Hamlet Middle

Summary:

Hamlet Middle is a public middle school in Hamlet, North Carolina, serving 425 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Richmond County Schools district, which is ranked 172 out of 242 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating.

Hamlet Middle has a relatively balanced racial composition, with 39.76% White, 39.29% African American, and 10.59% Hispanic students. The school's statewide ranking has fluctuated over the years, ranging from 311 out of 694 middle schools in 2016-2017 (3 stars) to 541 out of 741 in 2020-2021 (1 star). In the most recent year, the school ranked 424 out of 793 middle schools, with a 2-star rating. Hamlet Middle's performance varies across different student groups, ranking higher for Hispanic students and Gifted and Talented students, but lower for Multi-racial students. The school's test scores are generally below the state and district averages, but its 8th-grade science proficiency rate (65.6%) was higher than the state (70.1%) and district (67.7%) averages in 2023-2024.

Compared to nearby schools like Ellerbe Middle and Cordova Middle, Hamlet Middle has a more balanced racial composition. However, the school faces significant challenges, with over 99% of its students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage. Despite this, Hamlet Middle's test scores are on par with or slightly better than the district and state averages in certain subject areas, suggesting the school may be able to achieve relatively strong outcomes despite limited resources.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 1406 McDonald Ave
       Hamlet, NC  28345-3730


(910) 582-7903

District: Richmond County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
424th of 793 North Carolina Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,862 Help


Students who attend Hamlet Middle usually attend:

High:    Richmond Early College High
    Richmond Senior High

Feeder schools for Hamlet Middle:

Elementary:    Monroe Avenue Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  14.6 Help
Number of students:  409

Racial breakdown:

African American:
39.1%
White:
38.6%
Hispanic:
8.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  99.3% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Hamlet Middle ranks worse than 53.5% of middle schools in North Carolina. It also ranks 2nd among 4 ranked middle schools in the Richmond County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 46.6. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (39.1%), White (38.6%), Hispanic (8.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 99.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Hamlet Middle is 14.6. 2 middle schools in the Richmond County Schools District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Hamlet Middle is $8,862, which is the lowest among 4 middle schools in the Richmond County Schools District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Hamlet Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Hamlet Middle 424th of 793 North Carolina public middle schools. (See Hamlet Middle in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Richmond County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Richmond County Schools 172nd of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Hamlet Middle

