Cape Hatteras Secondary School

Cape Hatteras Secondary School is one of the close-knit senior highs in Buxton, North Carolina, one of the schools within Dare County Schools, with 364 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Cape Hatteras Secondary School sits 52% below that benchmark.

Dare County Schools runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 4,968 students. Cape Hatteras Secondary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Cape Hatteras Secondary School records that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Dare County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Cape Hatteras Secondary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at Cape Hatteras Secondary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Dare County (around 46%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Cape Hatteras Secondary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.3%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Dare County put the typical household earns roughly $88,994 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cape Hatteras Secondary School is one of 12 public schools in Dare County (combined enrollment of about 4,968 students).

Cape Hatteras Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Cape Hatteras Secondary School's enrollment has climbed 4% since 2018, when it stood at 350 (now 364). Hispanic enrollment moved from 16% to 21% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Cape Hatteras Secondary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.