Tucker Creek Middle

Summary:

Tucker Creek Middle is a public middle school located in Havelock, North Carolina, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 519. This high-performing school consistently ranks among the top 20% of middle schools in the state, with a strong focus on academic excellence and equity.

Tucker Creek Middle's academic performance is truly impressive, with the school consistently maintaining a 4- or 5-star rating from SchoolDigger and outperforming the Craven County Board of Education and the state of North Carolina in terms of the percentage of students proficient or better on EOG tests. The school's standout performance in 8th-grade science, with 92% of students proficient or better, is particularly noteworthy. Additionally, Tucker Creek Middle excels in supporting the academic achievement of diverse student subgroups, including African American, Hispanic, and low socioeconomic status students, as well as military-connected students.

While Tucker Creek Middle's academic excellence is undeniable, it is worth noting that some nearby schools, such as Broad Creek Middle and Morehead City Middle, which are part of the Carteret County Public Schools district, also demonstrate strong academic performance. These schools have a higher percentage of White students and lower percentages of minority groups compared to Tucker Creek Middle, raising questions about the factors that contribute to their success and whether there are any lessons that can be learned from their practices.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 200 Sermons Boulevard
       Havelock, NC  28532


(252) 444-7200

District: Craven County Board of Education

SchoolDigger Rank:
75th of 793 North Carolina Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,904 Help


Students who attend Tucker Creek Middle usually attend:

High:    Havelock High

Feeder schools for Tucker Creek Middle:

Elementary:    Arthur W Edwards Elementary
    W Jesse Gurganus Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  17.6 Help
Number of students:  517

Racial breakdown:

White:
57.1%
Hispanic:
17.6%
African American:
12.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  48.5% Help


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Compare Details Tucker Creek Middle ranks better than 90.5% of middle schools in North Carolina. It also ranks first among 5 ranked middle schools in the Craven County Board of Education School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 88.55. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Tucker Creek Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (57.1%), Hispanic (17.6%), African American (12.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 48.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Craven County Board of Education School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Tucker Creek Middle is 17.6. 3 middle schools in the Craven County Board of Education School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Tucker Creek Middle is $9,904, which is the highest among 5 middle schools in the Craven County Board of Education School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Tucker Creek Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Tucker Creek Middle 75th of 793 North Carolina public middle schools. (See Tucker Creek Middle in the ranking list.)

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Craven County Board of Education:

SchoolDigger ranks Craven County Board of Education 111th of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Tucker Creek Middle

