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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	Distance	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
Swift Creek Middle	0.0mi	Public	6-8	325 Norris Rd	Clayton	27520	Johnston County	Johnston County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 262-0750	691	45	15.5	99.3%	334 (48.3%)	101 (14.6%)	215 (31.1%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.2%)	56	316^th of 773 public middle schools	59.1%		62.7	269^th of 793 public middle schools	66.1%	47	65.6	67.7	43.8	58.6	52.5	49.2	55.4	$8,637	$480	$8,156
Cleveland Middle	4.2mi	Public	6-8	2323 Cornwallis Road	Garner	27529	Johnston County	Johnston County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 553-7500	936	51	18.4	99.7%	439 (46.9%)	215 (23.0%)	193 (20.6%)	26 (2.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	61 (6.5%)	66	242^nd of 773 public middle schools	68.7%		73	188^th of 793 public middle schools	76.3%	54	60.1	50.0	72.2	56.4	55.5	65.3	67.8	$7,527	$410	$7,117
Clayton Middle	4.8mi	Public	6-8	490 Guy Rd	Clayton	27520	Johnston County	Johnston County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 553-5811	609	38	16.0	96.2%	169 (27.8%)	170 (27.9%)	221 (36.3%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (7.1%)	48.6	395^th of 773 public middle schools	48.9%		54.6	341^st of 793 public middle schools	57.0%	54	51.4	49.8	42.1	50.3	60.6	49.0	59.4	$9,361	$587	$8,774
McGee's Crossroads Middle	7.1mi	Public	6-8	13353 NC Highway 210	Benson	27504	Johnston County	Johnston County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 894-6003	757	42	18.0	98.9%	388 (51.3%)	93 (12.3%)	229 (30.3%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (5.3%)	63.4	258^th of 773 public middle schools	66.6%		64.3	257^th of 793 public middle schools	67.6%	1	60.4	61.4	44.8	60.4	63.1	61.1	61.5	$8,319	$639	$7,679
Smithfield Middle	8.4mi	Public	6-8	1455 Buffalo Rd	Smithfield	27577	Johnston County	Johnston County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 934-4696	573	44	13.1	98.8%	52 (9.1%)	176 (30.7%)	316 (55.1%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.4%)	18	659^th of 773 public middle schools	14.7%		23.1	632^nd of 793 public middle schools	20.3%	27	31.6	28.9	20.9	39.8	43.3	42.3	33.7	$10,489	$1,415	$9,074
Riverwood Middle	8.5mi	Public	6-8	204 Athletic Club Blvd	Clayton	27527	Johnston County	Johnston County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 359-2769	902	53	16.9	99.4%	393 (43.6%)	248 (27.5%)	182 (20.2%)	16 (1.8%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	60 (6.7%)	60.7	277^th of 773 public middle schools	64.2%		63.7	262^nd of 793 public middle schools	67.0%	15	68.0	50.8	45.7	59.4	59.0	58.8	62.1	$7,553	$421	$7,132
The Innovation Academy at South Campus	9.0mi	Public	6-8	521 Martin Luther King Dr	Smithfield	27577	Johnston County	Johnston County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 934-6481	263	18	14.4	98.5%	134 (51.0%)	41 (15.6%)	68 (25.9%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.5%)	94.6	37^th of 773 public middle schools	95.2%		89.8	64^th of 793 public middle schools	91.9%	27	90.3	72.4	79.1	86.0	78.6	91.0	92.5	$8,168	$360	$7,808
Four Oaks Middle	9.6mi	Public	6-8	1475 Boyette Road	Four Oaks	27524	Johnston County	Johnston County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 963-4022	477	31	15.3	98.1%	235 (49.3%)	66 (13.8%)	152 (31.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.6%)	61.6	270^th of 773 public middle schools	65.1%		60.2	286^th of 793 public middle schools	63.9%	16	55.3	54.9	64.1	48.0	57.4	58.3	71.8	$9,812	$944	$8,868
Archer Lodge Middle	10.7mi	Public	6-8	762 Wendell Rd	Wendell	27591	Johnston County	Johnston County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 553-0714	1,204	64	18.7	99.8%	641 (53.2%)	203 (16.9%)	283 (23.5%)	13 (1.1%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (4.9%)	75.3	166^th of 773 public middle schools	78.5%		70.5	206^th of 793 public middle schools	74.0%	40	68.7	69.6	56.6	62.9	64.3	67.1	67.8	$7,395	$351	$7,044
East Garner Middle	10.8mi	Public, Magnet	6-8	6301 Jones Sausage Rd	Garner	27529	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(919) 662-2339	1,109	71	15.6	99.7%	148 (13.3%)	514 (46.3%)	355 (32.0%)	51 (4.6%)	4 (0.4%)	3 (0.3%)	34 (3.1%)	34.1	516^th of 773 public middle schools	33.2%		25	619^th of 793 public middle schools	21.9%	103	41.1	41.3	47.4	39.6	41.4	49.7	54.5	$8,808	$540	$8,269

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