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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOG Mathematics (2026)				EOG Reading (2026)				EOG Science (2026)		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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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
Central Middle	0.0mi	Public	6-8	310 S Martin L King Jr Ave	Whiteville	28472	Columbus County	Whiteville City Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 642-3546	451	27	16.5	99.3%	161 (35.7%)	193 (42.8%)	64 (14.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.4%)	40	478^th of 778 public middle schools	38.6%		42.2	457^th of 773 public middle schools	40.9%	21		50.4	63.4	45.0		39.1	52.3	47.0		59.7	$10,356	$1,869	$8,486
Clarkton School of Discovery	12.0mi	Public	5-8	10000 North College Street	Clarkton	28433	Bladen County	Bladen County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 647-6531	147	12	12.2	98.0%	46 (31.3%)	73 (49.7%)	14 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (7.5%)	37.9	499^th of 778 public middle schools	35.9%		46.6	422^nd of 773 public middle schools	45.4%	77	65.2	73.1	53.6	42.3	47.8	38.5	32.1	46.2	65.2	65.4	$10,569	$1,659	$8,910
Bladenboro Middle	14.9mi	Public	5-8	910 South Main Street	Bladenboro	28320	Bladen County	Bladen County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 863-3232	254	14	18.6	98.8%	121 (47.6%)	56 (22.0%)	43 (16.9%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (11.0%)	12.2	701^st of 778 public middle schools	9.9%		18.1	657^th of 773 public middle schools	15.0%	44	40.0	26.2	33.3	7.7	41.5	40.0	43.5	29.2	66.2	46.2	$9,981	$1,030	$8,951
Nakina Middle	15.5mi	Public	5-8	9822 Seven Creeks Hwy	Nakina	28455	Columbus County	Columbus County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 642-8301	194	12	16.3	97.4%	117 (60.3%)	15 (7.7%)	54 (27.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.1%)	58.3	318^th of 778 public middle schools	59.1%		54.3	336^th of 773 public middle schools	56.5%	18	21.6	50.0	50.0	35.7	40.5	53.2	78.0	97.6	40.5	83.3	$9,493	$1,505	$7,989
Orrum Middle	19.5mi	Public	5-8	1684 South Creek Road	Orrum	28369	Robeson County	Public Schools of Robeson County	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 628-8408	294	19	15.3	99.0%	82 (27.9%)	91 (31.0%)	22 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (17.0%)	1 (0.3%)	48 (16.3%)	8.2	734^th of 778 public middle schools	5.7%		7.1	734^th of 773 public middle schools	5.0%		31.6	42.4	29.2	16.3	27.6	28.8	34.7	25.0	42.1	32.5	$10,974	$1,727	$9,246

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