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Spring Hill Middle

Public, Magnet Grades 6-8
650th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 773 North Carolina Middle Schools
Better than 16% of North Carolina middle schools
Summary

Spring Hill Middle is a public magnet middle school in Laurinburg, North Carolina, serving 634 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Scotland County Schools district, which is ranked 203 out of 242 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Spring Hill Middle has consistently underperformed compared to the state and its local district in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates in Math and Reading were significantly lower than the state and district averages, with 6th grade Math at 45.5% (vs. 57.2% state), 7th grade Math at 43.8% (vs. 53.5% state), and 8th grade Reading at 28.6% (vs. 54.2% state). The school also struggles to support the academic achievement of its diverse student population, with the Special Education subgroup ranking in the bottom 5% of North Carolina middle schools.

Despite the high per-student spending of $10,508 and the school's status as a magnet school, Spring Hill Middle's performance has been declining over the past 10 years, with the school's statewide ranking dropping from 307 out of 705 middle schools in 2014-2015 to 650 out of 773 in 2024-2025. When compared to other nearby middle schools, such as Hamlet Middle, which outperforms Spring Hill Middle across all subject areas and grade levels, the challenges facing Spring Hill Middle become even more apparent.

593
Students ?
14.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$10,508
Per pupil spending ?
99.5%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 22801 Airbase Road
       Laurinburg, NC  28352

(910) 369-0590

District: Scotland County Schools


Students who attend Spring Hill Middle usually attend:

High:    Scotland High School

Feeder schools for Spring Hill Middle:

Elementary:    South Johnson Elementary
    Wagram Elementary
Racial breakdown:

African American:
49.4%
White:
19.9%
American Indian:
15.2%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 56th percentile in 2015 → 16th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the North Carolina average (35% vs 54% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (16th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 40 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school35%
District avg33%
North Carolina avg54%
650th of 773
North Carolina public middle schools ?
Bottom 16%▼ down 41 pts since 2015
From top 44% (2015) to bottom 16% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of North Carolina Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
1st of 2Middle Schools in the Scotland County Schools
203rd 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)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202518.6650 of 77315.9%★☆☆☆☆
202427.0593 of 79325.2%★☆☆☆☆
202322.9635 of 78419.0%★☆☆☆☆
202226.9592 of 78624.7%★☆☆☆☆
202123.1580 of 74121.7%★☆☆☆☆
201933.3529 of 73728.2%★☆☆☆☆
201840.2442 of 69136.0%★★☆☆☆
201747.1395 of 69443.1%★★☆☆☆
201652.6337 of 69251.3%★★★☆☆
201556.0307 of 70556.5%★★★☆☆
201460.5231 of 62763.2%★★★☆☆
201357.7261 of 67361.2%★★★☆☆
201265.6245 of 66263.0%★★★☆☆
201167.4221 of 64865.9%★★★☆☆
201068.8198 of 64069.1%★★★☆☆
200966.4222 of 63064.8%★★★☆☆
200868.4192 of 62069.0%★★★☆☆
200768.8184 of 60669.6%★★★☆☆
200671.9144 of 59875.9%★★★★☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202525.3446 of 54618.3%★☆☆☆☆
202431.7402 of 56028.2%★☆☆☆☆
202325.8459 of 55917.9%★☆☆☆☆
202234.0371 of 55032.5%★★☆☆☆
202124.9431 of 53319.1%★☆☆☆☆
201939.9323 of 51937.8%★★☆☆☆
201849.9223 of 49454.9%★★★☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202222.7394 of 44912.2%★☆☆☆☆
202123.1428 of 47810.5%★☆☆☆☆
201936.5332 of 50434.1%★★☆☆☆
201849.2193 of 47559.4%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202518.4636 of 73313.2%★☆☆☆☆
202420.8615 of 73816.7%★☆☆☆☆
202317.9634 of 73113.3%★☆☆☆☆
202228.8537 of 73326.7%★☆☆☆☆
202124.8551 of 70622.0%★☆☆☆☆
201936.6470 of 68431.3%★★☆☆☆
201844.0414 of 65636.9%★★☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202557.9236 of 45848.5%★★☆☆☆
202436.1386 of 46116.3%★☆☆☆☆
202328.2411 of 4529.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202235.7386 of 45014.2%★☆☆☆☆
202122.9412 of 4488.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201963.4153 of 41663.2%★★★☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202523.7462 of 56217.8%★☆☆☆☆
202440.1360 of 56436.2%★★☆☆☆
202316.1511 of 5537.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202519.4639 of 72912.3%★☆☆☆☆
202427.3588 of 74320.9%★☆☆☆☆
202319.6644 of 73512.4%★☆☆☆☆
202227.9537 of 68922.1%★☆☆☆☆
202121.9533 of 63315.8%★☆☆☆☆
201943.6376 of 63941.2%★★☆☆☆
201845.2337 of 60444.2%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202518.7619 of 73315.6%★☆☆☆☆
202432.3535 of 75128.8%★☆☆☆☆
202326.3574 of 74723.2%★☆☆☆☆
202223.8589 of 74821.3%★☆☆☆☆
202122.0564 of 71120.7%★☆☆☆☆
201928.2537 of 69723.0%★☆☆☆☆
201836.1455 of 66531.6%★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202514.1309 of 3285.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202429.8235 of 30623.2%★☆☆☆☆
202331.7225 of 30225.5%★☆☆☆☆
202245.9147 of 28348.1%★★☆☆☆
202146.0121 of 24851.2%★★★☆☆
201839.5146 of 22133.9%★★☆☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202560.27 of 2166.7%★★★★☆
202460.97 of 2166.7%★★★★☆
202370.24 of 1877.8%★★★★☆
202262.08 of 2060.0%★★★☆☆
202170.24 of 2382.6%★★★★☆
201973.64 of 2483.3%★★★★☆
201865.17 of 2369.6%★★★★☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202517.1468 of 4782.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.5447 of 4735.5%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202530.8483 of 64925.6%★☆☆☆☆
202433.7461 of 65229.3%★☆☆☆☆
202334.1454 of 65630.8%★★☆☆☆
202238.3416 of 65836.8%★★☆☆☆
202142.4361 of 63242.9%★★☆☆☆
201947.2341 of 62445.4%★★☆☆☆
201860.5228 of 59661.7%★★★☆☆
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)
Native American (2025)67th percentile+51 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2025)48th percentile+33 vs school
White (2025)26th percentile+10 vs school
African American (2025)18th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)18th percentile~ school
Male (2025)16th percentile~ school
Female (2025)13th percentile-3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)12th percentile-4 vs school
Disabled (2022)12th percentile-12 vs school
Multi-racial (2025)6th percentile-10 vs school
Special Education (2025)2nd percentile-14 vs school
By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics38%-15 vs state
Science38%-22 vs state
Reading32%-21 vs state

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Students at Spring Hill Middle are 49% African American, 20% White, 15% American Indian, 9% Two or more races, 5% Hispanic, 1% Asian.

Students who attend Spring Hill Middle usually go on to attend Scotland High School

Spring Hill Middle ranks in the bottom 15.9% of North Carolina middle schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 593 students attended Spring Hill Middle.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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