Norwayne Middle

Summary:

Norwayne Middle is a public middle school in Fremont, North Carolina, serving 886 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Wayne County Public Schools district, which is ranked 154 out of 242 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Norwayne Middle stands out for its diverse student population, with a higher percentage of White (52.37%) and Hispanic (16.48%) students compared to surrounding schools. The school also consistently outperforms the district and state in End-of-Grade (EOG) assessments, particularly in Mathematics and Science. For example, in 2023-2024, 56.6% of Norwayne Middle's 6th graders were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 49.4% for the district and 54.3% for the state. Additionally, the school performs well in supporting the academic needs of student subgroups, such as African American, Hispanic, English Language Learners, and Multi-racial students, often ranking in the top half or top third of North Carolina middle schools for these subgroups.

While Norwayne Middle maintains a consistent 3-star rating from SchoolDigger, it lags behind some nearby schools, such as Forest Hills Middle and Springfield Middle, which have higher test scores and rankings. This suggests there may be opportunities for Norwayne Middle to learn from the practices of these higher-performing schools. Additionally, the school faces significant economic challenges, with over 99% of its students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, highlighting the need to address the community's needs.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 1394 Norwayne School Road
       Fremont, NC  27830-9554


(919) 242-3414

District: Wayne County Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
305th of 793 North Carolina Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,110 Help


Students who attend Norwayne Middle usually attend:

High:    Charles B Aycock High

Feeder schools for Norwayne Middle:

Elementary:    Fremont STARS Elementary
    Northeast Elementary
    Northwest Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  18.2 Help
Number of students:  870

Racial breakdown:

White:
49.7%
African American:
26.0%
Hispanic:
16.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  99.7% Help


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Compare Details Norwayne Middle ranks better than 61.5% of middle schools in North Carolina. It also ranks 3rd among 9 ranked middle schools in the Wayne County Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 58.14. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Norwayne Middle has the largest middle school student body size in the Wayne County Public Schools District. Student population at Norwayne Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (49.7%), African American (26%), Hispanic (16.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 99.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Wayne County Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Norwayne Middle is 18.2. 6 middle schools in the Wayne County Public Schools District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Norwayne Middle is $8,110, which is the lowest among 9 middle schools in the Wayne County Public Schools District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Norwayne Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Norwayne Middle 305th of 793 North Carolina public middle schools. (See Norwayne Middle in the ranking list.)

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Wayne County Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Wayne County Public Schools 154th of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Norwayne Middle

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Rank History for all students at Norwayne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 71.88 143rd 598 76.1%
2007 70.57 162nd 606 73.3%
2008 67.96 195th 620 68.5%
2009 67.74 208th 630 67.0%
2010 64.58 246th 640 61.6%
2011 65.95 237th 648 63.4%
2012 68.45 214th 662 67.7%
2013 56.07 275th 673 59.1%
2014 63.42 201st 627 67.9%
2015 62.29 253rd 705 64.1%
2016 60.41 269th 692 61.1%
2017 59.14 287th 694 58.6%
2018 54.31 332nd 691 52.0%
2019 52.92 355th 737 51.8%
2021 55.42 305th 741 58.8%
2022 56.93 323rd 786 58.9%
2023 58.12 306th 784 61.0%
2024 58.14 305th 793 61.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Norwayne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.34 202nd 221 8.6%
2019 39.16 151st 237 36.3%
2021 52.04 98th 248 60.5%
2022 62.12 91st 283 67.8%
2023 52.73 123rd 302 59.3%
2024 70.18 77th 306 74.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Norwayne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 55.38 53rd 211 74.9%
2021 44.29 102nd 236 56.8%
2022 48.22 126th 312 59.6%
2023 61.93 57th 318 82.1%
2024 60.07 80th 356 77.5%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for English Language Learner Students!

