Our History
We are Rochelle!
More changes occured in 1980. The new high school campus allowed for the creation of Kinston Junior High School. The new high school campus allowed for the creation of Kinston Junior High for eighth and ninth graders. Additionally, Adkin Junoir High, the old Adkin school, was closed. Rochelle became the sixth and seventh grade school for city students.
In 1987, Rochelle was renovated which included additions to the gymnasium. The city no longer needed to use the Park Avenue location. Ninth grade students were sent to high school and eighth grade students were sent to Rochelle. Rochelle became a middle school and dropped junior high from its name.
Since 1987, the school has remained as the sole feeder school to Kinston High School.