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Rank History for all students at Hamlet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 28.60 478th 598 20.1%
2007 29.35 490th 606 19.1%
2008 31.43 467th 620 24.7%
2009 28.32 506th 630 19.7%
2010 29.42 511th 640 20.2%
2011 33.24 487th 648 24.8%
2012 39.48 470th 662 29.0%
2013 34.00 456th 673 32.2%
2014 32.70 424th 627 32.4%
2015 39.01 439th 705 37.7%
2016 51.44 348th 692 49.7%
2017 56.83 311th 694 55.2%
2018 55.39 325th 691 53.0%
2019 52.49 361st 737 51.0%
2021 27.40 541st 741 27.0%
2022 34.65 523rd 786 33.5%
2023 50.52 373rd 784 52.4%
2024 46.60 424th 793 46.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Hamlet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 9.70 232nd 237 2.1%
2022 31.19 209th 283 26.1%
2024 15.32 285th 306 6.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Hamlet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 43.05 224th 473 52.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Hamlet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.79 265th 604 56.1%
2019 65.77 166th 639 74.0%
2021 35.76 410th 633 35.2%
2022 49.35 310th 689 55.0%
2023 64.96 192nd 735 73.9%
2024 57.52 283rd 743 61.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Hamlet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.43 346th 656 47.3%
2019 51.56 346th 684 49.4%
2021 27.86 517th 706 26.8%
2022 30.04 524th 733 28.5%
2023 52.29 347th 731 52.5%
2024 50.57 351st 738 52.4%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Hamlet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.48 468th 475 1.5%
2019 39.27 302nd 504 40.1%
2021 25.44 415th 478 13.2%
2022 32.09 302nd 449 32.7%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Hamlet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 68.47 93rd 416 77.6%
2021 49.97 284th 448 36.6%
2022 50.01 282nd 450 37.3%
2023 76.90 17th 452 96.2%
2024 71.80 59th 461 87.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Hamlet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.66 286th 665 57.0%
2019 51.51 348th 697 50.1%
2021 26.75 529th 711 25.6%
2022 37.43 476th 748 36.4%
2023 46.67 382nd 747 48.9%
2024 41.28 447th 751 40.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Hamlet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.62 176th 494 64.4%
2019 62.02 131st 519 74.8%
2021 27.80 407th 533 23.6%
2022 31.59 393rd 550 28.5%
2023 44.21 290th 559 48.1%
2024 47.40 258th 560 53.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Hamlet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.10 157th 472 66.7%
2019 50.33 236th 493 52.1%
2021 42.60 296th 522 43.3%
2022 51.08 249th 541 54.0%
2023 72.46 93rd 553 83.2%
2024 53.11 244th 564 56.7%
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Rank History for Native American students at Hamlet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.85 1st 23 95.7%
2019 58.10 9th 24 62.5%
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Rank History for White students at Hamlet Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.54 222nd 596 62.8%
2019 57.36 261st 624 58.2%
2021 32.38 439th 632 30.5%
2022 34.48 448th 658 31.9%
2023 58.44 251st 656 61.7%
2024 53.22 296th 652 54.6%
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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 Hamlet Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 442 274 0 0 22 n/a n/a -6 732
1989 407 271 0 0 27 n/a n/a 0 705
1990 379 257 0 0 31 n/a n/a 3 670
1991 371 262 0 0 31 n/a n/a 0 664
1992 355 272 0 1 22 n/a n/a 0 650
1993 336 269 0 4 21 n/a n/a 0 630
1994 308 271 0 4 15 n/a n/a 0 598
1995 294 287 0 1 13 n/a n/a 0 595
1996 294 287 0 1 13 n/a n/a 0 595
1997 278 267 0 2 13 n/a n/a 0 560
1998 265 255 0 1 10 n/a n/a 0 531
1999 278 235 0 5 11 n/a n/a 0 529
2000 288 251 1 5 14 n/a n/a 0 559
2001 269 242 0 8 21 n/a n/a 0 540
2002 294 297 1 7 11 n/a n/a 0 610
2003 294 297 1 7 11 n/a n/a 0 610
2004 323 290 1 9 19 n/a n/a 0 642
2005 284 314 0 13 39 n/a n/a 0 650
2006 266 287 1 18 49 n/a n/a 0 621
2007 279 274 2 22 51 n/a n/a 8 636
2008 243 240 3 22 46 n/a n/a 6 560
2009 244 257 1 24 40 n/a n/a 0 566
2010 261 263 3 21 50 n/a n/a 0 598
2011 261 253 1 27 40 0 13 0 595
2012 254 241 1 23 37 0 9 0 565
2013 249 232 2 26 35 0 15 0 559
2014 252 186 2 34 40 0 14 0 528
2015 237 188 1 48 36 1 24 0 535
2016 230 184 1 47 26 1 21 0 510
2017 203 169 1 48 24 1 22 0 468
2018 193 181 2 43 27 0 24 0 470
2019 208 203 2 53 21 0 32 0 519
2020 199 195 4 53 19 0 34 0 504
2021 193 188 2 52 17 1 37 0 490
2022 195 171 3 53 18 1 31 0 472
2023 169 167 3 45 16 0 25 0 425
2024 158 160 5 36 17 2 31 0 409

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 Hamlet Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 732 43.0 17.0 38.7
1989 705 43.0 16.3 50.6
1990 670 42.0 15.9 55.4
1991 664 47.0 14.1 55.9
1992 650 39.0 16.6 32
1993 630 38.0 16.6 52.9
1994 598 37.0 16.2 43.3
1995 595 38.0 15.7 49.7
1996 595 38.0 15.7 49.7
1997 560 36.0 15.6 45.5
1998 531 38.0 14.0 43.1
1999 529 38.0 13.9 54.6
2000 559 38.0 14.7 51
2001 540 38.0 14.2 56.9
2002 610 38.0 16.1 0
2003 610 38.0 16.1 0
2004 642 38.0 16.9 56.4
2005 650 38.0 17.1 65.8
2006 621 38.0 16.3 44.6
2007 636 38.0 16.7 63.7
2008 560 36.8 15.2 65
2009 566 38.6 14.7 68.2
2010 598 36.5 16.3 65.9
2011 595 36.0 16.4 70.3
2012 565 36.0 15.6 73.5
2013 559 37.0 15.1 75.1
2014 528 35.0 15.0 75.8
2015 535 36.0 14.8 99.4
2016 510 37.0 13.7 99.4
2017 468 34.9 13.3 97.9
2018 470 33.9 13.8 99.4
2019 519 30.7 16.8 99.2
2020 504 35.9 14.0 99.4
2021 490 37.0 13.2 99.4
2022 472 37.0 12.7 99.4
2023 425 27.7 15.3 99.3
2024 409 28.0 14.6 99.3

