Summary:
Zip code 27555 in Micro, NC is home to exactly one public middle school, North Johnston Middle, serving grades 6 through 8 with 598 students in the Johnston County Public Schools district, where the student-teacher ratio is 14.5 and 97.16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Because North Johnston Middle is the only middle school in this zip code, the most useful comparisons are against district and state averages. Despite the very high poverty rate, it outperforms the state average in 5 of 7 EOG subject-grade combinations. Its biggest strength is 8th grade science, with 82.9% proficiency — 12.1 points above the district and 14.3 points above the state. Seventh and 8th grade math and reading also surpass state averages. The clearest weakness is 6th grade reading at 51.0% proficiency, which trails the district by 5.6 points and the state by 3.8 points. Eighth grade posted dramatic year-over-year improvements between 2024-2025 and 2025-2026: math rose from 48.7% to 59.0%, reading from 49.2% to 60.0%, and science jumped from 61.5% to 82.9%, though some of this gain may reflect differences between student cohorts.
North Johnston Middle currently ranks in the 62nd percentile statewide, improving from 59th percentile last year but still shy of its 66th-percentile result in 2023-2024. Chronic absenteeism is 23.8%, somewhat above the district rate of 21.8% but below the state rate of 24.2%. Overall, this is a high-poverty school performing at or above state averages in most tested subjects, with a remarkable 8th grade science program and common areas for improvement concentrated in 6th grade literacy and attendance.
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