East Burke Middle

Summary:

East Burke Middle is a public middle school located in Connellys Springs, North Carolina, serving 645 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Burke County Schools district, which is ranked 110 out of 242 districts in the state.

East Burke Middle generally outperforms the Burke County Schools district and the state of North Carolina in academic proficiency, particularly in certain student subgroups. For example, the school's 8th-grade Science proficiency rate was 69.9% in 2023-2024, compared to 69.3% for the district and 70.1% for the state. East Burke Middle also ranks highly for its performance with English Language Learners and low-income students, placing 23rd and 54th, respectively, out of North Carolina middle schools. However, the school's statewide ranking has declined in recent years, from a high of 96th in 2013-2014 to 381st in 2023-2024, suggesting increasing competition from other high-performing schools.

While East Burke Middle outperforms many of the nearby middle schools, including those in the Burke County Schools, Catawba County Schools, and Hickory City Schools districts, the school faces some challenges. The data shows significant racial disparities in academic performance, and the school has seen a sharp increase in the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, from 50.07% in 2021-2022 to 71.32% in 2022-2023, indicating growing socioeconomic challenges.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 3519 Miller Bridge Road
       Connellys Springs, NC  28612


(828) 397-7446

District: Burke County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
381st of 793 North Carolina Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,638 Help


Students who attend East Burke Middle usually attend:

High:    East Burke High

Feeder schools for East Burke Middle:

Elementary:    George Hildebrand Elementary
    Hildebran Elementary
    Icard Elementary
    Ray Childers Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  19.2 Help
Number of students:  645

Racial breakdown:

White:
75.8%
Hispanic:
10.1%
Asian:
8.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  71.3% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details East Burke Middle ranks better than 52% of middle schools in North Carolina. It also ranks 3rd among 5 ranked middle schools in the Burke County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 51.4. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details East Burke Middle has the largest middle school student body size in the Burke County Schools District. Racial makeup is: White (75.8%), Hispanic (10.1%), Asian (8.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 71.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at East Burke Middle is 19.2, which is the highest among 5 middle schools in the Burke County Schools District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at East Burke Middle is $8,638. 3 middle schools in the Burke County Schools District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

East Burke Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks East Burke Middle 381st of 793 North Carolina public middle schools. (See East Burke Middle in the ranking list.)

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Burke County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Burke County Schools 110th of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for East Burke Middle

