Leland Middle

Summary:

Leland Middle is a public middle school serving 780 students in grades 6-8 in Leland, North Carolina, which is part of the Brunswick County Schools district. While the school has a diverse student population, with higher percentages of African American and Hispanic students compared to nearby schools, its academic performance lags behind both the district and state averages.

Leland Middle's proficiency rates on End-of-Grade (EOG) tests are significantly lower than the Brunswick County Schools district and North Carolina state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. The school's performance is particularly concerning for specific student subgroups, such as African American, Hispanic, English Language Learners, and Disabled students, whose proficiency rates are much lower than the state and district averages. Leland Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom half of North Carolina middle schools over the past decade, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Compared to nearby schools in the Brunswick County Schools district, such as South Brunswick Middle and Town Creek Middle, as well as schools in the neighboring New Hanover County Schools district, Leland Middle's academic performance is significantly lower. Additionally, the school serves a population with a very high percentage (over 97%) of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage that may contribute to the lower academic outcomes.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 927 Old Fayetteville Road NE
       Leland, NC  28451


(910) 371-3030

District: Brunswick County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
552nd of 793 North Carolina Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,991 Help


Students who attend Leland Middle usually attend:

High:    Brunswick County Early College
    North Brunswick High

Feeder schools for Leland Middle:

Elementary:    Belville Elementary
    Lincoln Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  16.4 Help
Number of students:  780

Racial breakdown:

White:
44.7%
Hispanic:
23.8%
African American:
20.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  99.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Leland Middle ranks worse than 69.6% of middle schools in North Carolina. It also ranks last among 4 ranked middle schools in the Brunswick County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 31.8. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Leland Middle has the largest middle school student body size in the Brunswick County Schools District. Student population at Leland Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (44.7%), Hispanic (23.8%), African American (20.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 99.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Leland Middle is 16.4, which is the highest among 4 middle schools in the Brunswick County Schools District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Leland Middle is $8,991, which is the lowest among 4 middle schools in the Brunswick County Schools District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Leland Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Leland Middle 552nd of 793 North Carolina public middle schools. (See Leland Middle in the ranking list.)

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Brunswick County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Brunswick County Schools 78th of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Leland Middle

