CS Brown High - STEM Program

As a tiny secondary school in Winton, North Carolina, CS Brown High - STEM Program instructs 100 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Hertford County Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 87% leaner than the state mean of about 761.

Hertford County Schools comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,367 students; CS Brown High - STEM Program is among them.

Demographically, CS Brown High - STEM Program shows that nearly all students (84%) are Black; the rest consists of 6% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Hertford County as a whole is about 56% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, CS Brown High - STEM Program has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, CS Brown High - STEM Program performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.2%, the actual is 64.1%, a residual of +14.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Hertford County put median household income runs about $45,537, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hertford County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,367 students), CS Brown High - STEM Program is one campus in the mix.

Hertford Co Early College is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.3 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CS Brown High - STEM Program at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 41.2%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 56%: 64 students in 2018 compared to 100 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 2% to 6%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.