East Rutherford High School

East Rutherford High School operates as an intimate 9-12 campus in Bostic, North Carolina, operated by Rutherford County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 623 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Within Rutherford County Schools, which oversees 18 schools and 7,394 students, East Rutherford High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, East Rutherford High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 14% Black, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, East Rutherford High School records 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.0:1. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), East Rutherford High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.8%; this one delivers 46.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Rutherford County) records that the typical household earns roughly $51,410 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Rutherford County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,205 students), of which East Rutherford High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: East Rutherford Middle School, around 1.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around East Rutherford High School. On composite proficiency, East Rutherford High School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 63.5%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. East Rutherford High School's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 736 (now 623). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 7% to 12% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 in 2025.

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