Summary:
Zip code 28515 in North Carolina is served by just one middle school, Pamlico County Middle, a grades 6–8 school in Bayboro with 242 students within the Pamlico County Schools district. Since there is no other middle school for comparison, this school's results define the area entirely, and the standout feature is a highly uneven academic profile where the school dramatically outperforms state averages in some areas and falls well behind in others.
The school's greatest academic strength is 7th grade math, where 65.6% of students scored proficient in 2025–2026 compared to 56.2% statewide, a 9.4-point advantage. Eighth grade science is another bright spot at 68.8% proficiency, essentially matching the state average of 68.6%. However, reading proficiency is consistently below average across all grades, with the largest gap in 6th grade at 8 points below the state level. The most serious concern is 8th grade math, where only 36.3% of students are proficient versus a 53.0% state average—a 16.7-point deficit that represents a sharp decline from the school's own prior-year score of 47.4%. This stark contrast between strong 7th grade math and weak 8th grade math suggests an instructional or curriculum transition challenge.
Pamlico County Middle serves a very high-need population, with 98.76% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. Chronic absenteeism of 26.7% is higher than the 24.2% state rate but notably better than the district's 37.3% average. The school maintains a favorable 10.7 student-teacher ratio, yet its statewide ranking has slipped for three consecutive years from the 69th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 52nd percentile in 2024–2025 and finally to the 45th percentile in 2025–2026, with the star rating falling from 3 to 2 stars. For parents, this school offers strong math and science instruction in certain grades but requires attention to reading support and the significant drop in 8th grade math performance.
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