Summary:
Chocowinity, North Carolina, is served by a single middle school, Chocowinity Middle, which enrolls 366 students in grades 5–8 as part of Beaufort County Schools. Because there is only one middle school in the city, the most useful comparisons are between this school, its district, and the state rather than between nearby schools.
Chocowinity Middle’s biggest strength is mathematics, especially in grades 5 and 6, where proficiency rates frequently beat both the district and state by significant margins. For example, in the 2025–26 school year, 6th grade math proficiency reached 82.4% compared with 56.4% for the district and 59.2% statewide. However, reading and science results lag behind, with some grade-level reading scores in the high 40s and 8th grade science at 56.0% versus 68.6% statewide. The school’s overall state ranking has remained steady at about the 58th–61st percentile and has earned a 3-star rating for three consecutive years. That consistency is notable given that 99.18% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a poverty level that usually makes high academic performance much harder to achieve.
The biggest concern is chronic absenteeism: 31.9% of students are chronically absent, compared with 26.9% for the district and 24.2% across North Carolina. That means nearly one in three students misses enough school to affect learning, which likely explains part of the gap between math and reading or science. The school also shows large year-to-year swings in specific grades, suggesting student cohort changes rather than broad shifts in quality. For parents, the bottom line is that Chocowinity Middle offers strong math instruction in a high-poverty setting, but chronic absenteeism and uneven reading and science outcomes remain significant challenges to address.
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