North Brunswick High

As a large high school in Leland, North Carolina, North Brunswick High teaches 1,620 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Brunswick County Schools. Compared to the state average of about 761 students per school, that is 113% bigger than typical.

Within Brunswick County Schools, which oversees 20 schools and 13,561 students, North Brunswick High is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, North Brunswick High lists that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 22% Hispanic, 19% Black, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at North Brunswick High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, North Brunswick High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.4%, the actual is 46.0%, a residual of -2.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Brunswick County put median household earnings sit near $77,024, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. North Brunswick High is one of 22 public schools in Brunswick County (combined enrollment of about 15,069 students).

Nearest neighbor: Leland Middle, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Brunswick High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 48.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Brunswick High has grew 43%, going from 1,131 students in 2018 to 1,620 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 13% to 22% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

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