Summary:
Zip code 27549, serving the Louisburg area of Franklin County, contains exactly one middle school: Terrell Lane Middle, which serves grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 403 students in the Franklin County Schools district. Because it is the only middle school in the zip code, there are no nearby local peers for comparison, so the school must be evaluated against district and statewide benchmarks instead.
Terrell Lane Middle is currently rated a 1-star school and ranks in the 15th percentile of North Carolina middle schools, placing it at 661 out of 778 schools statewide. This is notably weaker than its district, Franklin County Schools, which ranks near the middle of the pack in North Carolina at the 53rd percentile. In every tested subject and grade level, the school trails both the district and state averages. The widest gaps are in 7th-grade math, where just 27.4% of students score proficient compared to 56.2% statewide, and in 8th-grade science, where 45.7% are proficient versus 68.6% statewide. Reading proficiency is relatively stronger, ranging from about 40% to 43%, but still lags the state by 13 to 16 points.
The school serves an extremely economically disadvantaged population, with 99.26% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, and chronic absenteeism affects 29.2% of students, above both district and state rates. On a positive note, 6th-grade math proficiency jumped from 34% to 46% year over year, and 8th-grade science and reading also improved. However, 7th-grade math dropped sharply from 34.3% to 27.4% during the same period. Attendance and the transition into middle school math appear to be critical areas of focus for the school going forward.
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