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Rank History for all students at East Burke Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 68.18 178th 598 70.2%
2007 72.55 142nd 606 76.6%
2008 68.40 191st 620 69.2%
2009 74.52 157th 630 75.1%
2010 74.90 141st 640 78.0%
2011 74.55 152nd 648 76.5%
2012 72.60 170th 662 74.3%
2013 76.59 125th 673 81.4%
2014 82.18 96th 627 84.7%
2015 78.16 133rd 705 81.1%
2016 77.21 133rd 692 80.8%
2017 69.32 198th 694 71.5%
2018 66.52 234th 691 66.1%
2019 66.56 236th 737 68.0%
2021 66.12 221st 741 70.2%
2022 70.53 197th 786 74.9%
2023 65.26 241st 784 69.3%
2024 51.40 381st 793 52.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at East Burke Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.66 27th 221 87.8%
2019 52.95 98th 237 58.6%
2021 76.80 37th 248 85.1%
2023 68.95 75th 302 75.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at East Burke Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 70.86 36th 312 88.5%
2023 80.88 23rd 318 92.8%
2024 55.02 100th 356 71.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at East Burke Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 41.64 240th 473 49.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at East Burke Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.68 84th 604 86.1%
2019 74.88 99th 639 84.5%
2021 82.58 50th 633 92.1%
2022 83.79 54th 689 92.2%
2023 72.69 134th 735 81.8%
2024 58.56 273rd 743 63.3%
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Rank History for Female students at East Burke Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.86 269th 656 59.0%
2019 58.53 287th 684 58.0%
2021 61.02 242nd 706 65.7%
2022 60.99 254th 733 65.3%
2023 57.22 302nd 731 58.7%
2024 44.35 415th 738 43.8%
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Rank History for Disabled students at East Burke Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.33 138th 475 70.9%
2019 55.27 163rd 504 67.7%
2021 38.27 297th 478 37.9%
2022 61.48 90th 449 80.0%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at East Burke Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 58.51 207th 416 50.2%
2021 51.10 274th 448 38.8%
2022 60.91 190th 450 57.8%
2023 65.86 142nd 452 68.6%
2024 45.70 331st 461 28.2%
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Rank History for Male students at East Burke Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.55 177th 665 73.4%
2019 71.30 176th 697 74.7%
2021 69.16 192nd 711 73.0%
2022 76.92 152nd 748 79.7%
2023 70.62 187th 747 75.0%
2024 55.86 306th 751 59.3%
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Rank History for Asian students at East Burke Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.31 86th 95 9.5%
2019 32.89 84th 102 17.6%
2021 25.05 79th 99 20.2%
2022 34.88 76th 109 30.3%
2023 39.35 77th 110 30.0%
2024 24.74 88th 110 20.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at East Burke Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.48 144th 472 69.5%
2019 70.20 94th 493 80.9%
2021 81.43 52nd 522 90.0%
2022 61.10 175th 541 67.7%
2023 67.58 131st 553 76.3%
2024 53.64 238th 564 57.8%
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Rank History for White students at East Burke Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.42 362nd 596 39.3%
2019 43.93 367th 624 41.2%
2021 40.18 378th 632 40.2%
2022 49.37 328th 658 50.2%
2023 43.21 376th 656 42.7%
2024 27.44 512th 652 21.5%
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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 East Burke Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 752 5 1 1 1 n/a n/a 0 760
1989 723 8 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 732
1990 717 9 2 0 0 n/a n/a -2 726
1991 706 11 2 1 2 n/a n/a 5 727
1992 699 10 2 1 2 n/a n/a -2 712
1993 762 7 3 3 1 n/a n/a 0 776
1994 687 5 7 2 0 n/a n/a 0 701
1995 655 8 23 0 0 n/a n/a 0 686
1996 655 8 23 0 0 n/a n/a 0 686
1997 683 8 46 1 2 n/a n/a 0 740
1998 675 10 56 1 1 n/a n/a 0 743
1999 707 8 55 1 1 n/a n/a 0 772
2000 713 5 67 0 0 n/a n/a 0 785
2001 730 10 67 5 0 n/a n/a 0 812
2002 769 19 72 12 1 n/a n/a 0 873
2003 769 19 72 12 1 n/a n/a 0 873
2004 757 13 74 14 1 n/a n/a 0 859
2005 704 11 73 15 2 n/a n/a 0 805
2006 726 18 84 14 2 n/a n/a 0 844
2007 702 5 78 19 4 n/a n/a 15 823
2008 691 13 60 19 3 n/a n/a 21 807
2009 661 33 63 15 3 n/a n/a 0 775
2010 637 43 65 15 1 n/a n/a 0 761
2011 656 5 62 36 1 0 27 0 787
2012 659 3 48 39 0 0 30 0 779
2013 660 3 47 42 0 0 32 0 784
2014 637 4 50 42 1 1 19 0 754
2015 591 5 66 47 2 0 17 0 728
2016 557 10 53 49 1 0 14 0 684
2017 535 4 49 45 3 0 25 0 661
2018 520 6 41 47 1 0 24 0 639
2019 511 8 50 54 0 0 38 0 661
2020 536 7 58 53 0 0 29 0 683
2021 499 7 59 54 0 1 31 0 651
2022 519 4 61 56 1 0 26 0 667
2023 489 8 52 65 2 2 27 0 645

