Red Oak Middle

Summary:

Red Oak Middle is a public middle school located in Battleboro, North Carolina, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 804 students. The school is part of the Nash County Public Schools district, which is ranked 177 out of 242 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Red Oak Middle faces several key challenges, including racial achievement gaps, declining performance over time, and socioeconomic factors that impact student learning. The school has a higher percentage of African American students (53.23%) compared to the surrounding schools, and while the African American, Hispanic, and multi-racial student subgroups perform better than the school's overall ranking, there is still a significant achievement gap compared to their White peers. The school's statewide ranking has steadily declined from 442 out of 627 middle schools in 2013-2014 to 492 out of 793 middle schools in 2023-2024, indicating a need for the school and district to implement strategies to improve overall academic performance. Additionally, the significant increase in the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at Red Oak Middle, from 37.1% in 2020-2021 to 64.43% in 2022-2023, suggests that the school is serving a population with greater socioeconomic challenges.

When compared to other nearby middle schools in the Nash County Public Schools district, Elm City Middle, Enfield Middle S.T.E.A.M. Academy, and Southern Nash Middle, Red Oak Middle generally performs worse on standardized tests and has a lower statewide ranking. However, it outperforms some schools in the Edgecombe County Public Schools and Halifax County Schools districts, which have even lower-performing middle schools.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 3170 Red Oak-Battleboro Road
       Battleboro, NC  27809


(252) 462-2000

District: Nash County Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
492nd of 793 North Carolina Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,118 Help


Students who attend Red Oak Middle usually attend:

High:    Northern Nash High

Student/teacher ratio:  19.5 Help
Number of students:  808

Racial breakdown:

African American:
53.7%
White:
29.1%
Hispanic:
9.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  65.1% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Red Oak Middle ranks worse than 62% of middle schools in North Carolina. It also ranks 3rd among 6 ranked middle schools in the Nash County Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 39.06. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Red Oak Middle has the largest middle school student body size in the Nash County Public Schools District. Racial makeup is: African American (53.7%), White (29.1%), Hispanic (9.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 65.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Nash County Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Red Oak Middle is 19.5. 3 middle schools in the Nash County Public Schools District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Red Oak Middle is $8,118. 4 middle schools in the Nash County Public Schools District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Red Oak Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Red Oak Middle 492nd of 793 North Carolina public middle schools. (See Red Oak Middle in the ranking list.)

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Nash County Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Nash County Public Schools 177th of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Red Oak Middle

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Rank History for all students at Red Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 57.07 297th 598 50.3%
2007 52.72 330th 606 45.5%
2008 52.16 329th 620 46.9%
2009 62.67 261st 630 58.6%
2010 58.19 326th 640 49.1%
2011 61.39 284th 648 56.2%
2012 62.23 282nd 662 57.4%
2013 54.26 293rd 673 56.5%
2014 30.82 442nd 627 29.5%
2015 35.29 468th 705 33.6%
2016 24.36 538th 692 22.3%
2017 29.48 506th 694 27.1%
2018 40.18 443rd 691 35.9%
2019 36.12 502nd 737 31.9%
2021 29.28 527th 741 28.9%
2022 23.85 619th 786 21.2%
2023 40.86 451st 784 42.5%
2024 39.06 492nd 793 38.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Red Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.58 188th 221 14.9%
2019 14.60 222nd 237 6.3%
2021 28.21 197th 248 20.6%
2023 50.97 135th 302 55.3%
2024 53.07 139th 306 54.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Red Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 57.75 48th 211 77.3%
2022 35.75 206th 312 34.0%
2023 60.64 65th 318 79.6%
2024 51.64 124th 356 65.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Red Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 27.90 364th 473 23.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Red Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.29 370th 604 38.7%
2019 36.76 443rd 639 30.7%
2021 30.20 461st 633 27.2%
2022 26.25 552nd 689 19.9%
2023 43.91 403rd 735 45.2%
2024 40.13 447th 743 39.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Red Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.22 458th 656 30.2%
2019 29.15 533rd 684 22.1%
2021 26.70 541st 706 23.4%
2022 18.94 625th 733 14.7%
2023 37.51 453rd 731 38.0%
2024 38.03 461st 738 37.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Red Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.75 214th 475 54.9%
2019 27.67 411th 504 18.5%
2021 28.55 383rd 478 19.9%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Red Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.76 6th 127 95.3%
2019 53.85 247th 416 40.6%
2021 31.39 383rd 448 14.5%
2022 41.05 355th 450 21.1%
2023 55.69 254th 452 43.8%
2024 63.84 166th 461 64.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Red Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.30 411th 665 38.2%
2019 40.51 441st 697 36.7%
2021 31.70 494th 711 30.5%
2022 27.81 556th 748 25.7%
2023 42.34 425th 747 43.1%
2024 38.56 465th 751 38.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Red Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.38 205th 494 58.5%
2019 49.13 240th 519 53.8%
2021 40.43 293rd 533 45.0%
2022 33.56 378th 550 31.3%
2023 50.25 231st 559 58.7%
2024 47.10 266th 560 52.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Red Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.47 234th 472 50.4%
2019 31.15 378th 493 23.3%
2021 19.37 468th 522 10.3%
2022 25.71 433rd 541 20.0%
2023 50.15 252nd 553 54.4%
2024 48.65 280th 564 50.4%
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Rank History for White students at Red Oak Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.21 364th 596 38.9%
2019 37.11 427th 624 31.6%
2021 34.19 420th 632 33.5%
2022 25.83 534th 658 18.8%
2023 44.26 366th 656 44.2%
2024 44.48 365th 652 44.0%
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Data source: test scores: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Red Oak Middle Test Scores
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Data source: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Red Oak Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1999 450 579 9 20 2 n/a n/a 0 1060
2000 476 673 15 16 4 n/a n/a 0 1184
2001 478 668 13 21 3 n/a n/a 0 1183
2002 419 436 4 25 5 n/a n/a 0 889
2003 419 436 4 25 5 n/a n/a 0 889
2004 422 470 2 29 5 n/a n/a 0 928
2005 433 507 1 27 6 n/a n/a 0 974
2006 432 494 4 30 9 n/a n/a 0 969
2007 443 505 7 31 6 n/a n/a 18 1010
2008 432 487 7 36 10 n/a n/a 19 991
2009 462 501 5 46 8 n/a n/a 0 1022
2010 431 474 5 45 10 n/a n/a 0 965
2011 429 409 6 49 12 0 75 0 980
2012 395 401 9 51 12 0 52 0 920
2013 399 410 9 57 13 0 28 0 916
2014 433 392 5 58 12 0 27 0 927
2015 383 399 7 56 12 0 32 0 889
2016 358 370 11 59 14 0 35 0 847
2017 321 374 15 52 16 0 34 0 812
2018 300 408 12 58 12 0 26 0 816
2019 313 458 15 75 6 1 35 0 903
2020 313 449 11 76 10 2 35 0 896
2021 288 448 12 72 13 1 34 0 868
2022 250 458 10 74 16 1 28 0 837
2023 250 428 6 83 10 0 27 0 804
2024 235 434 7 79 14 0 39 0 808

