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Hope Mills Middle

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Hope Mills Middle ranks 415 th of 773 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

415^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 773 North Carolina Middle Schools

Better than 46% of North Carolina middle schools

Summary

Hope Mills Middle is a public middle school in Hope Mills, North Carolina, serving 491 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Cumberland County Schools district, which is ranked 144 out of 242 districts in the state.

While Hope Mills Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom half of North Carolina middle schools over the past decade, the school shows stronger performance in certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic students and multi-racial students. However, the school faces significant challenges due to its extremely high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with over 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's per-student spending is slightly higher than the district average, but the impact of this resource allocation on student outcomes is unclear.

When compared to nearby schools in the Cumberland County district, such as R. Max Abbott Middle, Lewis Chapel Middle, and John R. Griffin Middle, Hope Mills Middle stands out with its consistently lower performance on state assessments. While the nearby schools exhibit a range of performance levels, Hope Mills Middle faces unique challenges in addressing the needs of its high-poverty student population.

474

Students ?

14.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,179

Per pupil spending ?

97%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4975 Cameron Road
Hope Mills, NC 28348-2498

(910) 425-5106

District: Cumberland County Schools

Students who attend Hope Mills Middle usually attend:

High:

South View High

Feeder schools for Hope Mills Middle:

Elementary:	C Wayne Collier Elementary
	Rockfish Elementary

Racial breakdown:

African American:

37.3%

White:

29.7%

Hispanic:

17.5%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 40th percentile in 2015 → 46th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school51%

District avg49%

North Carolina avg54%

415^th of 773

North Carolina public middle schools ?

Bottom 46%▲ up 7 pts since 2015

From bottom 40% (2015) to bottom 46% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 17Middle Schools in the Cumberland County Schools

144^th of 242Cumberland County 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	47.2	415 of 773	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.6	464 of 793	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	49.7	385 of 784	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	36.6	503 of 786	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	27.6	537 of 741	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	38.0	487 of 737	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.2	419 of 691	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2017	45.0	409 of 694	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2016	51.0	351 of 692	49.3%	★★☆☆☆
2015	40.3	426 of 705	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2014	39.6	377 of 627	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2013	44.6	368 of 673	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2012	64.2	264 of 662	60.1%	★★★☆☆
2011	58.0	318 of 648	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2010	64.9	240 of 640	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2009	59.4	306 of 630	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2008	74.6	134 of 620	78.4%	★★★★☆
2007	73.0	135 of 606	77.7%	★★★★☆
2006	69.2	168 of 598	71.9%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	48.0	246 of 546	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	53.6	207 of 560	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	54.1	192 of 559	65.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	43.4	282 of 550	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	38.1	311 of 533	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	46.4	260 of 519	49.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	43.1	289 of 494	41.5%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	41.6	216 of 449	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	27.5	394 of 478	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.8	364 of 504	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.9	301 of 475	36.6%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2024	44.0	179 of 356	49.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	57.3	289 of 733	60.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	49.4	368 of 738	50.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	51.8	349 of 731	52.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	32.5	498 of 733	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	22.3	566 of 706	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.0	543 of 684	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	47.5	391 of 656	40.4%	★★☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	61.7	196 of 458	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	57.6	234 of 461	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	60.1	205 of 452	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.3	309 of 450	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	47.2	301 of 448	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	55.3	239 of 416	42.5%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	67.0	133 of 562	76.3%	★★★★☆
2024	42.2	337 of 564	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	60.8	165 of 553	70.2%	★★★★☆
2022	46.8	281 of 541	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	29.4	397 of 522	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	44.7	276 of 493	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	54.8	188 of 472	60.2%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	56.7	269 of 729	63.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	50.8	342 of 743	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	55.5	285 of 735	61.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	40.1	413 of 689	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	22.5	524 of 633	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	41.8	395 of 639	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.6	408 of 604	32.5%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	34.4	491 of 733	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.3	506 of 751	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.2	388 of 747	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.9	465 of 748	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	33.6	474 of 711	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.3	400 of 697	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.8	441 of 665	33.7%	★★☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	48.8	35 of 64	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.7	41 of 58	29.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	47.5	30 of 54	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.7	43 of 58	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.5	46 of 57	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.6	35 of 48	27.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.3	26 of 45	42.2%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	53.0	141 of 328	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	34.1	212 of 306	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	56.5	108 of 302	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	41.5	166 of 283	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	25.0	211 of 248	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.2	180 of 237	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	45.0	123 of 221	44.3%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	36.5	288 of 478	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.3	385 of 473	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	49.4	322 of 649	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	45.0	362 of 652	44.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.7	348 of 656	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.2	443 of 658	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	32.3	442 of 632	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.2	492 of 624	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	40.4	390 of 596	34.6%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Hispanic (2025)76th percentile+30 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)63rd percentile+17 vs school

Female (2025)61st percentile+14 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)57th percentile+11 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)57th percentile+11 vs school

African American (2025)55th percentile+9 vs school

Disabled (2022)52nd percentile+16 vs school

White (2025)50th percentile+4 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)50th percentile+8 vs school

Military Connected (2025)45th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)40th percentile-7 vs school

Male (2025)33rd percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Science71%+11 vs state

Reading50%-3 vs state

Mathematics46%-7 vs state

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Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Principal does not care and always tries to justify the teachers’s behaviors. She bever got back to me when an issue happened Close Quote

