Alexander Central High

Alexander Central High is one of the heavily attended secondary schools in Taylorsville, North Carolina, run under Alexander County Schools, with 1,254 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 65% bigger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 761 students.

Alexander County Schools comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 4,344 students; Alexander Central High is among them.

Demographically, Alexander Central High reports that White students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Alexander Central High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Alexander County) logs that median household income runs about $65,354, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Alexander County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,344 students), of which Alexander Central High is one.

Taylorsville Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Alexander Central High comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 57.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Alexander Central High's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 1,337 (now 1,254).

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