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Smith Middle

Public Grades 6-8

67^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 773 North Carolina Middle Schools

Better than 91% of North Carolina middle schools

763

Students ?

13.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,562

Per pupil spending ?

22.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

9201 Seawell School Rd
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

(919) 918-2145

District: Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

Students who attend Smith Middle usually attend:

High:

Chapel Hill High

Feeder schools for Smith Middle:

Elementary:

Seawell Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

42.2%

Asian:

22.3%

African American:

13.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 94th percentile in 2015 → 91st in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the North Carolina average (75% vs 54% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 9% of North Carolina middle schools

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

Worth a look

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school75%

District avg70%

North Carolina avg54%

67^th of 773

North Carolina public middle schools ?

Top 9%▼ down 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st 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	88.3	67 of 773	91.3%	★★★★★
2024	89.4	68 of 793	91.4%	★★★★★
2023	90.7	59 of 784	92.5%	★★★★★
2022	90.9	60 of 786	92.4%	★★★★★
2021	90.3	56 of 741	92.4%	★★★★★
2019	85.7	73 of 737	90.1%	★★★★★
2018	87.9	50 of 691	92.8%	★★★★★
2017	89.7	42 of 694	93.9%	★★★★★
2016	89.4	46 of 692	93.4%	★★★★★
2015	90.8	44 of 705	93.8%	★★★★★
2014	93.0	34 of 627	94.6%	★★★★★
2013	95.4	24 of 673	96.4%	★★★★★
2012	80.8	82 of 662	87.6%	★★★★☆
2011	83.0	50 of 648	92.3%	★★★★★
2010	82.5	60 of 640	90.6%	★★★★★
2009	84.1	55 of 630	91.3%	★★★★★
2008	90.1	28 of 620	95.5%	★★★★★
2007	82.6	50 of 606	91.7%	★★★★★
2006	82.3	59 of 598	90.1%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	57.5	186 of 546	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	66.2	136 of 560	75.7%	★★★★☆
2023	67.3	119 of 559	78.7%	★★★★☆
2022	64.1	129 of 550	76.5%	★★★★☆
2021	51.8	196 of 533	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	32.2	387 of 519	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	39.1	320 of 494	35.2%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	68.0	47 of 111	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	67.3	53 of 110	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	71.3	46 of 110	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	70.1	41 of 109	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	70.9	38 of 99	61.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	58.5	47 of 102	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	57.6	48 of 95	49.5%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	80.6	36 of 449	92.0%	★★★★★
2021	46.1	218 of 478	54.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	60.9	125 of 504	75.2%	★★★★☆
2018	44.3	231 of 475	51.4%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	64.4	72 of 371	80.6%	★★★★☆
2024	60.3	78 of 356	78.1%	★★★★☆
2023	51.3	106 of 318	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	72.8	29 of 312	90.7%	★★★★★
2021	55.3	50 of 236	78.8%	★★★★☆
2019	60.9	42 of 211	80.1%	★★★★☆
2018	73.0	17 of 151	88.7%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	83.4	97 of 733	86.8%	★★★★☆
2024	88.2	73 of 738	90.1%	★★★★★
2023	89.0	62 of 731	91.5%	★★★★★
2022	89.5	60 of 733	91.8%	★★★★★
2021	86.6	68 of 706	90.4%	★★★★★
2019	80.9	107 of 684	84.4%	★★★★☆
2018	83.4	82 of 656	87.5%	★★★★☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	72.7	69 of 458	84.9%	★★★★☆
2024	74.0	43 of 461	90.7%	★★★★★
2023	71.7	72 of 452	84.1%	★★★★☆
2022	71.9	51 of 450	88.7%	★★★★☆
2021	75.9	42 of 448	90.6%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	57.0	213 of 562	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	67.8	121 of 564	78.5%	★★★★☆
2023	53.2	227 of 553	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	61.0	176 of 541	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	30.6	384 of 522	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.0	379 of 493	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	39.9	309 of 472	34.5%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	39.8	442 of 729	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	44.6	393 of 743	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.5	449 of 735	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.1	396 of 689	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	21.1	540 of 633	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.4	520 of 639	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.8	444 of 604	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	90.6	50 of 733	93.2%	★★★★★
2024	89.0	65 of 751	91.3%	★★★★★
2023	90.8	53 of 747	92.9%	★★★★★
2022	90.9	52 of 748	93.0%	★★★★★
2021	90.8	49 of 711	93.1%	★★★★★
2019	88.3	59 of 697	91.5%	★★★★★
2018	90.8	37 of 665	94.4%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	88.3	22 of 328	93.3%	★★★★★
2024	84.1	32 of 306	89.5%	★★★★☆
2023	83.8	35 of 302	88.4%	★★★★☆
2022	83.0	30 of 283	89.4%	★★★★☆
2021	83.8	30 of 248	87.9%	★★★★☆
2019	87.1	17 of 237	92.8%	★★★★★
2018	95.7	3 of 221	98.6%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	72.6	51 of 478	89.3%	★★★★☆
2024	81.8	27 of 473	94.3%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	88.6	55 of 649	91.5%	★★★★★
2024	90.5	41 of 652	93.7%	★★★★★
2023	92.3	32 of 656	95.1%	★★★★★
2022	92.9	31 of 658	95.3%	★★★★★
2021	92.7	27 of 632	95.7%	★★★★★
2019	93.9	20 of 624	96.8%	★★★★★
2018	94.5	15 of 596	97.5%	★★★★★

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)

Multi-racial (2025)93rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)93rd percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)92nd percentile~ school

White (2025)92nd percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)89th percentile~ school

Female (2025)87th percentile-5 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)85th percentile-6 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)81st percentile-11 vs school

African American (2025)66th percentile-25 vs school

Hispanic (2025)62nd percentile-29 vs school

Asian (2025)58th percentile-34 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)39th percentile-52 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Science79%+18 vs state

Reading75%+22 vs state

Mathematics74%+20 vs state

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Lakewood Montessori Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	2119 Chapel Hill Rd	Durham	27707	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 560-2894	309	20	15.2	99.0%	179 (57.9%)	51 (16.5%)	59 (19.1%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.5%)	95.7	31^st of 773 public middle schools	96.0%		93.4	42^nd of 793 public middle schools	94.7%	11	83.0	88.2	84.7	80.2	83.3	83.7	88.8	$14,182	$1,909	$12,273
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
James E Shepard Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	2401 Dakota Street	Durham	27707	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(919) 560-3938	423	29	14.5	98.6%	10 (2.4%)	263 (62.2%)	129 (30.5%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.8%)	48.3	401^st of 773 public middle schools	48.1%		47.7	416^th of 793 public middle schools	47.5%	15	41.9	53.2	65.0	43.1	51.1	50.0	60.0	$11,998	$1,606	$10,392

Frequently Asked Questions about Smith Middle

What district is Smith Middle in?

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

How many students attend Smith Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 763 students attended Smith Middle.

What high school do graduates of Smith Middle attend?

Students who attend Smith Middle usually go on to attend Chapel Hill High

Is Smith Middle a good school?

Yes. Smith Middle ranks in the top 8.7% of North Carolina middle schools.

What is the racial makeup of Smith Middle?

Students at Smith Middle are 42% White, 22% Asian, 14% African American, 13% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races.

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