Fairmont High

Fairmont High is a mid-tier secondary school in Fairmont, North Carolina, overseen by Public Schools of Robeson County. The school works with 780 students in grades 9 through 12.

Across the 36 schools in Public Schools of Robeson County (20,856 students total), Fairmont High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Fairmont High records that the most-represented group is Black (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 25% Native American, 16% White, 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Fairmont High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.4%; actual is 25.6%, a gap of -22.8 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Robeson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $41,978 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. Fairmont High is one of 40 public schools in Robeson County (combined enrollment of about 21,625 students).

The closest other public school is Fairmont Middle, roughly 1.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Fairmont High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fairmont High ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.2%.

Fairmont High operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Fairmont High's enrollment has climbed 20% since 2018, when it stood at 649 (now 780). The White share of enrollment fell from 21% to 16% over that span.

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