Bunn Middle

Summary:

Bunn Middle is a public middle school in Bunn, North Carolina, serving 591 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Franklin County Schools district, which is ranked 131 out of 242 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Bunn Middle has a diverse student population, with 37.56% White, 23.01% African American, and 33.16% Hispanic students. However, the school's academic performance, as measured by End-of-Grade (EOG) test scores, is generally lower than the state and district averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, Bunn Middle's proficiency rates in Mathematics ranged from 27.1% for 8th grade to 47.9% for 6th grade, compared to the state averages of 46.9% and 54.3%, respectively. The school's statewide ranking among North Carolina middle schools has also declined over the years, from a high of 263 out of 694 schools in 2016-2017 to a low of 566 out of 793 schools in the 2023-2024 school year.

When compared to nearby schools, such as Franklinton Middle and Cedar Creek Middle, Bunn Middle's academic performance is generally lower, with lower proficiency rates on EOG tests and lower statewide rankings. Additionally, Bunn Middle's performance on EOG tests varies significantly across different student subgroups, with African American students generally performing better than Hispanic and White students. These findings highlight the need for targeted interventions and support to address the specific needs of each student subgroup and improve overall academic outcomes at the school.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 4742 NC 39 Hwy S
       Bunn, NC  27508


(919) 496-7700

District: Franklin County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
566th of 793 North Carolina Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,683 Help


Students who attend Bunn Middle usually attend:

High:    Bunn High

Feeder schools for Bunn Middle:

Elementary:    Bunn Elementary
    Royal Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  16.6 Help
Number of students:  591

Racial breakdown:

White:
37.6%
Hispanic:
33.2%
African American:
23.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  71.7% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Bunn Middle ranks worse than 71.4% of middle schools in North Carolina. It also ranks 3rd among 4 ranked middle schools in the Franklin County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 29.48. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Bunn Middle has the largest middle school student body size in the Franklin County Schools District. Student population at Bunn Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (37.6%), Hispanic (33.2%), African American (23%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 71.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Bunn Middle is 16.6, which is the highest among 4 middle schools in the Franklin County Schools District! (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Bunn Middle is $8,683, which is the lowest among 4 middle schools in the Franklin County Schools District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Bunn Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Bunn Middle 566th of 793 North Carolina public middle schools. (See Bunn Middle in the ranking list.)

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Franklin County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Franklin County Schools 131st of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Bunn Middle

