Hertford Grammar

Hertford Grammar, an average-sized K-5 school in Hertford, North Carolina, one of the schools within Perquimans County Schools, educates 420 students, covering grades 3 through 5.

Perquimans County Schools runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,786 students. Hertford Grammar is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Hertford Grammar shows that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 19% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 99% of students at Hertford Grammar qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hertford Grammar tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.4%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Perquimans County) shows that median household earnings sit near $67,917, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Perquimans County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,786 students), Hertford Grammar is one campus in the mix.

Perquimans County High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Hertford Grammar. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hertford Grammar at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 46.2%.

Hertford Grammar operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hertford Grammar has edged down 4%, going from 438 students in 2018 to 420 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 26% to 19% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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