Charles B Aycock High

Charles B Aycock High is one of the middle-of-the-pack senior highs in Pikeville, North Carolina, overseen by Wayne County Public Schools, with 1,138 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Charles B Aycock High sits 50% bigger than that benchmark.

Wayne County Public Schools runs 33 schools in total, collectively educating 17,150 students. Charles B Aycock High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Charles B Aycock High records that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 25% Black, 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to Wayne County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at Charles B Aycock High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Charles B Aycock High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.7%; this one delivers 52.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Wayne County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $59,733 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Charles B Aycock High is one of 36 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 18,481 students).

Nearest neighbor: Norwayne Middle, around 1.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Charles B Aycock High. On composite proficiency, Charles B Aycock High comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 64.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Charles B Aycock High has decreased 8%, going from 1,232 students in 2018 to 1,138 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 61% to 51%. Class-load math has rose: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 26.6:1 in 2025.

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