Forbush High

Forbush High operates as a mid-tier high school in East Bend, North Carolina, operated by Yadkin County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 787 students spanning grades 8 through 12.

Yadkin County Schools comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 5,174 students; Forbush High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Forbush High reports that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 27% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Yadkin County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 55% of students at Forbush High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Yadkin County runs at roughly 83%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Forbush High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 62.1%; actual is 39.7%, a gap of -22.4 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Yadkin County indicate median household earnings sit near $62,932, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Forbush High is one of 14 public schools in Yadkin County (combined enrollment of about 5,174 students).

The closest other public school is Forbush Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Forbush High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Forbush High ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 63.1%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Forbush High has fell 7%, going from 849 students in 2018 to 787 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 in 2025.

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