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Carver Middle

Public Grades 6-8

688^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 773 North Carolina Middle Schools

Better than 11% of North Carolina middle schools

Summary

Carver Middle is a public middle school located in Laurel Hill, North Carolina, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 614 students. The school is part of the Scotland County Schools district, which is ranked 203 out of 242 districts in the state.

Carver Middle consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of North Carolina middle schools, with a ranking between 650-735 out of 741-793 schools in recent years. The school's performance on state standardized tests is significantly below the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with proficiency rates ranging from 20% to 41% in math, compared to the state averages of 48.7% to 57.2%. The school's student population is predominantly from low-income families, with over 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

While the nearby Red Springs Middle and West Hoke Middle schools also struggle with low academic performance, some schools in the Richmond County district, such as Rockingham Middle and Hamlet Middle, perform significantly better, ranking in the middle to upper half of North Carolina middle schools. Carver Middle's Gifted and Talented program stands out as a relative strength, with the school ranking in the top 20% of North Carolina middle schools for this subgroup.

563

Students ?

13.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,562

Per pupil spending ?

99.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

18601 Fieldcrest Road
Laurel Hill, NC 28351-9046

(910) 462-4669

District: Scotland County Schools

Students who attend Carver Middle usually attend:

High:

Scotland High School

Feeder schools for Carver Middle:

Elementary:	Laurel Hill Elementary
	Sycamore Lane Elementary
	Sycamore Lane Primary

Racial breakdown:

African American:

45.6%

White:

22.9%

American Indian:

13.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 35th percentile in 2015 → 11th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the North Carolina average (33% vs 54% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (11th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 24 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school33%

District avg33%

North Carolina avg54%

688^th of 773

North Carolina public middle schools ?

Bottom 11%▼ down 24 pts since 2015

From bottom 35% (2015) to bottom 11% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 2Middle Schools in the Scotland County Schools

203^rd of 242Scotland 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	14.9	688 of 773	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.7	723 of 793	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.6	735 of 784	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.8	713 of 786	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.6	650 of 741	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.2	523 of 737	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	50.5	362 of 691	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2017	46.3	401 of 694	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2016	44.0	400 of 692	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2015	36.5	456 of 705	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2014	29.8	446 of 627	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	32.3	468 of 673	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2012	44.9	431 of 662	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2011	40.8	445 of 648	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2010	43.0	425 of 640	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2009	39.2	443 of 630	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	37.9	428 of 620	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2007	52.9	327 of 606	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2006	45.2	385 of 598	35.6%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	17.5	496 of 546	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.0	523 of 560	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.3	542 of 559	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.0	501 of 550	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	21.8	465 of 533	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.5	325 of 519	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	49.3	231 of 494	53.2%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	24.3	380 of 449	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.5	405 of 478	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	53.4	178 of 504	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	39.3	268 of 475	43.6%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	10.9	688 of 733	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.1	688 of 738	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.9	709 of 731	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.3	691 of 733	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	13.3	645 of 706	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	36.9	466 of 684	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	51.3	349 of 656	46.8%	★★☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	70.7	80 of 458	82.5%	★★★★☆
2024	51.1	294 of 461	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	16.2	440 of 452	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.4	440 of 450	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.8	429 of 448	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	29.5	376 of 416	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	51.0	252 of 562	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	58.3	203 of 564	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	19.2	488 of 553	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	59.5	159 of 522	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	28.0	397 of 493	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	15.4	665 of 729	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.2	691 of 743	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.6	707 of 735	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.7	633 of 689	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	22.1	530 of 633	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.6	384 of 639	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.3	295 of 604	51.2%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	19.9	609 of 733	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.6	695 of 751	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.9	710 of 747	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.2	662 of 748	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.9	618 of 711	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.8	516 of 697	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	48.4	366 of 665	45.0%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	34.5	229 of 328	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	22.2	269 of 306	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.2	281 of 302	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	24.0	231 of 283	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	30.0	194 of 248	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.8	216 of 237	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	41.1	137 of 221	38.0%	★★☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	43.1	10 of 21	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	27.7	15 of 21	28.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.9	15 of 18	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	54.1	11 of 20	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	51.0	10 of 23	56.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	69.0	6 of 24	75.0%	★★★★☆
2018	78.2	3 of 23	87.0%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	32.6	334 of 478	30.1%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	16.4	581 of 649	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.5	616 of 652	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.9	647 of 656	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.7	646 of 658	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.8	609 of 632	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	36.9	430 of 624	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	60.5	229 of 596	61.6%	★★★☆☆

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)

Gifted and Talented (2025)83rd percentile+72 vs school

Hispanic (2025)55th percentile+44 vs school

Native American (2025)52nd percentile+41 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)30th percentile+19 vs school

