Speight Middle
Stantonsburg, NC 27883
Phone: (252) 238-3983
Fax: (252) 238-2104
District: Wilson County School District
GreatSchools Rating
public • Grades 6,7,8 • 285 students
Speight Middle, a public school located in Stantonsburg, NC, serves grades 6-8 in the Wilson County School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 5 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.
Speight Middle is a public school located in Stantonsburg, NC. 285 students attend Speight Middle.
School Ratings
| Category | Rating | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Test Scores | 6/10 | The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 North Carolina End-of-Course Tests data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, and using 2025 North Carolina End-of-Grade Tests data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. |
| Student Growth | 3/10 | The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2024 Student growth data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. |
Posted: June 27, 2016
Posted: June 27, 2016
Posted: June 27, 2016
Posted: June 27, 2016
Sadly, many of the excellent teachers who worked at Speight have begun to find jobs elsewhere and are being replaced by inexperienced beginning teachers due to the failure of the current principal to retain quality educators. On paper, Valerie Budd looks like she truly deserves her new title as Principal of the Year mainly due to low discipline and zero retention rates, but this isn't because there aren't problems like any other school. It's because there's no record. Students fail and get passed along. There are discipline issues that aren't recorded. One data record that can't be manipulated this year is the current test scores, which plummeted after the exodus of almost every department chair. While Valerie Budd will blame the current staff for this significant drop, she created the negative work environment that caused so many great educators to leave after dedicating majority of their careers to establishing relationships with the awesome parents and students of Speight Middle School.
Posted: September 7, 2015
The teachers here love their students and truly want their students to grow and learn but since the schools administratives have started to pass kids that don't try and continue to make failing grades their have been more and more kids getting the "I don't care" attitude making it that much harder on the teachers to get through to their students!
Posted: September 7, 2015
The teachers are awesome! They give just enough to keep the brain running without being over loaded, and have time to have it done without much stress!
Posted: September 7, 2015
It's is unfair to not only the students that work hard, study and turns in all their school/home work but teachers as well to share a class with students that continually interrupt class fail to turn in their school/home work, fail their EOG's yet get promoted to the next grade with all F's making it that much harder on the students and teachers!
Posted: September 7, 2015
My child along with several other students are being taught that you don't have to do your work make F's throughout the year And be administratively pass to the next grade causing students to remain in 9th-10th grades for 2-3 years due to not knowing the work! I personally tried to talk to the principal and she in so many words said she could do whatever she wants! I've talked to a teacher and I was informed the teachers are too the point of not caring because they aren't being supported in the class rooms!! I 100% agree are being slapped in the face and the administration's that pass these failing students are failing the student body as a whole!
Posted: September 22, 2008
Posted: September 30, 2007
Reviews provided by GreatSchools™
| # | Name | Type | City | State | Overall Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacobs Ridge | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Goldsboro | NC | 12.3 mi | |
| 2 | The Village | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Goldsboro | NC | 12.9 mi | |
| 3 | Mimosa Park West | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Goldsboro | NC | 16.7 mi | |
| 4 | Winston Pointe | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Clayton | NC | 37.3 mi | |
| 5 | Hedingham | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Raleigh | NC | 40.9 mi | |
| 6 | Eagle Ridge | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Raleigh | NC | 46.3 mi |
| Base | Distance |
|---|---|
| Seymour Johnson AFB | 20.5 mi. |
| Raleigh National Guard | 49.6 mi. |
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