Northeastern High

Northeastern High operates as a reasonably sized 9-12 campus in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, run under Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 658 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Northeastern High is one of 13 schools operated by Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools, a district that works with 5,014 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Northeastern High logs that the largest single group is Black, at 59% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 23% White, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 35% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Northeastern High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Pasquotank County's rate of about 91%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Northeastern High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.9%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Pasquotank County indicate median household income runs about $66,589, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pasquotank County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,774 students), Northeastern High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Central Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Northeastern High comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 47.3%.

Northeastern High operates from a town-based location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 746 students in 2018 compared to 658 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 39% to 23% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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