Total enrollment
13,178
-1,237 (-9%) vs SY 2020-21
30 schools in Nash County Public Schools
North Carolina · 14,587 students · 9 cities
Inside Nash County Public Schools (North Carolina), 30 public K-12 schools enroll roughly 14,587 students (around 486 per school).
4-year change in Nash County Public Schools
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
23
-6 (-21%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Nash County Public Schools ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In North Carolina | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #65 of 112 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 14,587 | #24 of 116 | #574 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 28 | #25 of 116 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #116 of 116 | #8,322 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 98.6% | #46 of 114 | #371 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #38 of 111 | #822 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Nash County Public Schools
State test results across the district's 20 scored schools run from NRM Early College High School at 86.6% proficient to Rocky Mount High at 29.9%, a gap of 56.7 points. That is the 26th widest gap among 104 North Carolina districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 21 district schools that reported both years went from 13,044 to 12,832 students (down 2%) and from 774 to 631 full-time teachers (down 18%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Nash County Public Schools
Across 30 schools, Nash County Public Schools instructs about 14,587 students in North Carolina. By footprint it is a middle-population district.
On the school-mix side, Nash County Public Schools comprises 15 elementary, 5 middle, 7 high schools, and 3 combined or other.
Per-school enrollment averages around 486 in this district, meaningfully below the North Carolina typical of 571.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment contracted 9%: 14,415 students in SY 2020-21 versus 13,178 in SY 2024-25. Over that span, Nash County Public Schools lost 6 schools, going from 29 to 23.
On this page, the community for Nash County Public Schools discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Discussions cut across districts, schools, and grade levels.