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Dillard Middle

Public Grades 6-8
743rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 773 North Carolina Middle Schools
Better than 4% of North Carolina middle schools
Summary

Dillard Middle School is a public middle school located in Goldsboro, North Carolina, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 322 students. The school is part of the Wayne County Public Schools district, which is ranked 134 out of 242 districts in the state.

Dillard Middle consistently ranks among the lowest-performing middle schools in North Carolina, with statewide rankings between 720-752 out of 737-793 schools over the past several years. The school has received a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating very low academic achievement. Proficiency rates in core subjects like Mathematics, Reading, and Science are significantly lower than the district and state averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's 8th-grade proficiency rates were 9.1% in Mathematics, 32.1% in Reading, and 30.9% in Science, compared to the state averages of 48.7%, 54.2%, and 60.1%, respectively.

When comparing Dillard Middle to other middle schools in the Wayne County Public Schools district, it consistently underperforms. Schools like Rosewood Middle, Greenwood Middle, and Spring Creek Middle have significantly higher proficiency rates and statewide rankings than Dillard Middle. Despite the district's relatively low ranking, Dillard Middle's per-student spending was higher than the spending at some of the higher-performing nearby schools, suggesting that the school's challenges may not be solely due to a lack of funding.

319
Students ?
16.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$11,466
Per pupil spending ?
99.1%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1101 S Devereaux St
       Goldsboro, NC  27530-6400

(919) 580-9360

District: Wayne County Public Schools


Students who attend Dillard Middle usually attend:

High:    Goldsboro High

Feeder schools for Dillard Middle:

Elementary:    Carver Heights Elementary
    North Drive Elementary
Racial breakdown:

African American:
84.6%
Hispanic:
10.3%
White:
2.5%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 4th percentile in 2015 → 4th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the North Carolina average (23% vs 54% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)
!Mathematics scores 35 pts below the North Carolina average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school23%
District avg51%
North Carolina avg54%
743rd of 773
North Carolina public middle schools ?
Bottom 4%▼ down 1 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
9th of 9Middle Schools in the Wayne County Public Schools
134th of 242Wayne 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
20255.9743 of 7733.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.6752 of 7935.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.6730 of 7846.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.1745 of 7865.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.0734 of 7410.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.2720 of 7372.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.5672 of 6912.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20171.7678 of 6942.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20163.7667 of 6923.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20154.3674 of 7054.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20141.4624 of 6270.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20137.7632 of 6736.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201216.6590 of 66210.9%★☆☆☆☆
201117.1581 of 64810.3%★☆☆☆☆
201022.0556 of 64013.1%★☆☆☆☆
200931.7495 of 63021.4%★☆☆☆☆
200820.9514 of 62017.1%★☆☆☆☆
200716.1542 of 60610.6%★☆☆☆☆
200610.0556 of 5987.0%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202513.9512 of 5466.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202422.5476 of 56015.0%★☆☆☆☆
202322.7477 of 55914.7%★☆☆☆☆
202219.2492 of 55010.5%★☆☆☆☆
202113.1520 of 5332.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.6501 of 5193.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.5481 of 4942.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202214.7442 of 4491.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.1478 of 4780.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.0491 of 5042.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201818.1448 of 4755.7%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202530.5272 of 37126.7%★☆☆☆☆
202447.3150 of 35657.9%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
20253.8728 of 7330.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.7723 of 7382.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.2699 of 7314.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.1712 of 7332.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.3702 of 7060.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20191.0679 of 6840.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20181.1654 of 6560.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202532.9403 of 56228.3%★☆☆☆☆
202417.9511 of 5649.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202510.5700 of 7294.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.2702 of 7435.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.0683 of 7357.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.7634 of 6898.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.7605 of 6334.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.0621 of 6392.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.1594 of 6041.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
20259.7689 of 7336.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.8703 of 7516.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.6704 of 7475.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.8707 of 7485.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.4700 of 7111.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.3680 of 6972.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.5649 of 6652.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNorth Carolina percentileRating
202536.0297 of 47837.9%★★☆☆☆
202416.4463 of 4732.1%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Special Education (2025)38th percentile+34 vs school
Hispanic (2025)28th percentile+24 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)27th percentile+23 vs school
African American (2025)6th percentile~ school
Male (2025)6th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)4th percentile~ school
Disabled (2022)2nd percentile-4 vs school
Female (2025)1st percentile-3 vs school
By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?
Science31%-29 vs state
Reading25%-27 vs state
Mathematics18%-35 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, September 7, 2017

Open Quote Dillard Middle School has teachers who work really hard and students who care about learning! Close Quote


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In the 2024-25 school year, 319 students attended Dillard Middle.

Students at Dillard Middle are 85% African American, 10% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% Two or more races.

Students who attend Dillard Middle usually go on to attend Goldsboro High

Dillard Middle ranks in the bottom 3.9% of North Carolina middle schools.


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