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What's the biggest difference between Beddingfield High and what you expected?
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Enrollment
653
High
DISTRICT 565 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370502001994
Beddingfield High
4510 Old Stantonsburg Rd, Wilson, NC 27893 · (252) 399-7880 · Wilson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL653 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of North Carolina public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 39.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
650 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 3% |
| Grade 9 | 173 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 191 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 144 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 128 | 20% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
48.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
20.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Beddingfield High
Beddingfield High's state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beddingfield High this school | 653 | 99.5% | 35.6% |
| North Pitt High Bethel | 854 | 99.6% | 35.0% |
| Salisbury High Salisbury | 930 | 99.7% | 26.4% |
| Statesville High Statesville | 991 | 99.7% | 24.8% |
| Greene Central High Snow Hill | 776 | 99.6% | 24.4% |
| Hunter Huss High Gastonia | 1,165 | 99.7% | 24.5% |
Matched among North Carolina high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Beddingfield High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #346 of 468 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #383 of 464 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #305 of 448 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 653 | #298 of 598 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #32 of 473 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.6% | #196 of 474 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #116 of 527 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #57 of 277 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
653
-119 (-15%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 1,019
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 16.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 653 | 48 | 13.6:1 | 100% (650) |
| 2023-24 | 683 | 45.5 | 15.0:1 | 98% (668) |
| 2022-23 | 682 | 44.4 | 15.3:1 | 99% (672) |
| 2020-21 | 772 | 47 | 16.4:1 | 98% (760) |
| 2017-18 | 803 | 54.5 | 14.7:1 | 64% (513) |
| 2015-16 | 860 | 56 | 15.4:1 | 69% (597) |
| 2010-11 | 947 | 64 | 14.8:1 | 68% (640) |
| 2000-01 | 1,037 | 79 | 13.1:1 | 42% (433) |
| 1990-91 | 1,019 | 82 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beddingfield High.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (803 to 653); teachers down 12% (54.5 to 48).
About Beddingfield High
Beddingfield High is a medium-sized high school with an address in Wilson, North Carolina. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 653 students in grades 9 through 12.
Beddingfield High is a school in Wilson County Schools. The district has 25 schools and 10,451 students.
Beddingfield High's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 47%. Smaller groups are 34% Hispanic, 17% White, and 2% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Beddingfield High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
Teachers at Beddingfield High total 48 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.6:1. For comparison, high schools in North Carolina average 19.6:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 100%.
Beddingfield High is graded C by allk12, scoring above 30% of North Carolina public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Beddingfield High's average proficiency rate on state tests of 35.6% is 12.9 points below the 48.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Beddingfield High is located in Wilson County, where median household income is about $56,423, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 29 public schools in Wilson County, with a combined enrollment of about 12,482.
The nearest public school is Speight Middle, at about 2.6 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Beddingfield High places 5th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Beddingfield High is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
Beddingfield High had 772 students in 2020-21 and 653 in 2024-25, a 15% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.4:1 in 2020-21 to 13.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Wilson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,290
Census ACS
Median income
$56,423
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
12,482 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wilson County Schools
- James Hunt HighHigh · 1,115 students
- Fike HighHigh · 1,028 students
- Forest Hills MiddleMiddle · 654 students
- John W Jones ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- Rock Ridge ElementaryElementary · 476 students
- New Hope ElementaryElementary · 460 students
Other schools in Wilson
- Sallie B Howard SchoolCombined · 1,228 students
- James Hunt HighHigh · 1,115 students
- Fike HighHigh · 1,028 students
- Wilson Preparatory AcademyCombined · 725 students
- Forest Hills MiddleMiddle · 654 students
- John W Jones ElementaryElementary · 601 students
Nearby schools
- Speight Middle2.6 mi · 281
- B O Barnes Elementary3.7 mi · 274
- Lee Woodard Elementary3.8 mi · 173
- Milton M Daniels Learning Center4.0 mi · 62
- Charles H Darden Middle4.1 mi · 378
- Vick Elementary4.3 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About Beddingfield HighHow many students attend Beddingfield High?
Beddingfield High enrolls approximately 653 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Beddingfield High serve?
Beddingfield High serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Beddingfield High?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Beddingfield High.
What is the student diversity at Beddingfield High?
Student demographics at Beddingfield High are roughly 17% White, 34% Hispanic, 47% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Beddingfield High in?
Beddingfield High is part of Wilson County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.