Special Education (2025)30th percentile+19 vs school

Male (2025)17th percentile+6 vs school

Disabled (2022)15th percentile+6 vs school

White (2025)10th percentile~ school

African American (2025)9th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)9th percentile~ school

Female (2025)6th percentile-5 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Science44%-16 vs state

Reading32%-21 vs state

Mathematics30%-24 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 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Carver Middle	Public	6-8	18601 Fieldcrest Road	Laurel Hill	28351	Scotland County	Scotland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 462-4669	563	41	13.7	99.5%	129 (22.9%)	257 (45.6%)	45 (8.0%)	1 (0.2%)	75 (13.3%)	1 (0.2%)	55 (9.8%)	14.9	688^th of 773 public middle schools	11.0%		11.7	723^rd of 793 public middle schools	8.8%	35		41.0	30.2	20.0		33.7	34.3	28.6		43.8	$10,562	$1,372	$9,189
Spring Hill Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	22801 Airbase Road	Laurinburg	28352	Scotland County	Scotland County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(910) 369-0590	593	42	14.1	99.5%	118 (19.9%)	293 (49.4%)	31 (5.2%)	8 (1.3%)	90 (15.2%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (8.9%)	18.6	650^th of 773 public middle schools	15.9%		27	593^rd of 793 public middle schools	25.2%	57		45.5	43.8	26.2		30.3	35.9	28.6		37.9	$10,508	$1,255	$9,253
Hamlet Middle	Public	6-8	1406 McDonald Ave	Hamlet	28345	Richmond County	Richmond County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 582-7903	399	27	14.8	99.2%	143 (35.8%)	167 (41.9%)	36 (9.0%)	5 (1.3%)	11 (2.8%)	1 (0.3%)	36 (9.0%)	44.8	432^nd of 773 public middle schools	44.1%		46.6	424^th of 793 public middle schools	46.5%	8		66.9	44.0	65.2		49.1	30.0	39.4		61.4	$8,862	$1,556	$7,306
Rockingham Middle	Public	6-8	415 Wall Street	Rockingham	28379	Richmond County	Richmond County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 997-9827	606	38	15.9	99.5%	219 (36.1%)	250 (41.3%)	61 (10.1%)	8 (1.3%)	18 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (8.3%)	44.7	433^rd of 773 public middle schools	44.0%		48.7	408^th of 793 public middle schools	48.5%	25		70.3	57.7	42.6		46.7	48.1	40.9		45.3	$9,095	$1,262	$7,833
Cordova Middle	Public	6-8	194 Church St	Cordova	28330	Richmond County	Richmond County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 997-9839	233	16	14.3	98.7%	85 (36.5%)	74 (31.8%)	48 (20.6%)	2 (0.9%)	9 (3.9%)	1 (0.4%)	14 (6.0%)	22.9	608^th of 773 public middle schools	21.3%		24.6	622^nd of 793 public middle schools	21.6%	14		38.6	26.0	29.6		36.1	42.5	33.8		59.2	$11,060	$1,914	$9,147
Red Springs Middle	Public	5-8	302 W Second Avenue	Red Springs	28377	Robeson County	Public Schools of Robeson County	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 843-3883	572	39	14.7	99.5%	24 (4.2%)	110 (19.2%)	229 (40.0%)	2 (0.3%)	179 (31.3%)	2 (0.3%)	26 (4.5%)	4.3	751^st of 773 public middle schools	2.8%		8	748^th of 793 public middle schools	5.7%	3	29.4	21.8	23.0	8.8	22.0	17.7	24.3	20.9	28.4	27.0	$9,042	$1,734	$7,309
West Hoke Middle	Public	6-8	200 Nc 211 W	Raeford	28376	Hoke County	Hoke County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 875-3411	656	37	17.9	99.5%	90 (13.7%)	240 (36.6%)	165 (25.2%)	2 (0.3%)	81 (12.3%)	2 (0.3%)	76 (11.6%)	22.8	610^th of 773 public middle schools	21.1%		37.8	508^th of 793 public middle schools	35.9%	102		47.4	38.7	34.6		35.5	38.7	38.8		36.4	$10,848	$1,941	$8,907

Frequently Asked Questions about Carver Middle

What is the racial makeup of Carver Middle?

Students at Carver Middle are 46% African American, 23% White, 13% American Indian, 10% Two or more races, 8% Hispanic.

What high school do graduates of Carver Middle attend?

Students who attend Carver Middle usually go on to attend Scotland High School

How many students attend Carver Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 563 students attended Carver Middle.

Is Carver Middle a good school?

Carver Middle ranks in the bottom 11.0% of North Carolina middle schools.

What district is Carver Middle in?

Scotland County Schools

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