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Rank History for all students at Bunn Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 65.86 200th 598 66.6%
2007 61.03 264th 606 56.4%
2008 54.45 313th 620 49.5%
2009 61.11 286th 630 54.6%
2010 60.86 293rd 640 54.2%
2011 60.40 289th 648 55.4%
2012 64.70 257th 662 61.2%
2013 37.71 423rd 673 37.1%
2014 34.82 401st 627 36.0%
2015 39.91 430th 705 39.0%
2016 36.11 461st 692 33.4%
2017 61.16 263rd 694 62.1%
2018 55.76 324th 691 53.1%
2019 51.78 369th 737 49.9%
2021 35.63 466th 741 37.1%
2022 34.73 521st 786 33.7%
2023 26.28 596th 784 24.0%
2024 29.48 566th 793 28.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Bunn Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 46.38 125th 237 47.3%
2022 16.89 264th 283 6.7%
2023 17.26 274th 302 9.3%
2024 30.47 232nd 306 24.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Bunn Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 25.40 206th 236 12.7%
2022 24.43 279th 312 10.6%
2023 29.01 252nd 318 20.8%
2024 42.90 183rd 356 48.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Bunn Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 31.11 332nd 473 29.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Bunn Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.63 103rd 604 82.9%
2019 57.68 233rd 639 63.5%
2021 48.69 289th 633 54.3%
2022 46.90 335th 689 51.4%
2023 28.02 569th 735 22.6%
2024 33.20 530th 743 28.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Bunn Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.98 359th 656 45.3%
2019 48.10 380th 684 44.4%
2021 29.41 504th 706 28.6%
2022 29.66 529th 733 27.8%
2023 23.44 589th 731 19.4%
2024 26.75 558th 738 24.4%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Bunn Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.89 180th 475 62.1%
2019 78.14 48th 504 90.5%
2021 50.79 176th 478 63.2%
2022 30.36 323rd 449 28.1%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Bunn Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 45.06 310th 416 25.5%
2021 29.10 391st 448 12.7%
2022 33.71 392nd 450 12.9%
2023 28.29 410th 452 9.3%
2024 35.69 388th 461 15.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Bunn Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.99 282nd 665 57.6%
2019 51.54 347th 697 50.2%
2021 41.30 412th 711 42.1%
2022 38.49 468th 748 37.4%
2023 27.43 563rd 747 24.6%
2024 30.28 547th 751 27.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Bunn Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.48 184th 494 62.8%
2019 43.86 286th 519 44.9%
2021 26.55 417th 533 21.8%
2022 36.04 348th 550 36.7%
2023 31.58 404th 559 27.7%
2024 35.38 365th 560 34.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Bunn Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.33 58th 472 87.7%
2019 63.06 124th 493 74.8%
2021 44.33 285th 522 45.4%
2022 36.61 361st 541 33.3%
2023 23.06 467th 553 15.6%
2024 24.77 463rd 564 17.9%
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Rank History for White students at Bunn Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.09 375th 596 37.1%
2019 44.74 361st 624 42.1%
2021 29.07 475th 632 24.8%
2022 32.85 462nd 658 29.8%
2023 28.49 507th 656 22.7%
2024 34.82 445th 652 31.7%
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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Reviews:
by a parent
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Open Quote I have a niece that has two children, a boy and a girl that went to Bunn Middle School. Her and her husband have never had anything but praise for Bunn Middle. Her daughter graduated last year from Bunn High School and her son is in the 11th grade at Bunn High. They are both honor students and her son is a star for the baseball team. I moved to the Bunn school district just so my daughter could attend the schools. She was inducted into the Beta club just last week and receives nothing but praise from all of her teachers. In fact one of her teachers called me on a Sunday afternoon out of the blue just to tell me what a pleasure it was teaching my daughter, how smart she was and how respectful she was. The principal is out every morning to greet each and every car as they drop off students.I have ask my daughter if she sees any bullying going on at the school and she said no. If you are interested in your child attending a school system that still values things we had growing up, then the Bunn school system is the place to be. The review given by some student in April 2013 must have been attending some other Bunn Middle School because I hear nothing but positive things coming from teachers, parents and students. Close Quote


by a student
Thursday, April 18, 2013

Open Quote I go to Bunn Middle, and it's a terrible school, in mine, and other students opinion as well. The teachers tell you that you're never going to get anywhere in life, and you're going to fail, and they make you feel terrible about yourself. These last years there have been the worst of my life. My teachers lose my work, and give me punishments for NOTHING. The staff doesn't do anything about bullying either. I'm severely bullied, and they haven't done anything about it. They judge you as well, I'm always judged by the staff there. I was diagnosed with depression a while back, and it was when I came to this school. I've never felt this terrible about myself, and it's because of the staff. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Bunn Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1999 405 210 5 8 4 n/a n/a 0 632
2000 421 233 1 15 0 n/a n/a 0 670
2001 450 247 3 28 1 n/a n/a 0 729
2002 489 260 4 49 1 n/a n/a 0 803
2003 489 260 4 49 1 n/a n/a 0 803
2004 487 239 5 45 3 n/a n/a 0 779
2005 444 220 3 49 2 n/a n/a 0 718
2006 387 232 5 46 1 n/a n/a 0 671
2007 399 201 5 47 3 n/a n/a 13 668
2008 370 216 6 73 2 n/a n/a 11 678
2009 398 231 4 78 3 n/a n/a 0 714
2010 409 216 4 93 4 n/a n/a 0 726
2011 386 187 1 109 4 1 17 0 705
2012 387 191 1 96 1 1 21 0 698
2013 368 185 3 98 2 1 22 0 679
2014 387 203 3 105 8 1 21 0 728
2015 384 155 2 123 10 1 31 0 706
2016 343 169 1 125 10 1 23 0 672
2017 326 140 0 133 5 0 32 0 636
2018 289 146 0 147 3 0 24 0 609
2019 309 148 2 173 2 0 28 0 662
2020 297 146 4 192 1 0 25 0 665
2021 294 135 6 192 2 0 18 0 647
2022 247 133 4 182 2 0 18 0 586
2023 222 136 3 196 2 0 32 0 591

