Manteo High School

As a modestly sized senior high in Manteo, North Carolina, Manteo High School caters to 528 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Dare County Schools. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Manteo High School sits 31% below that benchmark.

Across the 11 schools in Dare County Schools (4,968 students total), Manteo High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Manteo High School reports that 63% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Manteo High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Manteo High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Dare County shows median household earnings sit near $88,994, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dare County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,968 students), Manteo High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Manteo Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Manteo High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 62.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 530 students in 2018 compared to 528 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 19% to 28% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

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