Schools Near Hope Mills Middle

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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
Hope Mills Middle	Public	6-8	4975 Cameron Road	Hope Mills	28348	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 425-5106	474	32	14.6	97.0%	141 (29.7%)	177 (37.3%)	83 (17.5%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.3%)	2 (0.4%)	59 (12.4%)	47.2	415^th of 773 public middle schools	46.3%		42.6	464^th of 793 public middle schools	41.5%	49	41.1	45.9	50.3	45.0	53.4	52.0	71.1	$10,179	$1,099	$9,080
South View Middle	Public	6-8	4100 Elk Road	Hope Mills	28348	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 424-3131	614	39	15.7	99.5%	89 (14.5%)	348 (56.7%)	115 (18.7%)	3 (0.5%)	11 (1.8%)	7 (1.1%)	41 (6.7%)	30.2	547^th of 773 public middle schools	29.2%		27	594^th of 793 public middle schools	25.1%	47	41.6	32.1	33.3	45.4	31.6	48.0	61.5	$9,019	$1,257	$7,762
John R Griffin Middle	Public	6-8	5551 Fisher Road	Fayetteville	28304	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 424-7678	1,024	58	17.7	41.3%	345 (33.7%)	265 (25.9%)	227 (22.2%)	67 (6.5%)	18 (1.8%)	3 (0.3%)	99 (9.7%)	73.5	178^th of 773 public middle schools	77.0%		76.1	162^nd of 793 public middle schools	79.6%	16	61.9	73.2	56.4	65.1	62.6	62.4	70.6	$8,311	$843	$7,468
Gray's Creek Middle	Public	6-8	5151 Celebration Drive	Hope Mills	28348	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 483-4124	1,068	59	17.9	53.4%	472 (44.2%)	291 (27.2%)	153 (14.3%)	12 (1.1%)	22 (2.1%)	4 (0.4%)	114 (10.7%)	50.8	382^nd of 773 public middle schools	50.6%		53.4	355^th of 793 public middle schools	55.2%	27	53.6	49.3	43.3	47.8	54.2	51.7	70.5	$7,625	$904	$6,721
Douglas Byrd Middle	Public	6-8	1616 Ireland Drive	Fayetteville	28304	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 483-3101	855	63	13.5	98.2%	119 (13.9%)	447 (52.3%)	165 (19.3%)	5 (0.6%)	13 (1.5%)	6 (0.7%)	100 (11.7%)	14.4	691^st of 773 public middle schools	10.6%		19	668^th of 793 public middle schools	15.8%	23	38.3	28.8	15.6	36.5	37.9	30.0	39.0	$10,730	$1,972	$8,757
Howard Learning Academy	Public	5-8	1608 Camden Road	Fayetteville	28306	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 483-5434	8	15	.5		0 (0.0%)	3 (37.5%)	2 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (25.0%)	0.6	773^rd of 773 public middle schools	0.0%		0.5	793^rd of 793 public middle schools	0.0%	20				9.8	8.9	7.5	10.6	$28,798	$1,835	$26,963
R Max Abbott Middle	Public	6-8	590 Winding Creek Road	Fayetteville	28305	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 323-2201	704	43	16.3	98.3%	185 (26.3%)	326 (46.3%)	107 (15.2%)	29 (4.1%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	50 (7.1%)	40.4	467^th of 773 public middle schools	39.6%		46.3	428^th of 793 public middle schools	46.0%	39	42.7	42.9	43.9	46.4	50.6	50.4	58.7	$9,660	$1,186	$8,474
Lewis Chapel Middle	Public	6-8	2150 Skibo Road	Fayetteville	28314	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 864-1407	574	40	14.2	96.5%	46 (8.0%)	383 (66.7%)	86 (15.0%)	4 (0.7%)	4 (0.7%)	5 (0.9%)	46 (8.0%)	24.2	594^th of 773 public middle schools	23.2%		18.5	673^rd of 793 public middle schools	15.1%	79	46.4	26.0	33.3	29.8	28.2	42.8	61.1	$9,499	$1,665	$7,833
Anne Chesnutt Middle	Public	6-8	2121 Skibo Road	Fayetteville	28314	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 867-9147	470	34	13.7	99.4%	45 (9.6%)	302 (64.3%)	80 (17.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.9%)	35 (7.4%)	36.6	497^th of 773 public middle schools	35.7%		32.7	549^th of 793 public middle schools	30.8%	52	51.6	45.5	37.0	44.8	45.5	47.9	50.7	$10,211	$840	$9,372
Seventy-First Classical Middle	Public	6-8	6830 Raeford Road	Fayetteville	28304	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 864-0092	433	30	14.4	48.7%	79 (18.2%)	220 (50.8%)	64 (14.8%)	21 (4.8%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (10.6%)	85.1	92^nd of 773 public middle schools	88.1%		83.7	105^th of 793 public middle schools	86.8%	13	61.2	76.2	75.8	66.4	72.8	76.7	87.5	$9,000	$854	$8,146

Frequently Asked Questions about Hope Mills Middle

Is Hope Mills Middle a good school?

Hope Mills Middle ranks 415^th of 773 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Hope Mills Middle in?

Cumberland County Schools

How many students attend Hope Mills Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 474 students attended Hope Mills Middle.

What high school do graduates of Hope Mills Middle attend?

Students who attend Hope Mills Middle usually go on to attend South View High

What is the racial makeup of Hope Mills Middle?

Students at Hope Mills Middle are 37% African American, 30% White, 18% Hispanic, 12% Two or more races, 2% American Indian.

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