Trexler Middle

Summary:

Trexler Middle is a public middle school located in Richlands, North Carolina, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 825 students. The school is part of the Onslow County Schools district, which is ranked 135 out of 242 districts in North Carolina and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Trexler Middle faces several challenges, including declining statewide rankings, lower test scores compared to state and district averages, and significant disparities in performance among different student subgroups. The school has a significantly higher percentage of White students (68%) compared to the surrounding schools, which have more diverse student populations. Trexler Middle's test scores are generally lower than the state and district averages across all grade levels and subjects, with the school's 8th-grade math proficiency rate at 32.4%, compared to the state average of 46.9% and the district average of 37.5%. Additionally, the school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with the school ranking highly for English Language Learners and Disabled students, but much lower for White, Multi-racial, and Gifted and Talented students.

The rising percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at Trexler Middle, from 30.33% in 2020-2021 to 45.33% in 2022-2023, could be an indicator of increasing economic challenges in the community, which may impact the school's resources and support for students. Compared to nearby schools like Hunters Creek Middle and New Bridge Middle, which have higher test scores and statewide rankings, Trexler Middle's performance is generally lower, suggesting that the school may need to learn from the practices and strategies of these higher-performing schools to improve student outcomes.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 112 East Foy Street
       Richlands, NC  28574


(910) 324-4414

District: Onslow County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
498th of 793 North Carolina Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,777 Help


Students who attend Trexler Middle usually attend:

High:    Richlands High

Feeder schools for Trexler Middle:

Elementary:    Heritage Elementary School
    Richlands Elementary
    Stateside Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  17.6 Help
Number of students:  759

Racial breakdown:

White:
66.0%
Hispanic:
14.6%
African American:
9.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  47.8% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Trexler Middle ranks worse than 62.8% of middle schools in North Carolina. It also ranks 6th among 8 ranked middle schools in the Onslow County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 38.81. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (66%), Hispanic (14.6%), African American (9.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 47.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Trexler Middle is 17.6. 5 middle schools in the Onslow County Schools District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Trexler Middle is $7,777, which is the lowest among 8 middle schools in the Onslow County Schools District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Trexler Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Trexler Middle 498th of 793 North Carolina public middle schools. (See Trexler Middle in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Onslow County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Onslow County Schools 135th of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Trexler Middle

