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W A Pattillo Middle

Q: Is W A Pattillo Middle a good school?

W A Pattillo Middle ranks in the bottom 10.3% of North Carolina middle schools.

Q: How many students attend W A Pattillo Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 289 students attended W A Pattillo Middle.

Q: What is the racial makeup of W A Pattillo Middle?

Students at W A Pattillo Middle are 75% African American, 11% Hispanic, 10% White, 4% Two or more races.

Public Grades 6-8

698^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 778 North Carolina Middle Schools

Better than 10% of North Carolina middle schools

Summary

W A Pattillo Middle is a public school in Tarboro, NC, serving 289 students in grades 6–8 as part of Edgecombe County Public Schools, a district ranked in the bottom 15% of North Carolina districts. The school ranked 698th out of 778 North Carolina middle schools in 2025–2026, placing it at the 10th percentile with a 1-star rating, and roughly 99% of its students come from economically disadvantaged households.

Academically, proficiency rates are well below state averages across math, reading, and science. For example, only 22.7% of 6th graders were proficient in reading versus 54.8% statewide, and 8th grade science proficiency was 44.7% compared to 68.6% across North Carolina. Chronic absenteeism is a severe challenge: 44% of students miss enough school to be considered chronically absent, compared to a state average of 24%, and this rate has stayed between 44% and 56% for five straight years. Nearby schools face similar poverty levels but mixed results—J W Parker Middle and Phillips Middle rank below Pattillo, while South Edgecombe Middle and Elm City Middle show stronger outcomes with similarly high percentages of students in poverty.

The most encouraging takeaway is that Pattillo’s results are not inevitable. South Edgecombe Middle, located just 11 miles away in the same district, has nearly identical poverty rates but ranks far higher and posts significantly better proficiency numbers in every subject. Elm City Middle, in neighboring Wilson County, serves an even higher percentage of low-income students and still reaches near state-average performance with much lower absenteeism. Pattillo has also shown pockets of relative strength, particularly with Hispanic students and, in recent years, special education students. Seventh grade has historically been the weakest transition point, and chronic absenteeism remains the clearest non-academic barrier. Reducing absenteeism and stabilizing reading skills in 6th and 7th grade are likely the most important levers for improvement.

289

Students ?

14.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

Community Eligibility

All students receive free meals (2024-25) ?

501 East Ave
Tarboro, NC 27866

(252) 823-3812

District: Edgecombe County Public Schools

Racial breakdown:

African American:

75.4%

Hispanic:

11.1%

White:

9.7%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 8th percentile in 2017 → 10th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the North Carolina average (35% vs 58% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (10th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (44% vs 24% North Carolina)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school35%

District avg37%

North Carolina avg58%

698^th of 778

North Carolina public middle schools ?

Bottom 10%▲ up 2 pts since 2017

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

215^th of 246Edgecombe County Public 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
2026	13.0	698 of 778	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	16.5	675 of 773	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	7.2	755 of 793	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.5	743 of 784	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	3.3	769 of 786	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.3	692 of 741	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	20.1	624 of 737	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	9.8	635 of 691	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	10.3	639 of 694	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	27.2	428 of 553	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	26.9	429 of 546	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.5	516 of 560	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.1	535 of 559	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.8	537 of 550	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	16.7	499 of 533	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	31.1	396 of 519	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.9	442 of 494	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	11.6	449 of 449	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	61.4	99 of 478	79.3%	★★★★☆
2019	78.5	46 of 504	90.9%	★★★★★
2018	54.6	157 of 475	66.9%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	13.3	666 of 731	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	16.1	655 of 733	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	6.4	720 of 738	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.3	716 of 731	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	3.1	727 of 733	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.5	690 of 706	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.9	608 of 684	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	9.8	621 of 656	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	38.3	350 of 566	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	53.7	232 of 562	58.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	25.4	457 of 564	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	58.3	167 of 522	68.0%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	20.2	630 of 725	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	29.1	553 of 729	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.1	703 of 743	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.6	699 of 735	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.7	680 of 689	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.6	613 of 633	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	24.2	537 of 639	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.1	546 of 604	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	12.0	671 of 736	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	17.0	634 of 733	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	7.6	718 of 751	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.1	709 of 747	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.0	737 of 748	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	13.3	640 of 711	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.1	593 of 697	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	9.0	621 of 665	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	28.3	405 of 500	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.0	465 of 473	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	6.3	647 of 658	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	5.9	621 of 632	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	31.8	481 of 624	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.9	505 of 596	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆

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 (2026)38th percentile+28 vs school

African American (2026)23rd percentile+12 vs school

Special Education (2026)19th percentile+9 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)13th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2026)9th percentile~ school

Male (2026)9th percentile~ school

White (2022)2nd percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)<1st percentile~ school

By subject vs North Carolina (2025-2026) ?

Science45%-24 vs state

Mathematics35%-21 vs state

Reading30%-25 vs state

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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
W A Pattillo Middle	Public	6-8	501 East Ave	Tarboro	27866	Northampton County	Edgecombe County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 823-3812	289	20	14.3	—	28 (9.7%)	218 (75.4%)	32 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.8%)	13	698^th of 778 public middle schools	10.3%		16.5	675^th of 773 public middle schools	12.7%	23	39.4	28.6	37.9	22.7	37.7	29.8	44.7	$11,830	$1,874	$9,956
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
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
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
South Creek Middle	Public	6-8	21077 NC Hwy 903	Robersonville	27871	Martin County	Martin County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 795-4081	146	12	12.1	96.6%	19 (13.0%)	90 (61.6%)	30 (20.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.8%)	23.4	619^th of 778 public middle schools	20.4%		13.7	695^th of 773 public middle schools	10.1%	76	22.0	38.8	45.7	32.5	34.7	50.0	60.9
Rocky Mount Middle	Public	6-8	841 Nash Street	Rocky Mount	27804	Nash County	Nash County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 462-2010	692	35	20.0	—	59 (8.5%)	501 (72.4%)	82 (11.8%)	9 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	39 (5.6%)	16	676^th of 778 public middle schools	13.1%		12.1	706^th of 773 public middle schools	8.7%	30	32.7	25.7	34.7	37.6	36.2	35.0	58.2	$10,165	$1,474	$8,691
Wellcome Middle	Public	6-8	3101 N Memorial Drive	Greenville	27834	Pitt County	Pitt County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 752-5938	391	27	14.2	—	30 (7.7%)	170 (43.5%)	178 (45.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.3%)	25.5	603^rd of 778 public middle schools	22.5%		22.3	616^th of 773 public middle schools	20.3%	13	44.4	44.2	43.5	34.9	44.5	41.5	55.6	$11,038	$1,557	$9,481
Elm City Middle	Public	6-8	215 E Church St	Elm City	27822	Wilson County	Wilson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 236-4148	399	26	15.5	—	197 (49.4%)	115 (28.8%)	56 (14.0%)	7 (1.8%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	20 (5.0%)	73.8	184^th of 778 public middle schools	76.3%		77.1	157^th of 773 public middle schools	79.7%	27	77.4	71.3	55.8	69.2	67.4	58.0	76.8	$7,994	$522	$7,472

Frequently Asked Questions about W A Pattillo Middle

How many students attend W A Pattillo Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 289 students attended W A Pattillo Middle.

What district is W A Pattillo Middle in?

Edgecombe County Public Schools

What is the racial makeup of W A Pattillo Middle?

Students at W A Pattillo Middle are 75% African American, 11% Hispanic, 10% White, 4% Two or more races.

Is W A Pattillo Middle a good school?

W A Pattillo Middle ranks in the bottom 10.3% of North Carolina middle schools.

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