Rank History for Special Education students at Norwayne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 46.71 201st 473 57.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Norwayne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.20 260th 604 57.0%
2019 52.72 283rd 639 55.7%
2021 44.68 324th 633 48.8%
2022 54.75 265th 689 61.5%
2023 58.29 261st 735 64.5%
2024 60.56 251st 743 66.2%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Norwayne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.12 329th 656 49.8%
2019 46.95 388th 684 43.3%
2021 55.18 296th 706 58.1%
2022 59.05 274th 733 62.6%
2023 58.43 287th 731 60.7%
2024 52.80 331st 738 55.1%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Disabled students at Norwayne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.15 288th 475 39.4%
2019 37.50 317th 504 37.1%
2021 42.17 252nd 478 47.3%
2022 56.32 116th 449 74.2%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Norwayne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 50.77 271st 416 34.9%
2021 53.36 260th 448 42.0%
2022 46.66 316th 450 29.8%
2023 50.26 277th 452 38.7%
2024 45.81 330th 461 28.4%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Norwayne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.60 5th 45 88.9%
2019 70.23 11th 48 77.1%
2021 60.10 24th 57 57.9%
2022 69.84 15th 58 74.1%
2023 74.70 12th 54 77.8%
2024 65.40 21st 58 63.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Norwayne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.40 322nd 665 51.6%
2019 55.54 312th 697 55.2%
2021 53.84 300th 711 57.8%
2022 53.35 333rd 748 55.5%
2023 55.45 305th 747 59.2%
2024 60.58 266th 751 64.6%
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Rank History for Asian students at Norwayne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 1.89 109th 109 0.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Norwayne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.07 154th 494 68.8%
2019 45.82 271st 519 47.8%
2021 55.43 165th 533 69.0%
2022 61.70 142nd 550 74.2%
2023 53.37 199th 559 64.4%
2024 60.31 157th 560 72.0%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Norwayne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.23 252nd 472 46.6%
2019 59.62 143rd 493 71.0%
2021 60.02 154th 522 70.5%
2022 52.38 236th 541 56.4%
2023 60.71 166th 553 70.0%
2024 49.50 271st 564 52.0%
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Rank History for White students at Norwayne Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.28 342nd 596 42.6%
2019 47.56 334th 624 46.5%
2021 49.66 302nd 632 52.2%
2022 50.34 318th 658 51.7%
2023 52.35 294th 656 55.2%
2024 53.45 295th 652 54.8%
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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 Norwayne Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 463 168 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 633
1989 466 143 1 6 0 n/a n/a 0 616
1990 468 133 0 6 0 n/a n/a 0 607
1991 492 146 0 10 0 n/a n/a 0 648
1992 523 138 0 11 0 n/a n/a 0 672
1993 539 128 3 12 1 n/a n/a 0 683
1994 524 125 5 12 0 n/a n/a 0 666
1995 564 116 5 16 0 n/a n/a 0 701
1996 564 116 5 16 0 n/a n/a 0 701
1997 612 139 6 18 1 n/a n/a 0 776
1998 605 183 15 11 1 n/a n/a 0 815
1999 631 207 12 12 3 n/a n/a 0 865
2000 653 195 9 20 4 n/a n/a 0 881
2001 662 195 9 26 3 n/a n/a 0 895
2002 681 234 8 30 2 n/a n/a 0 955
2003 681 234 8 30 2 n/a n/a 0 955
2004 692 225 11 29 0 n/a n/a 0 957
2005 656 247 12 34 1 n/a n/a 0 950
2006 667 248 11 44 1 n/a n/a 0 971
2007 686 185 12 48 1 n/a n/a 40 972
2008 673 178 19 42 0 n/a n/a 38 950
2009 709 207 16 47 1 n/a n/a 0 980
2010 712 236 13 58 3 n/a n/a 0 1022
2011 745 195 9 73 2 1 89 0 1114
2012 722 198 9 97 3 1 68 0 1098
2013 683 208 9 104 1 1 54 0 1060
2014 621 222 11 109 2 0 44 0 1009
2015 588 210 14 99 2 0 48 0 961
2016 575 180 11 93 1 0 43 0 903
2017 545 175 11 101 0 1 41 0 874
2018 516 185 11 119 0 0 42 0 873
2019 505 201 18 113 1 0 50 0 888
2020 463 198 18 135 0 0 71 0 885
2021 463 214 24 130 2 1 47 0 881
2022 483 214 20 146 1 1 43 0 908
2023 464 210 18 146 1 1 46 0 886
2024 432 226 18 144 2 0 48 0 870