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Rank History for all students at Leland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 39.10 422nd 598 29.4%
2007 46.15 392nd 606 35.3%
2008 40.29 413th 620 33.4%
2009 48.45 383rd 630 39.2%
2010 50.24 388th 640 39.4%
2011 47.78 407th 648 37.2%
2012 44.93 430th 662 35.0%
2013 35.43 438th 673 34.9%
2014 33.38 415th 627 33.8%
2015 44.29 404th 705 42.7%
2016 40.26 436th 692 37.0%
2017 37.78 455th 694 34.4%
2018 45.20 405th 691 41.4%
2019 43.93 433rd 737 41.2%
2021 33.31 489th 741 34.0%
2022 34.95 520th 786 33.8%
2023 38.79 475th 784 39.4%
2024 31.80 552nd 793 30.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Leland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.30 136th 221 38.5%
2019 33.02 177th 237 25.3%
2021 32.54 176th 248 29.0%
2022 36.49 185th 283 34.6%
2023 47.51 154th 302 49.0%
2024 34.75 208th 306 32.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Leland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 65.05 32nd 211 84.8%
2021 48.83 78th 236 66.9%
2022 30.51 242nd 312 22.4%
2023 23.65 288th 318 9.4%
2024 18.41 339th 356 4.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Leland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 26.35 383rd 473 19.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Leland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.82 273rd 604 54.8%
2019 55.60 253rd 639 60.4%
2021 30.61 452nd 633 28.6%
2022 32.82 477th 689 30.8%
2023 37.17 475th 735 35.4%
2024 28.24 576th 743 22.5%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Homeless students at Leland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 64.55 20th 71 71.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Leland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.71 449th 656 31.6%
2019 37.60 462nd 684 32.5%
2021 31.18 489th 706 30.7%
2022 36.33 469th 733 36.0%
2023 40.18 433rd 731 40.8%
2024 27.86 552nd 738 25.2%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Leland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.70 348th 475 26.7%
2019 38.00 314th 504 37.7%
2021 32.68 344th 478 28.0%
2022 21.35 411th 449 8.5%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Leland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 38.04 352nd 416 15.4%
2021 49.91 285th 448 36.4%
2022 44.38 332nd 450 26.2%
2023 40.05 352nd 452 22.1%
2024 53.12 277th 461 39.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Leland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.66 347th 665 47.8%
2019 47.05 389th 697 44.2%
2021 34.70 456th 711 35.9%
2022 32.43 516th 748 31.0%
2023 35.68 488th 747 34.7%
2024 34.01 515th 751 31.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Leland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.92 191st 494 61.3%
2019 48.90 242nd 519 53.4%
2021 44.21 257th 533 51.8%
2022 41.41 297th 550 46.0%
2023 43.19 297th 559 46.9%
2024 33.93 381st 560 32.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Leland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.02 193rd 472 59.1%
2019 49.48 240th 493 51.3%
2021 28.94 399th 522 23.6%
2022 20.04 484th 541 10.5%
2023 25.06 453rd 553 18.1%
2024 15.06 521st 564 7.6%
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Rank History for White students at Leland Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.82 472nd 596 20.8%
2019 27.53 505th 624 19.1%
2021 24.38 509th 632 19.5%
2022 31.11 478th 658 27.4%
2023 37.36 429th 656 34.6%
2024 37.47 422nd 652 35.3%
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 Leland Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 582 301 3 1 1 n/a n/a 11 899
1989 592 283 2 0 5 n/a n/a 1 883
1990 563 290 3 3 2 n/a n/a 0 861
1991 588 272 4 10 10 n/a n/a 1 885
1992 629 268 3 14 6 n/a n/a 0 920
1993 602 262 4 13 8 n/a n/a 0 889
1994 578 269 2 10 11 n/a n/a 0 870
1995 630 299 1 13 13 n/a n/a 0 956
1996 630 299 1 13 13 n/a n/a 0 956
1997 365 196 1 9 10 n/a n/a 0 581
1998 351 201 0 12 9 n/a n/a 0 573
1999 361 186 0 11 7 n/a n/a 0 565
2000 384 209 1 12 6 n/a n/a 0 612
2001 376 238 0 18 7 n/a n/a 0 639
2002 370 282 0 21 11 n/a n/a 0 684
2003 370 282 0 21 11 n/a n/a 0 684
2004 381 260 2 31 6 n/a n/a 0 680
2005 354 225 1 43 8 n/a n/a 0 631
2006 349 226 1 60 5 n/a n/a 0 641
2007 371 209 3 68 8 n/a n/a 26 685
2008 372 211 5 59 2 n/a n/a 33 682
2009 377 243 7 54 8 n/a n/a 0 689
2010 392 240 8 58 9 n/a n/a 0 707
2011 381 195 7 105 14 0 59 0 761
2012 409 203 4 96 12 2 38 0 764
2013 418 206 4 105 10 4 25 0 772
2014 418 184 4 123 10 4 34 0 777
2015 408 182 4 122 7 1 42 0 766
2016 409 166 3 129 7 0 40 0 754
2017 452 161 3 118 5 0 34 0 773
2018 477 169 4 136 6 0 45 0 837
2019 530 160 8 171 7 0 57 0 933
2020 551 179 8 185 8 1 72 0 1004
2021 378 142 5 176 6 1 61 0 769
2022 368 145 2 193 10 1 68 0 787
2023 349 163 1 186 8 2 71 0 780

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 Leland Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 899 49.0 18.3 44.4
1989 883 49.0 18.0 41.4
1990 861 49.0 17.5 46.6
1991 885 49.0 18.0 45.3
1992 920 49.0 18.7 32.8
1993 889 57.0 15.6 48.1
1994 870 56.0 15.5 44.1
1995 956 56.0 17.1 41.4
1996 956 56.0 17.1 41.4
1997 581 35.0 16.6 46.1
1998 573 42.0 13.6 42.4
1999 565 42.0 13.5 55
2000 612 42.0 14.6 48.7
2001 639 42.0 15.2 55.9
2002 684 49.0 14.0 0
2003 684 49.0 14.0 0
2004 680 49.0 13.9 65.1
2005 631 49.0 12.9 76.1
2006 641 49.0 13.1 61
2007 685 42.0 16.3 58.9
2008 682 42.9 15.9 63.2
2009 689 43.0 16.0 59.4
2010 707 46.9 15.0 62.9
2011 761 47.5 15.9 62.8
2012 764 45.0 16.9 68.3
2013 772 47.6 16.2 53.1
2014 777 48.9 15.8 63.3
2015 766 51.0 15.0 99.6
2016 754 49.0 15.3 63.7
2017 773 51.5 15.0 62.4
2018 837 51.2 16.3 61.3
2019 933 53.2 17.5 68.6
2020 1004 57.2 17.5 99.7
2021 769 48.6 15.8 99.6
2022 787 48.9 16.0 97.8
2023 780 47.5 16.4 99.6

