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Enrollment
531
High
DISTRICT 489 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370180002829
Granville Central High
2043 Sanders Rd, Stem, NC 27581 · (919) 528-5530 · Granville County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of North Carolina public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public high schools
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
518 students
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 140 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 121 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 135 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 135 | 25% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
41.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
20.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Granville Central High
Granville Central High's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granville Central High this school | 531 | 97.6% | 28.0% |
| Thomasville High Thomasville | 590 | 99.5% | 19.9% |
| Wallace-Rose Hill High Teachey | 738 | 99.6% | 20.8% |
| Graham High Graham | 828 | 99.6% | 25.6% |
| Southern Wayne High Dudley | 1,007 | 97.9% | 34.8% |
| Forest Hills High Marshville | 973 | 99.3% | 33.2% |
Matched among North Carolina high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Granville Central High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #410 of 468 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #385 of 464 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #369 of 448 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #339 of 598 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #397 of 473 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #154 of 474 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.6% | #318 of 527 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.3% | #48 of 277 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
531
-157 (-23%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 669
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 18.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 531 | 22.6 | 23.4:1 | 98% (518) |
| 2023-24 | 611 | 36.1 | 16.9:1 | 76% (464) |
| 2022-23 | 638 | 36 | 17.7:1 | 74% (475) |
| 2020-21 | 688 | 38 | 18.1:1 | 40% (278) |
| 2017-18 | 658 | 37.7 | 17.5:1 | 53% (352) |
| 2015-16 | 591 | 33 | 17.9:1 | 59% (346) |
| 2010-11 | 669 | 44 | 15.2:1 | 47% (314) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Granville Central High.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (658 to 531); teachers down 40% (37.7 to 22.6).
About Granville Central High
Granville Central High is a high school located in Stem, North Carolina, in Granville County. The school counted 531 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. That is 30% below the average of about 761 students for high schools in North Carolina.
Granville County Schools has 16 schools and 6,402 students, and Granville Central High is one of those schools.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Granville Central High is Hispanic, with 45% of students. The remaining shares are 32% Black, 18% White, and 4% multiracial. Granville County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Granville Central High scores 66%.
With 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 23.4:1. High schools in North Carolina average 19.6:1, 3.9 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 98% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Granville County is close, at 98%.
Granville Central High holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 13% of North Carolina public high schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Granville Central High posts 28.0% against a 49.0% prediction, a bottom-10% result in North Carolina.
For Granville County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $71,111 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. There are 20 public schools in the county, enrolling about 8,376, Granville Central High among them.
Granville Early College High, about 5.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within ten miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Granville Central High is 7th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
A 23% decline took enrollment from 688 in 2020-21 to 531 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 18.1:1 to 23.4:1.
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Granville County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,877
Census ACS
Median income
$71,111
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
8,376 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Granville County Schools
- South Granville HighHigh · 706 students
- West Oxford ElementaryElementary · 520 students
- Mount Energy ElementaryElementary · 515 students
- J. F. Webb HighHigh · 512 students
- Northern Granville MiddleMiddle · 495 students
- Butner-Stem ElementaryElementary · 476 students
Nearby schools
- Granville Early College High5.3 mi · 207
- Butner-Stem Middle6.2 mi · 391
- G. C. Hawley Middle6.2 mi · 442
- South Granville High6.3 mi · 706
- Mount Energy Elementary6.6 mi · 515
- Butner-Stem Elementary6.6 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About Granville Central HighHow many students attend Granville Central High?
Granville Central High enrolls approximately 531 students in grades 09-12.
Is Granville Central High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Granville Central High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Granville Central High have?
Granville Central High employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Granville Central High?
At Granville Central High, the student body is approximately 18% White, 45% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Granville Central High public or private?
Granville Central High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Granville County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.