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Grantham Middle

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Grantham Middle ranks 434 th of 773 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 5-8

434^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 773 North Carolina Middle Schools

Better than 44% of North Carolina middle schools

Summary

Grantham Middle is a public middle school located in Goldsboro, North Carolina, serving grades 5-8 with a student population of 308. The school is part of the Wayne County Public Schools district, which is ranked 134 out of 242 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Grantham Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom half of North Carolina middle schools over the past several years, with a ranking between 434-699 out of 773-784 schools. The school has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the years analyzed, indicating below-average performance compared to other middle schools in the state. The school's student performance on state standardized tests is generally lower than the district and state averages, particularly in Reading, where only 40-44% of students scored proficient or better in 2024-2025, compared to the state average of 52-54%. However, the school's performance is stronger in Mathematics and 8th-grade Science.

Interestingly, Grantham Middle's male students, African American students, Hispanic students, and English Language Learner (ELL) students generally perform better than their female, White, and Special Education counterparts compared to other middle schools in the state. The school's high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high-poverty student population, appears to be a significant factor contributing to its overall lower academic performance. The school's resource constraints, as evidenced by its relatively high student-teacher ratio, may also be a contributing factor to its underperformance compared to other schools in the Wayne County Public Schools district and the state.

301

Students ?

18.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,108

Per pupil spending ?

99%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3093 S US Hwy 13
Goldsboro, NC 27530

(919) 689-9999

District: Wayne County Public Schools

Students who attend Grantham Middle usually attend:

High:

Southern Wayne High

Feeder schools for Grantham Middle:

Elementary:

Grantham Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

41.2%

Hispanic:

35.5%

African American:

19.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 23rd percentile in 2017 → 44th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 21 percentile points since 2017

Worth a look

!Test scores below the North Carolina average (49% vs 55% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Science scores 18 pts below the North Carolina average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school49%

District avg49%

North Carolina avg55%

434^th of 773

North Carolina public middle schools ?

Bottom 44%▲ up 21 pts since 2017

From bottom 23% (2017) to bottom 44% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 9Middle Schools in the Wayne County Public Schools

134^th 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	44.7	434 of 773	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.3	556 of 793	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	13.9	699 of 784	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.5	670 of 786	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.0	637 of 741	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.4	544 of 737	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.6	486 of 691	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	24.7	535 of 694	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	53.2	213 of 546	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	40.0	329 of 560	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	13.9	538 of 559	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.6	496 of 550	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	20.4	479 of 533	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	43.5	291 of 519	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	54.4	185 of 494	62.6%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2019	27.1	420 of 504	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.1	429 of 475	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	55.5	101 of 371	72.8%	★★★★☆
2024	52.9	115 of 356	67.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	42.9	157 of 318	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.8	122 of 312	60.9%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	29.0	539 of 733	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.5	590 of 738	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.1	679 of 731	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.5	663 of 733	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	20.0	587 of 706	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	41.0	435 of 684	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.6	450 of 656	31.4%	★★☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	18.9	436 of 458	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	42.1	336 of 416	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	51.1	75 of 127	40.9%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	50.7	255 of 562	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	41.4	345 of 564	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	24.1	461 of 553	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.6	402 of 541	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.4	463 of 522	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.3	407 of 493	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	37.7	322 of 472	31.8%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	58.1	258 of 729	64.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	44.7	391 of 743	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	13.4	688 of 735	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	20.0	604 of 689	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.4	525 of 633	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.9	455 of 639	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	44.6	347 of 604	42.5%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	58.2	278 of 733	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	38.9	461 of 751	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	21.3	618 of 747	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.7	590 of 748	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.7	634 of 711	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.9	594 of 697	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.3	508 of 665	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	48.4	162 of 478	66.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	65.5	79 of 473	83.3%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	35.8	439 of 649	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	18.7	565 of 652	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	7.0	642 of 656	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.5	641 of 658	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.8	602 of 632	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	19.5	555 of 624	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.5	546 of 596	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2025)73rd percentile+29 vs school

Special Education (2025)66th percentile+22 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)65th percentile+21 vs school

Male (2025)62nd percentile+18 vs school

African American (2025)61st percentile+17 vs school

Hispanic (2025)55th percentile+11 vs school

White (2025)32nd percentile-11 vs school

Female (2025)26th percentile-17 vs school

Disabled (2019)17th percentile-10 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)5th percentile-39 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics59%+4 vs state

