EDGE Academy of Health Sciences

EDGE Academy of Health Sciences is a rural-scale secondary school in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, overseen by Edgecombe County Public Schools. The school enrolls 75 students in grades 9 through 11. Enrollment runs roughly 90% smaller than the state mean of about 761.

Across the 19 schools in Edgecombe County Public Schools (6,310 students total), EDGE Academy of Health Sciences accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, EDGE Academy of Health Sciences shows that the largest single group is Black, at 69% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 13% White, 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 56% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, EDGE Academy of Health Sciences reports 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.9:1. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 96% of students at EDGE Academy of Health Sciences qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EDGE Academy of Health Sciences ranks in the top 10% of North Carolina public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 49.5%; EDGE Academy of Health Sciences posts 71.1%, +21.6 points above that line.

Around the school, Edgecombe County reports that the typical household earns roughly $51,265 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. EDGE Academy of Health Sciences is one of 27 public schools in Edgecombe County (combined enrollment of about 8,573 students).

Nearest neighbor: Rocky Mount Middle, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

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