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 Norwayne Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 633 38.0 16.6 22.7
1989 616 41.0 15.0 33.1
1990 607 42.0 14.4 30.3
1991 648 43.0 15.0 28.4
1992 672 38.0 17.6 21.4
1993 683 43.0 15.9 24.5
1994 666 43.0 15.5 24.5
1995 701 41.0 17.1 22.1
1996 701 41.0 17.1 22.1
1997 776 44.0 17.6 17.4
1998 815 53.0 15.4 23.6
1999 865 53.0 16.3 30.5
2000 881 53.0 16.6 34.7
2001 895 54.0 16.6 32.3
2002 955 61.0 15.7 33.7
2003 955 61.0 15.7 33.7
2004 957 53.0 18.1 35.9
2005 950 58.0 16.4 39.3
2006 971 58.0 16.7 41.9
2007 972 57.0 17.1 40.7
2008 950 54.0 17.6 36.8
2009 980 55.0 17.8 35.2
2010 1022 53.0 19.2 40.8
2011 1114 58.0 19.2 42.6
2012 1098 56.0 19.6 43.7
2013 1060 59.0 17.9 48.3
2014 1009 56.5 17.8 50.2
2015 961 56.0 17.1 52.3
2016 903 54.0 16.7 49.3
2017 874 53.5 16.3 50.5
2018 873 51.0 17.1 49.9
2019 888 55.4 16.0 53
2020 885 55.4 15.9 99.7
2021 881 52.5 16.7 99.7
2022 908 47.0 19.2 99.7
2023 886 48.6 18.2 99.7
2024 870 47.7 18.2 99.7

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 Norwayne Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 633 38.0 16.6 22.7
1989 616 41.0 15.0 33.1
1990 607 42.0 14.4 30.3
1991 648 43.0 15.0 28.4
1992 672 38.0 17.6 21.4
1993 683 43.0 15.9 24.5
1994 666 43.0 15.5 24.5
1995 701 41.0 17.1 22.1
1996 701 41.0 17.1 22.1
1997 776 44.0 17.6 17.4
1998 815 53.0 15.4 23.6
1999 865 53.0 16.3 30.5
2000 881 53.0 16.6 34.7
2001 895 54.0 16.6 32.3
2002 955 61.0 15.7 33.7
2003 955 61.0 15.7 33.7
2004 957 53.0 18.1 35.9
2005 950 58.0 16.4 39.3
2006 971 58.0 16.7 41.9
2007 972 57.0 17.1 40.7
2008 950 54.0 17.6 36.8
2009 980 55.0 17.8 35.2
2010 1022 53.0 19.2 40.8
2011 1114 58.0 19.2 42.6
2012 1098 56.0 19.6 43.7
2013 1060 59.0 17.9 48.3
2014 1009 56.5 17.8 50.2
2015 961 56.0 17.1 52.3
2016 903 54.0 16.7 49.3
2017 874 53.5 16.3 50.5
2018 873 51.0 17.1 49.9
2019 888 55.4 16.0 53
2020 885 55.4 15.9 99.7
2021 881 52.5 16.7 99.7
2022 908 47.0 19.2 99.7
2023 886 48.6 18.2 99.7
2024 870 47.7 18.2 99.7

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 Norwayne Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $796 (9.8%) $7,314 (90.2%) $8,110

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Norwayne Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 355th of 737 Middle schoolsRanks 306th of 784 Middle schools
 9.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Norwayne Middle)67.153
 14.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Wayne County Public Schools)46.543.7
 2.8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.852.3
 6.5%
6th Grade Reading (Norwayne Middle)52.950.4
 2.5%
   6th Grade Reading (Wayne County Public Schools)42.939
 3.9%
   6th Grade Reading (North Carolina)6049.3
 10.7%
7th Grade Mathematics (Norwayne Middle)60.749.2
 11.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Wayne County Public Schools)47.338.2
 9.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.450.1
 8.3%
7th Grade Reading (Norwayne Middle)52.648.5
 4.1%
   7th Grade Reading (Wayne County Public Schools)45.638.2
 7.4%
   7th Grade Reading (North Carolina)58.850.2
 8.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (Norwayne Middle)57.162.9
 5.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Wayne County Public Schools)47.944.2
 3.7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)52.644.8
 7.8%
8th Grade Reading (Norwayne Middle)48.346.3
 2%
   8th Grade Reading (Wayne County Public Schools)43.438.6
 4.8%
   8th Grade Reading (North Carolina)55.651
 4.6%
8th Grade Science (Norwayne Middle)79.876.7
 3.1%
   8th Grade Science (Wayne County Public Schools)68.758.6
 10.1%
   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 Students888886
 0.2%
African American201210
 4.5%
American Indian11
Asian1818
Hispanic113146
 29.2%
Pacific Islander01
White505464
 8.1%
Two or More Races5046
 8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients53%99.7%
 46.6%


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Norwayne Middle ranks 305th of 793 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Norwayne Middle usually go on to attend Charles B Aycock High

Students at Norwayne Middle are 50% White, 26% African American, 17% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

In the 2023-24 school year, 870 students attended Norwayne Middle.


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