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 Leland Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 899 49.0 18.3 44.4
1989 883 49.0 18.0 41.4
1990 861 49.0 17.5 46.6
1991 885 49.0 18.0 45.3
1992 920 49.0 18.7 32.8
1993 889 57.0 15.6 48.1
1994 870 56.0 15.5 44.1
1995 956 56.0 17.1 41.4
1996 956 56.0 17.1 41.4
1997 581 35.0 16.6 46.1
1998 573 42.0 13.6 42.4
1999 565 42.0 13.5 55
2000 612 42.0 14.6 48.7
2001 639 42.0 15.2 55.9
2002 684 49.0 14.0 0
2003 684 49.0 14.0 0
2004 680 49.0 13.9 65.1
2005 631 49.0 12.9 76.1
2006 641 49.0 13.1 61
2007 685 42.0 16.3 58.9
2008 682 42.9 15.9 63.2
2009 689 43.0 16.0 59.4
2010 707 46.9 15.0 62.9
2011 761 47.5 15.9 62.8
2012 764 45.0 16.9 68.3
2013 772 47.6 16.2 53.1
2014 777 48.9 15.8 63.3
2015 766 51.0 15.0 99.6
2016 754 49.0 15.3 63.7
2017 773 51.5 15.0 62.4
2018 837 51.2 16.3 61.3
2019 933 53.2 17.5 68.6
2020 1004 57.2 17.5 99.7
2021 769 48.6 15.8 99.6
2022 787 48.9 16.0 97.8
2023 780 47.5 16.4 99.6

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 Leland Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,326 (14.7%) $7,665 (85.3%) $8,990

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

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 433rd of 737 Middle schoolsRanks 475th of 784 Middle schools
 1.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Leland Middle)5244.6
 7.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Brunswick County Schools)54.155.1
 1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.852.3
 6.5%
6th Grade Reading (Leland Middle)59.135
 24.1%
   6th Grade Reading (Brunswick County Schools)57.845.4
 12.4%
   6th Grade Reading (North Carolina)6049.3
 10.7%
7th Grade Mathematics (Leland Middle)57.745.5
 12.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Brunswick County Schools)59.348.3
 11%
   7th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.450.1
 8.3%
7th Grade Reading (Leland Middle)57.743.7
 14%
   7th Grade Reading (Brunswick County Schools)54.647.8
 6.8%
   7th Grade Reading (North Carolina)58.850.2
 8.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (Leland Middle)32.840.5
 7.7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Brunswick County Schools)45.145.6
 0.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)52.644.8
 7.8%
8th Grade Reading (Leland Middle)44.941.7
 3.2%
   8th Grade Reading (Brunswick County Schools)47.844.7
 3.1%
   8th Grade Reading (North Carolina)55.651
 4.6%
8th Grade Science (Leland Middle)79.767
 12.7%
   8th Grade Science (Brunswick County Schools)8066.8
 13.2%
   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 Students933780
 16.4%
African American160163
 1.9%
American Indian78
 14.3%
Asian81
 87.5%
Hispanic171186
 8.8%
Pacific Islander02
White530349
 34.2%
Two or More Races5771
 24.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients68.6%99.6%
 31%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Leland Middle

Students who attend Leland Middle usually go on to attend Brunswick County Early College

Leland Middle ranks 552nd of 793 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 780 students attended Leland Middle.

Students at Leland Middle are 45% White, 24% Hispanic, 21% African American, 9% Two or more races, 1% American Indian.


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