North Edgecombe High

North Edgecombe High is one of the intimate senior highs in Tarboro, North Carolina, part of Edgecombe County Public Schools, with 358 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 53% below the state mean of about 761.

Edgecombe County Public Schools runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 6,310 students. North Edgecombe High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, North Edgecombe High shows that 76% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest breaks down as 14% Hispanic, 6% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Edgecombe County as a whole is about 56% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, North Edgecombe High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.6%; actual is 16.0%, a gap of -32.6 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Edgecombe County shows median household earnings sit near $51,265, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. North Edgecombe High is one of 27 public schools in Edgecombe County (combined enrollment of about 8,573 students).

The closest other public school is Coker-Wimberly Elementary, roughly 1.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Edgecombe High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 31.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 53%: 234 students in 2018 compared to 358 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.