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Best Middle Schools in Edgecombe County, NC

At a glance

Schools

1,814

Students

Districts

Top rankedSouth Edgecombe Middle433^rd of 778 North Carolina middle schools

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Biggest riser

Red Oak Middle up 98 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Phillips Middle 12.4 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

J W Parker Middle

SchoolDigger ratings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOG Mathematics (2026)			EOG Reading (2026)			EOG Science (2026)	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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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
Phillips Middle	Public	6-8	4371 Battleboro-Leggett Road	Battleboro	27809	Edgecombe County	Edgecombe County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 446-2031	118	10	12.4	97.5%	6 (5.1%)	87 (73.7%)	20 (16.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.2%)	10.8	718^th of 778 public middle schools	7.7%		17.1	672^nd of 773 public middle schools	13.1%	46	25.6	41.9	6.3	30.8	40.9	28.1	31.3	$13,631	$2,688	$10,943
South Edgecombe Middle	Public	6-8	230 Pinetops-Crisp Road	Pinetops	27864	Edgecombe County	Edgecombe County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 827-5083	271	19	14.0	—	111 (41.0%)	93 (34.3%)	50 (18.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.9%)	45.2	433^rd of 778 public middle schools	44.3%		38.5	478^th of 773 public middle schools	38.2%	45	65.7	50.0	45.1	51.4	55.4	43.9	65.9	$9,619	$1,193	$8,426
West Edgecombe Middle	Public	6-8	6301 Nobles Mill Pond Road	Rocky Mount	27801	Edgecombe County	Edgecombe County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 446-2030	249	16	15.4	96.8%	61 (24.5%)	153 (61.4%)	12 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (9.2%)	22.5	630^th of 778 public middle schools	19.0%		14.8	689^th of 773 public middle schools	10.9%	59	36.0	44.0	32.9	33.7	34.1	45.2	67.1	$10,069	$1,755	$8,314
J W Parker Middle	Public	6-8	1500 E Virginia Street	Rocky Mount	27801	Edgecombe County	Edgecombe County Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(252) 937-9060	336	18	19.2	—	3 (0.9%)	300 (89.3%)	19 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.2%)	2.7	764^th of 778 public middle schools	1.8%					(n/a)	11.4	16.3	6.9	23.3	29.6	13.7	36.3
Red Oak Middle	Public	6-8	3170 Red Oak-Battleboro Road	Battleboro	27809	Edgecombe County	Nash County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 462-2000	840	41	20.4	—	244 (29.0%)	445 (53.0%)	87 (10.4%)	5 (0.6%)	11 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (5.7%)	39	485^th of 778 public middle schools	37.7%		25.9	583^rd of 773 public middle schools	24.6%	98	50.0	47.9	45.3	47.8	55.1	49.0	60.4	$8,118	$762	$7,357

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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