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 East Burke Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 760 50.0 15.2 11.4
1989 732 48.0 15.2 n/a
1990 726 48.0 15.1 18.3
1991 727 48.0 15.1 18.3
1992 712 48.0 14.8 8.7
1993 776 47.0 16.5 11.2
1994 701 48.0 14.6 19
1995 686 45.0 15.2 16.5
1996 686 45.0 15.2 16.5
1997 740 46.0 16.1 17
1998 743 52.0 14.3 20.6
1999 772 55.0 14.0 33.4
2000 785 57.0 13.8 35.3
2001 812 57.0 14.2 36.8
2002 873 58.0 15.1 45.5
2003 873 58.0 15.1 45.5
2004 859 64.0 13.4 45.1
2005 805 64.0 12.6 51.3
2006 844 55.0 15.3 49.8
2007 823 55.0 15.0 53.3
2008 807 52.0 15.5 51.9
2009 775 49.8 15.6 52.3
2010 761 50.3 15.1 58
2011 787 46.7 16.8 58.8
2012 779 n/a n/a 58.5
2013 784 43.7 17.9 63
2014 754 45.2 16.6 58.8
2015 728 41.0 17.7 57.3
2016 684 40.0 17.1 56.7
2017 661 38.2 17.2 60.5
2018 639 38.0 16.7 55.7
2019 661 36.2 18.2 56.7
2020 683 38.4 17.7 57.4
2021 651 36.3 17.9 55.8
2022 667 36.2 18.3 50.1
2023 645 33.4 19.2 71.3

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 East Burke Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 760 50.0 15.2 11.4
1989 732 48.0 15.2 n/a
1990 726 48.0 15.1 18.3
1991 727 48.0 15.1 18.3
1992 712 48.0 14.8 8.7
1993 776 47.0 16.5 11.2
1994 701 48.0 14.6 19
1995 686 45.0 15.2 16.5
1996 686 45.0 15.2 16.5
1997 740 46.0 16.1 17
1998 743 52.0 14.3 20.6
1999 772 55.0 14.0 33.4
2000 785 57.0 13.8 35.3
2001 812 57.0 14.2 36.8
2002 873 58.0 15.1 45.5
2003 873 58.0 15.1 45.5
2004 859 64.0 13.4 45.1
2005 805 64.0 12.6 51.3
2006 844 55.0 15.3 49.8
2007 823 55.0 15.0 53.3
2008 807 52.0 15.5 51.9
2009 775 49.8 15.6 52.3
2010 761 50.3 15.1 58
2011 787 46.7 16.8 58.8
2012 779 n/a n/a 58.5
2013 784 43.7 17.9 63
2014 754 45.2 16.6 58.8
2015 728 41.0 17.7 57.3
2016 684 40.0 17.1 56.7
2017 661 38.2 17.2 60.5
2018 639 38.0 16.7 55.7
2019 661 36.2 18.2 56.7
2020 683 38.4 17.7 57.4
2021 651 36.3 17.9 55.8
2022 667 36.2 18.3 50.1
2023 645 33.4 19.2 71.3

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 East Burke Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $679 (7.9%) $7,959 (92.1%) $8,638

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

Impact of COVID-19 on East Burke Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 236th of 737 Middle schoolsRanks 241st of 784 Middle schools
 1.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (East Burke Middle)64.361.5
 2.8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Burke County Schools)60.257.1
 3.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.852.3
 6.5%
6th Grade Reading (East Burke Middle)70.143.6
 26.5%
   6th Grade Reading (Burke County Schools)6346.3
 16.7%
   6th Grade Reading (North Carolina)6049.3
 10.7%
7th Grade Mathematics (East Burke Middle)66.752.4
 14.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Burke County Schools)65.551.4
 14.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.450.1
 8.3%
7th Grade Reading (East Burke Middle)61.345.2
 16.1%
   7th Grade Reading (Burke County Schools)59.647
 12.6%
   7th Grade Reading (North Carolina)58.850.2
 8.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (East Burke Middle)5062.3
 12.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Burke County Schools)5651.6
 4.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)52.644.8
 7.8%
8th Grade Reading (East Burke Middle)59.564.2
 4.7%
   8th Grade Reading (Burke County Schools)57.553.2
 4.3%
   8th Grade Reading (North Carolina)55.651
 4.6%
8th Grade Science (East Burke Middle)90.585.8
 4.7%
   8th Grade Science (Burke County Schools)83.276.1
 7.1%
   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 Students661645
 2.4%
African American88
American Indian02
Asian5052
 4%
Hispanic5465
 20.4%
Pacific Islander02
White511489
 4.3%
Two or More Races3827
 28.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients56.7%71.3%
 14.6%


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Students at East Burke Middle are 76% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more races, 1% African American.

Students who attend East Burke Middle usually go on to attend East Burke High

East Burke Middle ranks 381st of 793 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 645 students attended East Burke Middle.


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