Louisburg Magnet High

Louisburg Magnet High is a high school of intimate scale in Louisburg, North Carolina, one of the schools within Franklin County Schools, teacheing 630 students in grades 9 through 12.

Franklin County Schools comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 7,978 students; Louisburg Magnet High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Louisburg Magnet High records that 34% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 33% White, 26% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Louisburg Magnet High has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Louisburg Magnet High tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at Louisburg Magnet High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Franklin County's rate of about 82%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Louisburg Magnet High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Franklin County) logs that median household earnings sit near $74,240, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Franklin County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,614 students), Louisburg Magnet High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Crosscreek Charter School, roughly 1.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Louisburg Magnet High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 55.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 14%: 552 students in 2018 compared to 630 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 44% to 33% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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