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Rank History for all students at Trexler Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 62.69 233rd 598 61.0%
2007 58.84 282nd 606 53.5%
2008 62.36 248th 620 60.0%
2009 57.80 318th 630 49.5%
2010 61.67 276th 640 56.9%
2011 57.17 329th 648 49.2%
2012 64.09 266th 662 59.8%
2013 53.89 300th 673 55.4%
2014 44.39 340th 627 45.8%
2015 47.72 382nd 705 45.8%
2016 54.38 316th 692 54.3%
2017 53.44 340th 694 51.0%
2018 52.43 348th 691 49.6%
2019 48.99 392nd 737 46.8%
2021 53.56 320th 741 56.8%
2022 40.20 465th 786 40.8%
2023 39.13 471st 784 39.9%
2024 38.81 498th 793 37.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Trexler Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.03 143rd 221 35.3%
2019 48.19 114th 237 51.9%
2021 48.02 117th 248 52.8%
2022 33.34 195th 283 31.1%
2023 34.77 213th 302 29.5%
2024 23.04 265th 306 13.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Trexler Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 61.49 60th 318 81.1%
2024 53.99 105th 356 70.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Trexler Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 41.28 242nd 473 48.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Trexler Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.73 216th 604 64.2%
2019 53.93 272nd 639 57.4%
2021 67.12 141st 633 77.7%
2022 46.20 343rd 689 50.2%
2023 45.61 378th 735 48.6%
2024 39.35 454th 743 38.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Trexler Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.01 331st 656 49.5%
2019 50.38 363rd 684 46.9%
2021 56.68 281st 706 60.2%
2022 43.34 407th 733 44.5%
2023 37.22 455th 731 37.8%
2024 36.04 477th 738 35.4%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Trexler Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.11 208th 475 56.2%
2019 47.61 227th 504 55.0%
2021 41.97 254th 478 46.9%
2022 53.30 133rd 449 70.4%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Trexler Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 46.71 302nd 416 27.4%
2021 51.40 270th 448 39.7%
2022 44.92 326th 450 27.6%
2023 40.30 351st 452 22.3%
2024 38.85 373rd 461 19.1%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Trexler Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.72 25th 45 44.4%
2019 49.74 26th 48 45.8%
2021 38.81 42nd 57 26.3%
2022 26.60 47th 58 19.0%
2023 24.14 45th 54 16.7%
2024 33.79 43rd 58 25.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Trexler Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.58 365th 665 45.1%
2019 45.06 403rd 697 42.2%
2021 50.20 331st 711 53.4%
2022 36.09 490th 748 34.5%
2023 39.44 455th 747 39.1%
2024 39.96 455th 751 39.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Trexler Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.06 188th 494 61.9%
2019 30.81 401st 519 22.7%
2021 43.73 261st 533 51.0%
2022 34.07 370th 550 32.7%
2023 37.62 343rd 559 38.6%
2024 44.69 288th 560 48.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Trexler Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.75 173rd 472 63.3%
2019 59.57 144th 493 70.8%
2021 69.22 95th 522 81.8%
2022 40.74 330th 541 39.0%
2023 42.44 321st 553 42.0%
2024 41.21 349th 564 38.1%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Trexler Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.22 440th 596 26.2%
2019 32.19 476th 624 23.7%
2021 32.92 431st 632 31.8%
2022 24.92 541st 658 17.8%
2023 21.91 552nd 656 15.9%
2024 21.41 543rd 652 16.7%
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 Trexler Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 367 75 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 443
1989 371 93 2 3 2 n/a n/a 0 471
1990 377 85 5 3 2 n/a n/a 0 472
1991 390 80 4 3 0 n/a n/a 0 477
1992 404 87 4 4 0 n/a n/a 0 499
1993 462 70 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 535
1994 457 70 2 4 0 n/a n/a 0 533
1995 498 78 1 9 1 n/a n/a 0 587
1996 498 78 1 9 1 n/a n/a 0 587
1997 517 92 1 8 2 n/a n/a 0 620
1998 488 95 1 15 3 n/a n/a 0 602
1999 435 85 1 17 0 n/a n/a 0 538
2000 421 87 2 22 1 n/a n/a 0 533
2001 390 97 3 12 4 n/a n/a 0 506
2002 422 112 5 20 9 n/a n/a 0 568
2003 422 112 5 20 9 n/a n/a 0 568
2004 444 109 1 19 5 n/a n/a 0 578
2005 435 114 1 24 3 n/a n/a 0 577
2006 457 118 4 30 3 n/a n/a 0 612
2007 499 98 4 43 4 n/a n/a 45 693
2008 554 91 6 49 6 n/a n/a 56 762
2009 572 149 6 57 7 n/a n/a 0 791
2010 582 151 9 48 5 n/a n/a 0 795
2011 589 104 4 79 8 4 44 0 832
2012 646 108 4 93 9 4 48 0 912
2013 667 118 5 90 7 3 51 0 941
2014 636 115 4 86 4 2 55 0 902
2015 677 125 6 110 3 1 60 0 982
2016 478 83 3 97 3 0 63 0 727
2017 483 103 3 88 4 2 65 0 748
2018 484 93 3 105 5 2 62 0 754
2019 528 100 4 125 5 3 64 0 829
2020 518 79 2 150 4 4 96 0 853
2021 492 56 3 96 2 4 46 0 699
2022 560 65 2 113 2 3 72 0 817
2023 561 68 4 115 2 1 74 0 825
2024 501 73 1 111 2 3 68 0 759