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 Bunn Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1999 632 37.0 17.1 44.3
2000 670 32.0 20.9 40.9
2001 729 32.0 22.8 45.4
2002 803 43.0 18.7 46.7
2003 803 43.0 18.7 46.7
2004 779 43.0 18.1 48.5
2005 718 43.0 16.7 50.3
2006 671 43.0 15.6 48.6
2007 668 44.5 15.0 46
2008 678 43.4 15.6 51.1
2009 714 45.2 15.8 48.9
2010 726 45.1 16.0 54.5
2011 705 44.7 15.7 59.9
2012 698 45.0 15.4 60.9
2013 679 42.5 15.9 61.6
2014 728 44.1 16.4 63.5
2015 706 41.0 17.2 62.3
2016 672 42.0 16.0 60
2017 636 38.7 16.4 61.6
2018 609 38.0 16.0 58.9
2019 662 34.8 19.0 64.7
2020 665 35.6 18.6 64.2
2021 647 37.9 17.0 66
2022 586 36.7 15.9 53.6
2023 591 35.4 16.6 71.7

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 Bunn Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1999 632 37.0 17.1 44.3
2000 670 32.0 20.9 40.9
2001 729 32.0 22.8 45.4
2002 803 43.0 18.7 46.7
2003 803 43.0 18.7 46.7
2004 779 43.0 18.1 48.5
2005 718 43.0 16.7 50.3
2006 671 43.0 15.6 48.6
2007 668 44.5 15.0 46
2008 678 43.4 15.6 51.1
2009 714 45.2 15.8 48.9
2010 726 45.1 16.0 54.5
2011 705 44.7 15.7 59.9
2012 698 45.0 15.4 60.9
2013 679 42.5 15.9 61.6
2014 728 44.1 16.4 63.5
2015 706 41.0 17.2 62.3
2016 672 42.0 16.0 60
2017 636 38.7 16.4 61.6
2018 609 38.0 16.0 58.9
2019 662 34.8 19.0 64.7
2020 665 35.6 18.6 64.2
2021 647 37.9 17.0 66
2022 586 36.7 15.9 53.6
2023 591 35.4 16.6 71.7

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 Bunn Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $797 (9.2%) $7,886 (90.8%) $8,683

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Bunn Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 369th of 737 Middle schoolsRanks 596th of 784 Middle schools
 26%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Bunn Middle)6546
 19%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Franklin County Schools)5346.9
 6.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.852.3
 6.5%
6th Grade Reading (Bunn Middle)64.137.7
 26.4%
   6th Grade Reading (Franklin County Schools)5740.3
 16.7%
   6th Grade Reading (North Carolina)6049.3
 10.7%
7th Grade Mathematics (Bunn Middle)56.336.2
 20.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Franklin County Schools)49.939.8
 10.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.450.1
 8.3%
7th Grade Reading (Bunn Middle)53.534.7
 18.8%
   7th Grade Reading (Franklin County Schools)54.839.7
 15.1%
   7th Grade Reading (North Carolina)58.850.2
 8.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (Bunn Middle)39.819.2
 20.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Franklin County Schools)45.426.8
 18.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)52.644.8
 7.8%
8th Grade Reading (Bunn Middle)54.839
 15.8%
   8th Grade Reading (Franklin County Schools)54.244.9
 9.3%
   8th Grade Reading (North Carolina)55.651
 4.6%
8th Grade Science (Bunn Middle)78.357
 21.3%
   8th Grade Science (Franklin County Schools)79.764.6
 15.1%
   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 Students662591
 10.7%
African American148136
 8.1%
American Indian22
Asian23
 50%
Hispanic173196
 13.3%
Pacific Islander00
White309222
 28.2%
Two or More Races2832
 14.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients64.7%71.7%
 7.1%


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Students who attend Bunn Middle usually go on to attend Bunn High

Bunn Middle ranks 566th of 793 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 591 students attended Bunn Middle.

Students at Bunn Middle are 38% White, 33% Hispanic, 23% African American, 5% Two or more races.


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