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 Hamlet Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 732 43.0 17.0 38.7
1989 705 43.0 16.3 50.6
1990 670 42.0 15.9 55.4
1991 664 47.0 14.1 55.9
1992 650 39.0 16.6 32
1993 630 38.0 16.6 52.9
1994 598 37.0 16.2 43.3
1995 595 38.0 15.7 49.7
1996 595 38.0 15.7 49.7
1997 560 36.0 15.6 45.5
1998 531 38.0 14.0 43.1
1999 529 38.0 13.9 54.6
2000 559 38.0 14.7 51
2001 540 38.0 14.2 56.9
2002 610 38.0 16.1 0
2003 610 38.0 16.1 0
2004 642 38.0 16.9 56.4
2005 650 38.0 17.1 65.8
2006 621 38.0 16.3 44.6
2007 636 38.0 16.7 63.7
2008 560 36.8 15.2 65
2009 566 38.6 14.7 68.2
2010 598 36.5 16.3 65.9
2011 595 36.0 16.4 70.3
2012 565 36.0 15.6 73.5
2013 559 37.0 15.1 75.1
2014 528 35.0 15.0 75.8
2015 535 36.0 14.8 99.4
2016 510 37.0 13.7 99.4
2017 468 34.9 13.3 97.9
2018 470 33.9 13.8 99.4
2019 519 30.7 16.8 99.2
2020 504 35.9 14.0 99.4
2021 490 37.0 13.2 99.4
2022 472 37.0 12.7 99.4
2023 425 27.7 15.3 99.3
2024 409 28.0 14.6 99.3

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 Hamlet Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,556 (17.6%) $7,306 (82.4%) $8,862

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Hamlet Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 361st of 737 Middle schoolsRanks 373rd of 784 Middle schools
 1.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Hamlet Middle)57.156.2
 0.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Richmond County Schools)53.351.1
 2.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.852.3
 6.5%
6th Grade Reading (Hamlet Middle)56.641.6
 15%
   6th Grade Reading (Richmond County Schools)52.237.8
 14.4%
   6th Grade Reading (North Carolina)6049.3
 10.7%
7th Grade Mathematics (Hamlet Middle)55.841.1
 14.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Richmond County Schools)53.843.4
 10.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.450.1
 8.3%
7th Grade Reading (Hamlet Middle)48.637.5
 11.1%
   7th Grade Reading (Richmond County Schools)49.441.9
 7.5%
   7th Grade Reading (North Carolina)58.850.2
 8.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (Hamlet Middle)69.753.3
 16.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Richmond County Schools)61.833.9
 27.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)52.644.8
 7.8%
8th Grade Reading (Hamlet Middle)51.952.6
 0.7%
   8th Grade Reading (Richmond County Schools)52.740.4
 12.3%
   8th Grade Reading (North Carolina)55.651
 4.6%
8th Grade Science (Hamlet Middle)81.971.7
 10.2%
   8th Grade Science (Richmond County Schools)7968.4
 10.6%
   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 Students519425
 18.1%
African American203167
 17.7%
American Indian2116
 23.8%
Asian23
 50%
Hispanic5345
 15.1%
Pacific Islander00
White208169
 18.8%
Two or More Races3225
 21.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients99.2%99.3%
 0.1%


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Hamlet Middle ranks 424th of 793 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Hamlet Middle usually go on to attend Richmond Early College High

Students at Hamlet Middle are 39% African American, 39% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 4% American Indian, 1% Asian.

In the 2023-24 school year, 409 students attended Hamlet Middle.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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