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 Trexler Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 443 28.0 15.8 26.6
1989 471 30.0 15.7 58.8
1990 472 32.0 14.7 61
1991 477 33.0 14.4 60.4
1992 499 28.0 17.8 22
1993 535 34.0 15.7 28.6
1994 533 36.0 14.8 31
1995 587 34.0 17.3 25.4
1996 587 34.0 17.3 25.4
1997 620 35.0 17.7 20.6
1998 602 36.0 16.7 24.8
1999 538 36.0 14.9 43.3
2000 533 36.0 14.8 36.2
2001 506 36.0 14.1 38.9
2002 568 38.0 14.9 41.7
2003 568 38.0 14.9 41.7
2004 578 38.0 15.2 43.4
2005 577 38.0 15.2 44.9
2006 612 38.0 16.1 43.1
2007 693 43.0 16.1 43.4
2008 762 45.9 16.6 41.6
2009 791 47.8 16.5 36.4
2010 795 47.0 16.9 41
2011 832 48.0 17.3 39.9
2012 912 49.2 18.5 38.7
2013 941 54.1 17.3 37.3
2014 902 55.0 16.4 37.9
2015 982 55.0 17.8 37.9
2016 727 42.0 17.3 40
2017 748 44.0 17.0 47.7
2018 754 43.0 17.5 41.2
2019 829 42.4 19.5 49.7
2020 853 43.9 19.4 38.5
2021 699 42.0 16.6 30.3
2022 817 47.0 17.3 31.2
2023 825 48.3 17.0 45.3
2024 759 43.0 17.6 47.8

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 Trexler Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 443 28.0 15.8 26.6
1989 471 30.0 15.7 58.8
1990 472 32.0 14.7 61
1991 477 33.0 14.4 60.4
1992 499 28.0 17.8 22
1993 535 34.0 15.7 28.6
1994 533 36.0 14.8 31
1995 587 34.0 17.3 25.4
1996 587 34.0 17.3 25.4
1997 620 35.0 17.7 20.6
1998 602 36.0 16.7 24.8
1999 538 36.0 14.9 43.3
2000 533 36.0 14.8 36.2
2001 506 36.0 14.1 38.9
2002 568 38.0 14.9 41.7
2003 568 38.0 14.9 41.7
2004 578 38.0 15.2 43.4
2005 577 38.0 15.2 44.9
2006 612 38.0 16.1 43.1
2007 693 43.0 16.1 43.4
2008 762 45.9 16.6 41.6
2009 791 47.8 16.5 36.4
2010 795 47.0 16.9 41
2011 832 48.0 17.3 39.9
2012 912 49.2 18.5 38.7
2013 941 54.1 17.3 37.3
2014 902 55.0 16.4 37.9
2015 982 55.0 17.8 37.9
2016 727 42.0 17.3 40
2017 748 44.0 17.0 47.7
2018 754 43.0 17.5 41.2
2019 829 42.4 19.5 49.7
2020 853 43.9 19.4 38.5
2021 699 42.0 16.6 30.3
2022 817 47.0 17.3 31.2
2023 825 48.3 17.0 45.3
2024 759 43.0 17.6 47.8

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 Trexler Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $744 (9.6%) $7,033 (90.4%) $7,777

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Trexler Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 392nd of 737 Middle schoolsRanks 471st of 784 Middle schools
 6.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Trexler Middle)64.151
 13.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Onslow County Schools)53.645.4
 8.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.852.3
 6.5%
6th Grade Reading (Trexler Middle)52.840.4
 12.4%
   6th Grade Reading (Onslow County Schools)57.847
 10.8%
   6th Grade Reading (North Carolina)6049.3
 10.7%
7th Grade Mathematics (Trexler Middle)50.636.1
 14.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Onslow County Schools)53.943.3
 10.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.450.1
 8.3%
7th Grade Reading (Trexler Middle)50.633.9
 16.7%
   7th Grade Reading (Onslow County Schools)5748.6
 8.4%
   7th Grade Reading (North Carolina)58.850.2
 8.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (Trexler Middle)48.631.4
 17.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Onslow County Schools)47.638.4
 9.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)52.644.8
 7.8%
8th Grade Reading (Trexler Middle)57.648.8
 8.8%
   8th Grade Reading (Onslow County Schools)54.752.7
 2%
   8th Grade Reading (North Carolina)55.651
 4.6%
8th Grade Science (Trexler Middle)79.675.7
 3.9%
   8th Grade Science (Onslow County Schools)82.173.4
 8.7%
   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 Students829825
 0.5%
African American10068
 32%
American Indian52
 60%
Asian44
Hispanic125115
 8%
Pacific Islander31
 66.7%
White528561
 6.3%
Two or More Races6474
 15.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients49.7%45.3%
 4.4%


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Trexler Middle ranks 498th of 793 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Trexler Middle are 66% White, 15% Hispanic, 10% African American, 9% Two or more races.

Students who attend Trexler Middle usually go on to attend Richlands High

In the 2023-24 school year, 759 students attended Trexler Middle.


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