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Rank History for all students at Tucker Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 76.70 95th 598 84.1%
2007 70.84 156th 606 74.3%
2008 78.14 105th 620 83.1%
2009 81.89 74th 630 88.3%
2010 78.79 103rd 640 83.9%
2011 78.60 103rd 648 84.1%
2012 75.76 137th 662 79.3%
2013 78.36 115th 673 82.9%
2014 77.15 129th 627 79.4%
2015 82.63 101st 705 85.7%
2016 76.57 142nd 692 79.5%
2017 81.00 109th 694 84.3%
2018 77.53 132nd 691 80.9%
2019 75.18 160th 737 78.3%
2021 81.04 124th 741 83.3%
2022 80.33 138th 786 82.4%
2023 81.31 127th 784 83.8%
2024 88.55 75th 793 90.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Tucker Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.61 22nd 221 90.0%
2019 81.15 26th 237 89.0%
2021 73.89 41st 248 83.5%
2022 55.06 107th 283 62.2%
2023 82.83 41st 302 86.4%
2024 83.18 35th 306 88.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Tucker Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 65.57 78th 473 83.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Tucker Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.14 49th 604 91.9%
2019 83.71 52nd 639 91.9%
2021 91.28 23rd 633 96.4%
2022 87.69 39th 689 94.3%
2023 85.62 50th 735 93.2%
2024 93.72 26th 743 96.5%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Tucker Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 97.55 1st 71 98.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Tucker Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.68 140th 656 78.7%
2019 67.16 209th 684 69.4%
2021 79.49 121st 706 82.9%
2022 83.11 102nd 733 86.1%
2023 79.35 134th 731 81.7%
2024 87.97 76th 738 89.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Tucker Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.69 104th 475 78.1%
2019 57.64 145th 504 71.2%
2021 36.28 316th 478 33.9%
2022 59.57 97th 449 78.4%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Tucker Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 69.72 79th 416 81.0%
2021 69.83 117th 448 73.9%
2022 62.31 173rd 450 61.6%
2023 46.34 318th 452 29.6%
2024 65.05 151st 461 67.2%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Tucker Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.46 21st 45 53.3%
2019 72.36 10th 48 79.2%
2021 68.56 14th 57 75.4%
2022 72.54 13th 58 77.6%
2023 83.14 5th 54 90.7%
2024 84.40 4th 58 93.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Tucker Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.10 108th 665 83.8%
2019 79.53 116th 697 83.4%
2021 80.04 122nd 711 82.8%
2022 75.08 161st 748 78.5%
2023 81.36 122nd 747 83.7%
2024 87.49 72nd 751 90.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Tucker Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.89 24th 494 95.1%
2019 84.86 43rd 519 91.7%
2021 88.48 34th 533 93.6%
2022 84.56 57th 550 89.6%
2023 87.59 45th 559 91.9%
2024 84.36 57th 560 89.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Tucker Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.73 48th 472 89.8%
2019 82.69 44th 493 91.1%
2021 86.66 36th 522 93.1%
2022 83.22 48th 541 91.1%
2023 88.19 34th 553 93.9%
2024 87.52 44th 564 92.2%
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Rank History for White students at Tucker Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.76 248th 596 58.4%
2019 58.83 248th 624 60.3%
2021 63.90 201st 632 68.2%
2022 70.14 180th 658 72.6%
2023 64.44 217th 656 66.9%
2024 82.35 113th 652 82.7%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Tucker Creek Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1998 406 118 7 17 3 n/a n/a 0 551
1999 377 125 6 14 3 n/a n/a 0 525
2000 313 124 10 23 0 n/a n/a 0 470
2001 332 105 6 27 2 n/a n/a 0 472
2002 402 107 13 26 3 n/a n/a 0 551
2003 402 107 13 26 3 n/a n/a 0 551
2004 368 122 11 31 3 n/a n/a 0 535
2005 355 105 13 21 1 n/a n/a 0 495
2006 364 115 14 37 0 n/a n/a 0 530
2007 388 86 16 27 2 n/a n/a 33 552
2008 371 74 12 30 4 n/a n/a 29 520
2009 376 96 15 36 4 n/a n/a 0 527
2010 393 117 14 37 2 n/a n/a 0 563
2011 380 81 5 58 5 1 34 0 564
2012 368 74 12 44 4 3 37 0 542
2013 337 76 15 46 4 4 32 0 514
2014 294 67 17 40 3 2 24 0 447
2015 267 67 17 39 0 4 23 0 417
2016 312 70 11 54 1 1 38 0 487
2017 298 71 13 59 1 2 46 0 490
2018 306 70 13 58 1 3 41 0 492
2019 318 83 16 82 0 4 44 0 547
2020 301 69 10 86 0 1 53 0 520
2021 311 77 12 79 0 4 47 0 530
2022 299 63 11 76 1 6 45 0 501
2023 307 71 9 72 3 4 53 0 519
2024 295 64 5 91 3 3 56 0 517

