
2019	72.6	42 of 237	82.3%	★★★★☆
2018	77.6	39 of 221	82.4%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	87.7	13 of 478	97.3%	★★★★★
2024	56.8	129 of 473	72.7%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	90.8	43 of 649	93.4%	★★★★★
2024	85.4	80 of 652	87.7%	★★★★☆
2023	87.5	59 of 656	91.0%	★★★★★
2022	90.5	42 of 658	93.6%	★★★★★
2021	90.2	41 of 632	93.5%	★★★★★
2019	89.8	45 of 624	92.8%	★★★★★
2018	91.9	33 of 596	94.5%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2025)97th percentile+23 vs school

White (2025)93rd percentile+19 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)89th percentile+15 vs school

Female (2025)76th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)73rd percentile-12 vs school

Male (2025)70th percentile-4 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)48th percentile-27 vs school

Hispanic (2025)28th percentile-47 vs school

African American (2025)25th percentile-49 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)14th percentile-61 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)9th percentile-65 vs school

Asian (2025)7th percentile-67 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Science72%+11 vs state

Mathematics63%+10 vs state

Reading60%+7 vs state

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by a student
Tuesday, June 1, 2021

all of the teachers really do care for us students and teach us in a good manner and the only reason we should have bad grades is because we dont pay attention in class. this school really makes me and my friends feel at home and we really do love the teachers and the way they teach us is really a good way and i have a redaing disorder and have a conseler and she really seems to care about me. i couldnt ask for a better school and tachers. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOG Mathematics (2025)			EOG Reading (2025)			EOG Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Culbreth Middle	Public	6-8	225 Culbreth Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 929-7161	632	52	12.0	33.9%	287 (45.4%)	69 (10.9%)	190 (30.1%)	29 (4.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (8.7%)	70.3	198^th of 773 public middle schools	74.4%		69.8	210^th of 793 public middle schools	73.5%	12	67.7	57.0	63.8	60.0	54.1	63.8	71.5	$12,195	$336	$11,860
McDougle Middle	Public	6-8	900 Old Fayetteville Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 933-1556	659	57	11.6	27.6%	359 (54.5%)	69 (10.5%)	167 (25.3%)	17 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (7.1%)	84.8	98^th of 773 public middle schools	87.3%		83	110^th of 793 public middle schools	86.1%	12	76.7	65.4	69.4	72.1	67.7	75.1	75.6	$13,223	$311	$12,913
Phillips Middle	Public	6-8	606 N Estes Dr	Chapel Hill	27514	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 929-2188	600	52	11.4	27.0%	272 (45.3%)	86 (14.3%)	59 (9.8%)	131 (21.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (8.5%)	85	93^rd of 773 public middle schools	88.0%		83.3	107^th of 793 public middle schools	86.5%	14	77.7	70.4	67.9	72.1	64.6	71.3	78.1	$12,655	$480	$12,175
Smith Middle	Public	6-8	9201 Seawell School Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 918-2145	763	56	13.6	22.4%	322 (42.2%)	104 (13.6%)	98 (12.8%)	170 (22.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (9.0%)	88.3	67^th of 773 public middle schools	91.3%		89.4	68^th of 793 public middle schools	91.4%	1	73.4	71.7	75.0	75.5	73.5	75.3	78.6	$11,562	$338	$11,224
Margaret B. Pollard Middle	Public	6-8	185 Granite Mill Blvd.	Chapel Hill	27516	Chatham County	Chatham County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 969-0070	736	44	16.6	20.8%	479 (65.1%)	47 (6.4%)	133 (18.1%)	22 (3.0%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	49 (6.7%)	84.9	94^th of 773 public middle schools	87.8%		85.2	97^th of 793 public middle schools	87.8%	3	78.5	79.1	60.3	75.8	75.7	71.5	68.5	$8,507	$455	$8,052
Sherwood Githens Middle	Public	6-8	4800 Chapel Hill Road	Durham	27707	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 560-3966	878	51	17.1	99.7%	235 (26.8%)	238 (27.1%)	305 (34.7%)	37 (4.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (7.1%)	42.4	456^th of 773 public middle schools	41.0%		42.8	463^rd of 793 public middle schools	41.6%	7	50.7	52.1	43.3	49.5	49.0	49.4	48.5	$10,235	$1,013	$9,222
Rogers-Herr Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	911 Cornwallis Road	Durham	27707	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 560-3970	660	40	16.6	99.5%	195 (29.5%)	250 (37.9%)	155 (23.5%)	17 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	41 (6.2%)	83.8	104^th of 773 public middle schools	86.5%		79.7	134^th of 793 public middle schools	83.1%	30	68.6	77.7	63.9	70.5	71.0	73.4	72.4	$11,594	$781	$10,812
Alston Ridge Middle	Public	6-8	7833 Fussell Avenue	Cary	27519	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 694-8044	1,494	79	19.0	21.3%	334 (22.4%)	171 (11.4%)	175 (11.7%)	736 (49.3%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	73 (4.9%)	92.6	44^th of 773 public middle schools	94.3%		94.2	36^th of 793 public middle schools	95.5%	8	85.3	81.4	78.1	73.7	78.7	77.7	82.0
A L Stanback Middle	Public	6-8	3700 NC 86 South	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 644-3200	648	45	14.4	57.7%	238 (36.7%)	69 (10.6%)	284 (43.8%)	12 (1.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (6.5%)	51.9	371^st of 773 public middle schools	52.0%		49	405^th of 793 public middle schools	48.9%	34	49.5	50.3	55.9	42.9	52.3	54.5	69.2	$11,425	$789	$10,636
Lowe's Grove Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	4418 S Alston Avenue	Durham	27713	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(919) 560-3946	564	29	19.7	99.5%	40 (7.1%)	269 (47.7%)	203 (36.0%)	12 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (7.1%)	6.7	737^th of 773 public middle schools	4.7%		9.1	743^rd of 793 public middle schools	6.3%	6	31.9	18.2	20.1	30.7	25.6	22.0	20.0	$11,779	$1,431	$10,349

Frequently Asked Questions about Culbreth Middle

How many students attend Culbreth Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 632 students attended Culbreth Middle.

What is the racial makeup of Culbreth Middle?

Students at Culbreth Middle are 45% White, 30% Hispanic, 11% African American, 9% Two or more races, 5% Asian.

Is Culbreth Middle a good school?

Culbreth Middle ranks 198^th of 773 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What district is Culbreth Middle in?

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

What high school do graduates of Culbreth Middle attend?

Students who attend Culbreth Middle usually go on to attend Carrboro High

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