Total enrollment
11,114
-72 (-1%) vs SY 2020-21
24 schools in Rockingham County Schools
North Carolina · 11,114 students · 7 cities
Inside Rockingham County Schools (North Carolina), 24 public K-12 schools enroll roughly 11,114 students (around 463 per school).
4-year change in Rockingham County Schools
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
23
+1 (+5%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Rockingham County Schools ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In North Carolina | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #81 of 112 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 11,114 | #33 of 116 | #813 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 23 | #32 of 116 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #101 of 116 | #7,446 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 98.4% | #56 of 114 | #400 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #50 of 111 | #1,175 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 Rockingham County Schools
State test results across the district's 22 scored schools run from Rockingham Co Early College High at 89.2% proficient to Moss Street Elementary at 23.5%, a gap of 65.7 points. That is the 13th widest gap among 104 North Carolina districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 22 district schools that reported both years went from 11,353 to 10,760 students (down 5%) and from 685 to 613 full-time teachers (down 11%), 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 Rockingham County Schools
Rockingham County Schools operates 24 public schools across North Carolina, collectively educateing roughly 11,114 students.
On the school-mix side, Rockingham County Schools consists of 14 elementary, 4 middle, 5 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, Rockingham County Schools runs about 463 students per school, 19% meaningfully below the state mean of roughly 571.
Over the past 4-year window. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment held roughly steady: 11,186 students in SY 2020-21 versus 11,114 in SY 2024-25. The school count climbed from 22 to 23 across the same 4-year window.
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