Corinth Holders High

Located at 6875 Applewhite Rd, in Wendell, North Carolina, Corinth Holders High is a well-populated high school that serves 2,187 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Johnston County Public Schools. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Corinth Holders High sits 187% larger than that benchmark.

Johnston County Public Schools comprises 48 schools with combined enrollment of 37,320 students; Corinth Holders High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Corinth Holders High reports that the most-represented group is White (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 22% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Corinth Holders High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Corinth Holders High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 51.0%.

In the area at large, Johnston County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,384, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Johnston County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,004 students), of which Corinth Holders High is one.

The closest other public school is Archer Lodge Middle, roughly 2.2 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Corinth Holders High comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 61.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Corinth Holders High has increased 13%, going from 1,931 students in 2018 to 2,187 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 69% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 today.

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