New Hanover High

As a high-enrollment high school in Wilmington, North Carolina, New Hanover High works with 1,437 students from grades 9 through 12, run under New Hanover County Schools. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so New Hanover High sits 89% larger than that benchmark.

New Hanover County Schools comprises 42 schools with combined enrollment of 24,791 students; New Hanover High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, New Hanover High logs that the largest single group is White at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 32% Black, 27% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting New Hanover High tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against New Hanover County (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, New Hanover High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.8%; actual is 30.9%, a gap of -17.9 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for New Hanover County indicate median household earnings sit near $75,166, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, New Hanover County runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,460 students), of which New Hanover High is one.

Nearest neighbor: The International School at Gregory, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around New Hanover High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts New Hanover High at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 35.4%.

New Hanover High operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. New Hanover High's enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,571 (now 1,437). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 15% to 27%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.