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 Tucker Creek Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1998 551 41.0 13.4 n/a
1999 525 41.0 12.8 37
2000 470 41.0 11.5 33.4
2001 472 38.0 12.4 35.2
2002 551 41.0 13.4 30.9
2003 551 41.0 13.4 30.9
2004 535 37.0 14.5 33.1
2005 495 39.0 12.7 28.9
2006 530 42.0 12.6 27.4
2007 552 34.7 15.9 28.9
2008 520 35.8 14.5 27.3
2009 527 35.9 14.7 27.1
2010 563 34.9 16.1 33.6
2011 564 33.2 16.9 34.2
2012 542 32.0 16.9 38
2013 514 35.0 14.6 41.1
2014 447 35.0 12.7 40.7
2015 417 34.0 12.2 34.5
2016 487 32.0 15.2 35.5
2017 490 28.5 17.1 29.2
2018 492 28.4 17.3 31.9
2019 547 29.9 18.2 43.9
2020 520 29.9 17.3 32.1
2021 530 26.0 20.3 20.6
2022 501 26.5 18.8 25.1
2023 519 27.6 18.7 43.9
2024 517 29.2 17.6 48.5

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 Tucker Creek Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1998 551 41.0 13.4 n/a
1999 525 41.0 12.8 37
2000 470 41.0 11.5 33.4
2001 472 38.0 12.4 35.2
2002 551 41.0 13.4 30.9
2003 551 41.0 13.4 30.9
2004 535 37.0 14.5 33.1
2005 495 39.0 12.7 28.9
2006 530 42.0 12.6 27.4
2007 552 34.7 15.9 28.9
2008 520 35.8 14.5 27.3
2009 527 35.9 14.7 27.1
2010 563 34.9 16.1 33.6
2011 564 33.2 16.9 34.2
2012 542 32.0 16.9 38
2013 514 35.0 14.6 41.1
2014 447 35.0 12.7 40.7
2015 417 34.0 12.2 34.5
2016 487 32.0 15.2 35.5
2017 490 28.5 17.1 29.2
2018 492 28.4 17.3 31.9
2019 547 29.9 18.2 43.9
2020 520 29.9 17.3 32.1
2021 530 26.0 20.3 20.6
2022 501 26.5 18.8 25.1
2023 519 27.6 18.7 43.9
2024 517 29.2 17.6 48.5

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.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Tucker Creek Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $666 (6.7%) $9,237 (93.3%) $9,904

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Tucker Creek Middle

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 160th of 737 Middle schoolsRanks 127th of 784 Middle schools
 5.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Tucker Creek Middle)74.477.4
 3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Craven County Board of Education)55.556
 0.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.852.3
 6.5%
6th Grade Reading (Tucker Creek Middle)78.370.8
 7.5%
   6th Grade Reading (Craven County Board of Education)62.953
 9.9%
   6th Grade Reading (North Carolina)6049.3
 10.7%
7th Grade Mathematics (Tucker Creek Middle)70.375.4
 5.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Craven County Board of Education)43.443.9
 0.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.450.1
 8.3%
7th Grade Reading (Tucker Creek Middle)69.876.7
 6.9%
   7th Grade Reading (Craven County Board of Education)53.551.7
 1.8%
   7th Grade Reading (North Carolina)58.850.2
 8.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (Tucker Creek Middle)54.458.4
 4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Craven County Board of Education)36.142
 5.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)52.644.8
 7.8%
8th Grade Reading (Tucker Creek Middle)62.650
 12.6%
   8th Grade Reading (Craven County Board of Education)5052.9
 2.9%
   8th Grade Reading (North Carolina)55.651
 4.6%
8th Grade Science (Tucker Creek Middle)8678.6
 7.4%
   8th Grade Science (Craven County Board of Education)76.670.9
 5.7%
   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 Students547519
 5.1%
African American8371
 14.5%
American Indian03
Asian169
 43.8%
Hispanic8272
 12.2%
Pacific Islander44
White318307
 3.5%
Two or More Races4453
 20.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients43.9%43.9%
 0.1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Tucker Creek Middle

In the 2023-24 school year, 517 students attended Tucker Creek Middle.

Students who attend Tucker Creek Middle usually go on to attend Havelock High

Yes. Tucker Creek Middle ranks in the top 9.5% of North Carolina middle schools.

Students at Tucker Creek Middle are 57% White, 18% Hispanic, 12% African American, 11% Two or more races.


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