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Morehead City Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
400 Barbour Road
Morehead City, NC 28557
Phone
(252) 726-1126
District
Carteret County Public Schools
County
CARTERET COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
482
Classroom Teachers
34

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

8

(10 is best)

Better than 74.7% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Morehead City Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
58%
51%
56%
49%
60%
52%
58%
51%
56%
49%
60%
52%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

80 60 40 20 0
71%
50%
64%
50%
78%
50%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
59%
48%
61%
51%
57%
45%
59%
48%
61%
51%
57%
45%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
14
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 172 35.7%
Grade 7 164 34.0%
Grade 8 146 30.3%
Total 482 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 74.8% 82.3% 46.6%
Black 7.0% 4.9% 26.2%
Hispanic 15.4% 11.2% 21.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.3% 1.1% 4.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.5% 0.5% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 99.4% 77.9% 59.0%
Free lunch eligible 99.4% 77.2% 56.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.7% 2.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 68,353 10,698,973
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 134.7 217
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.8% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.3% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 25.3% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.8% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 25.8% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 30,414 4,105,232
Single Parent Households With Children 5.1% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.1% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 31.9% 33.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 14.7% 15.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.0% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.3% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.4% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.7% 16.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.4% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 8.5% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,812 $55,045,000 58.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $763 $6,168,000 6.5%
Staff $418 $3,380,000 3.6%
General Administration $129 $1,043,000 1.1%
School Administration $665 $5,372,000 5.7%
Operation $1,240 $10,021,000 10.6%
Transportation $256 $2,066,000 2.2%
Other $288 $2,327,000 2.5%
Total Support $3,759 $30,377,000 32.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,126 $9,098,000 9.6%
Total Expenditures $11,697 $94,520,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,564 $10,129,255,000 56.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $623 $960,884,000 5.4%
Staff $394 $608,502,000 3.4%
General Administration $179 $276,069,000 1.5%
School Administration $651 $1,005,083,000 5.6%
Operation $803 $1,239,070,000 6.9%
Transportation $337 $520,307,000 2.9%
Other $350 $540,157,000 3.0%
Total Support $3,338 $5,150,072,000 28.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,737 $2,680,931,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $11,639 $17,960,258,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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