Science43%-18 vs state

Reading42%-11 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
Grantham Middle	Public	5-8	3093 S US Hwy 13	Goldsboro	27530	Wayne County	Wayne County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 689-9999	301	17	18.0	99.0%	124 (41.2%)	58 (19.3%)	107 (35.5%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.0%)	44.7	434^th of 773 public middle schools	43.9%		31.3	556^th of 793 public middle schools	29.9%	122	51.9	68.0	65.3	51.9	44.4	40.0	43.1	40.5	40.7	45.6	$9,108	$1,394	$7,714
Brogden Middle	Public	5-8	3761 US 117 S Alt	Dudley	28333	Wayne County	Wayne County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 705-6010	603	28	21.5	98.2%	39 (6.5%)	162 (26.9%)	379 (62.9%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.2%)	23.7	599^th of 773 public middle schools	22.5%		19.3	665^th of 793 public middle schools	16.1%	66	36.3	49.2	34.1	40.0	24.8	33.9	38.1	35.4	28.0	44.6	$9,192	$2,039	$7,153
Mount Olive Middle	Public	5-8	309 Wooten Street	Mount Olive	28365	Wayne County	Wayne County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 658-7320	329	18	18.4	99.1%	47 (14.3%)	149 (45.3%)	119 (36.2%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.3%)	25.2	588^th of 773 public middle schools	23.9%		33.8	542^nd of 793 public middle schools	31.7%	46	42.3	35.3	29.5	64.3	39.7	22.4	34.1	36.9	57.7	50.0	$9,924	$1,423	$8,500
Rosewood Middle	Public	6-8	541 NC 581 South	Goldsboro	27530	Wayne County	Wayne County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 736-5050	302	19	15.6	99.0%	174 (57.6%)	43 (14.2%)	58 (19.2%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.9%)	58.3	295^th of 773 public middle schools	61.8%		66.4	237^th of 793 public middle schools	70.1%	58		50.5	57.4	60.8		38.7	50.0	68.0		74.2	$11,009	$1,275	$9,734
Dillard Middle	Public	6-8	1101 S Devereaux St	Goldsboro	27530	Wayne County	Wayne County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 580-9360	319	20	16.3	99.1%	8 (2.5%)	270 (84.6%)	33 (10.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	5 (1.6%)	5.9	743^rd of 773 public middle schools	3.9%		7.6	752^nd of 793 public middle schools	5.2%	9		25.2	20.6	9.1		19.4	24.3	32.1		30.9	$11,466	$1,889	$9,578
Greenwood Middle	Public	5-8	3209 E Ash Street	Goldsboro	27534	Wayne County	Wayne County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 751-7100	402	25	16.2	97.5%	89 (22.1%)	191 (47.5%)	89 (22.1%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	24 (6.0%)	53.9	343^rd of 773 public middle schools	55.6%		58.8	298^th of 793 public middle schools	62.4%	45	42.2	51.5	50.0	47.7	46.1	46.5	57.1	61.4	51.5	69.3	$10,327	$1,454	$8,873
Hobbton Middle	Public	6-8	12081 Hobbton Hwy	Newton Grove	28366	Sampson County	Sampson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 594-1420	428	24	18.0	99.3%	107 (25.0%)	48 (11.2%)	250 (58.4%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (4.0%)	41.7	460^th of 773 public middle schools	40.5%		21.3	645^th of 793 public middle schools	18.7%	185		56.7	48.9	26.4		45.4	41.5	53.5		64.6	$9,725	$1,805	$7,920
Eastern Wayne Middle	Public	6-8	3518 Central Heights Rd	Goldsboro	27534	Wayne County	Wayne County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 751-7110	427	23	18.9	97.4%	54 (12.6%)	245 (57.4%)	87 (20.4%)	8 (1.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.3%)	40.5	465^th of 773 public middle schools	39.8%		16.3	695^th of 793 public middle schools	12.4%	230		38.9	34.1	41.9		51.2	42.9	52.0		68.9	$9,024	$1,286	$7,738
Spring Creek Middle	Public	5-8	3579 S NC 111 Hwy	Seven Springs	28578	Wayne County	Wayne County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 751-7125	571	35	16.5	99.5%	90 (15.8%)	63 (11.0%)	388 (68.0%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.2%)	53.2	355^th of 773 public middle schools	54.1%		47.7	417^th of 793 public middle schools	47.4%	62	68.3	68.1	58.6	66.3	54.5	49.6	44.5	45.8	69.7	52.4	$8,626	$1,380	$7,246
Four Oaks Middle	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

Frequently Asked Questions about Grantham Middle

How many students attend Grantham Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 301 students attended Grantham Middle.

What is the racial makeup of Grantham Middle?

Students at Grantham Middle are 41% White, 36% Hispanic, 19% African American, 3% Two or more races.

What district is Grantham Middle in?

Wayne County Public Schools

What high school do graduates of Grantham Middle attend?

Students who attend Grantham Middle usually go on to attend Southern Wayne High

Is Grantham Middle a good school?

Grantham Middle ranks 434^th of 773 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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