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Red Oak Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1999 1060 n/a 0.0 50.4
2000 1184 85.0 13.9 45.7
2001 1183 85.0 13.9 50.7
2002 889 85.0 10.5 0
2003 889 85.0 10.5 0
2004 928 53.0 17.5 46
2005 974 65.0 15.0 50.3
2006 969 66.0 14.7 48.9
2007 1010 62.0 16.3 49.4
2008 991 59.8 16.6 50.2
2009 1022 60.0 17.0 n/a
2010 965 53.8 17.9 50.6
2011 980 57.0 17.1 54.5
2012 920 58.9 15.6 55.8
2013 916 52.7 17.3 57.8
2014 927 49.0 18.9 58.1
2015 889 46.0 19.3 59.8
2016 847 47.0 18.0 58.8
2017 812 46.5 17.4 60
2018 816 47.0 17.3 59.1
2019 903 47.7 18.9 54.3
2020 896 48.6 18.4 54.4
2021 868 47.6 18.2 37.1
2022 837 42.3 19.7 46
2023 804 39.6 20.3 64.4
2024 808 41.3 19.5 65.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Red Oak Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1999 1060 n/a 0.0 50.4
2000 1184 85.0 13.9 45.7
2001 1183 85.0 13.9 50.7
2002 889 85.0 10.5 0
2003 889 85.0 10.5 0
2004 928 53.0 17.5 46
2005 974 65.0 15.0 50.3
2006 969 66.0 14.7 48.9
2007 1010 62.0 16.3 49.4
2008 991 59.8 16.6 50.2
2009 1022 60.0 17.0 n/a
2010 965 53.8 17.9 50.6
2011 980 57.0 17.1 54.5
2012 920 58.9 15.6 55.8
2013 916 52.7 17.3 57.8
2014 927 49.0 18.9 58.1
2015 889 46.0 19.3 59.8
2016 847 47.0 18.0 58.8
2017 812 46.5 17.4 60
2018 816 47.0 17.3 59.1
2019 903 47.7 18.9 54.3
2020 896 48.6 18.4 54.4
2021 868 47.6 18.2 37.1
2022 837 42.3 19.7 46
2023 804 39.6 20.3 64.4
2024 808 41.3 19.5 65.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Red Oak Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $762 (9.4%) $7,356 (90.6%) $8,118

Data source: North Carolina Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Red Oak Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 502nd of 737 Middle schoolsRanks 451st of 784 Middle schools
 10.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Red Oak Middle)39.945.4
 5.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Nash County Public Schools)36.837
 0.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.852.3
 6.5%
6th Grade Reading (Red Oak Middle)48.637
 11.6%
   6th Grade Reading (Nash County Public Schools)46.634.3
 12.3%
   6th Grade Reading (North Carolina)6049.3
 10.7%
7th Grade Mathematics (Red Oak Middle)45.836.4
 9.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Nash County Public Schools)35.828.3
 7.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.450.1
 8.3%
7th Grade Reading (Red Oak Middle)48.941.1
 7.8%
   7th Grade Reading (Nash County Public Schools)46.334.5
 11.8%
   7th Grade Reading (North Carolina)58.850.2
 8.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (Red Oak Middle)41.839.1
 2.7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Nash County Public Schools)38.329
 9.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)52.644.8
 7.8%
8th Grade Reading (Red Oak Middle)5151.2
 0.2%
   8th Grade Reading (Nash County Public Schools)46.939.2
 7.7%
   8th Grade Reading (North Carolina)55.651
 4.6%
8th Grade Science (Red Oak Middle)8374.4
 8.6%
   8th Grade Science (Nash County Public Schools)74.862.8
 12%
   8th Grade Science (North Carolina)78.670.3
 8.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students903804
 11%
African American458428
 6.6%
American Indian610
 66.7%
Asian156
 60%
Hispanic7583
 10.7%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White313250
 20.1%
Two or More Races3527
 22.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients54.3%64.4%
 10.2%


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Students who attend Red Oak Middle usually go on to attend Northern Nash High

Red Oak Middle ranks 492nd of 793 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 808 students attended Red Oak Middle.

Students at Red Oak Middle are 54% African American, 29% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 2% American Indian.


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