Pasquotank County High

Pasquotank County High is a 9-12 campus of medium-sized scale in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, operated by Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools, hosting 653 students in grades 9 through 12.

Within Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools, which oversees 13 schools and 5,014 students, Pasquotank County High is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Pasquotank County High shows that the most-represented group is Black (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 33% White, 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Pasquotank County's rate of about 91%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Pasquotank County High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.4%; actual is 29.4%, a gap of -19.1 points.

In the area at large, Pasquotank County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,589 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Pasquotank County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,774 students), Pasquotank County High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Northside Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pasquotank County High at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 60.3%.

Pasquotank County High operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Pasquotank County High's enrollment has ticked down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 821 (now 653). White enrollment moved from 44% to 33% across the same window.

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