Middle Schools in Warren County Schools

Warren County Schools, located in Warrenton, North Carolina, contains one middle school, Warren County Middle, which serves grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 342 students. Because it is the district's only middle school in this data set, Warren County Schools' middle school performance is identical to the school's own, so no within-district school-to-school comparison is possible. The school has a 14.1:1 student-teacher ratio and serves a student body in which 99.12% of students are economically disadvantaged, as measured by free and reduced lunch eligibility.

The district holds a 1-star rating, and Warren County Middle currently ranks 757th out of 778 North Carolina middle schools, placing it in the bottom 3% statewide. Proficiency rates are critically low in every subject: average math proficiency is just 14.5%, with only 8.9% of sixth graders proficient compared with 59.2% statewide, while average reading proficiency is 23.7%, with sixth grade reading at 19.0% and eighth grade reading at 22.1%. The school's relative strength is eighth grade science, where 40.4% of students are proficient, though that is still 28.2 points below the state average. Chronic absenteeism is a major concern, with 38.0% of students chronically absent, well above the state rate of 24.2% but lower than the district-wide rate of 45.7%.

Year over year, the school lost more ground than it gained. Eighth grade reading fell most sharply, dropping 12.4 percentage points; sixth grade reading fell by 12.1 points; and eighth grade math dropped by 8.3 points. Against that trend, seventh grade students improved in both math (+3.3) and reading (+3.8), which may point to effective instruction or targeted supports at that grade level. Per-student spending is listed at $13,208. Overall, Warren County Middle faces overlapping challenges of high poverty, high absenteeism, and very low academic performance, and it needs urgent, comprehensive support in literacy, math, and attendance, though the science results and seventh grade improvements offer a few encouraging signs.