Middle · North Carolina

W A Pattillo Middle

W A Pattillo Middle, a public middle school in Tarboro, North Carolina: grades 6–8, 289 students, 14.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Edgecombe County Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 289
Teachers (FTE): 20.2
Students per teacher: 14.3
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 77% of middle schools in North Carolina

Median 16.2 · 475 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 52% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 90% of middle schools in North Carolina

Median 589 · 477 schools compared

Smaller than 77% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on North Carolina's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

North Carolina: 53%

32%proficient

+10.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 89% of middle schools in North Carolina

Median 49% · 476 middle schools compared

268 students tested, grades 3–8 · End-of-Grade Tests - Edition 5; proficient means Levels 2-4

Math

North Carolina: 57%

30%proficient

+9.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 87% of middle schools in North Carolina

Median 49% · 476 middle schools compared

268 students tested, grades 3–8 · End-of-Grade Tests - Edition 5; proficient means Levels 2-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Area: Distant town
Run by: Edgecombe County Public Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Edgecombe County Public Schools.

Location

Address: 501 East Ave, Tarboro, NC 27886
Phone: (252)823-3812
City or town: Tarboro
County: Edgecombe County

Quality of life in Tarboro Schools in Tarboro

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
South Edgecombe Middle	6–8	271	14.1	45%	48%	11.1 mi
Phillips Middle	6–8	118	12.4	37%	29%	11.3 mi
West Edgecombe Middle	6–8	249	15.5	28%	33%	11.9 mi
J W Parker Middle	6–8	336	19.2	22%	15%	14.4 mi
Rocky Mount Middle	6–8	692	20.1	31%	29%	16.1 mi
South Creek Middle	6–8	146	12.2	36%	24%	16.1 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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