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What's the most underrated thing about Pinecrest High that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
2,290
High
DISTRICT 1,109 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOORE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370309001321
Pinecrest High
250 Voit Gilmore Lane, Southern Pines, NC 28387 · (910) 692-6554 · Moore County
GRADES 09–13HIGH13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,290 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of North Carolina public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public high schools
Student : Teacher
27.6:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
799 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 584 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 585 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 588 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 533 | 23% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
69.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
42.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.2%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Pinecrest High
Pinecrest High's state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinecrest High this school | 2,290 | 34.9% | 58.9% |
| John T Hoggard High Wilmington | 2,082 | 36.2% | 52.7% |
| D H Conley High Greenville | 1,757 | 33.3% | 59.0% |
| Needham Broughton High Raleigh | 2,153 | 28.1% | 53.4% |
| South Iredell High Statesville | 1,768 | 33.2% | 51.1% |
| Mooresville High School Mooresville | 1,923 | 41.2% | 44.8% |
Matched among North Carolina high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Pinecrest High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #132 of 468 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #177 of 464 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #127 of 448 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,290 | #15 of 598 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.6:1 | #442 of 473 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #265 of 474 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.9% | #455 of 527 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.1% | #86 of 164 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,290
+117 (+5%) vs 2020
+82% since 1990-91, when it was 1,261
Student : Teacher
27.6:1
was 21.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,290 | 82.9 | 27.6:1 | 35% (799) |
| 2023-24 | 2,310 | 106.7 | 21.6:1 | 35% (812) |
| 2022-23 | 2,221 | 101.5 | 21.9:1 | 34% (750) |
| 2020-21 | 2,173 | 102 | 21.3:1 | 24% (511) |
| 2017-18 | 2,119 | 109.5 | 19.4:1 | 28% (601) |
| 2015-16 | 2,221 | 109 | 20.4:1 | 31% (679) |
| 2010-11 | 2,077 | 119 | 17.4:1 | 33% (676) |
| 2000-01 | 1,589 | 99 | 16.1:1 | 17% (269) |
| 1990-91 | 1,261 | 87 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pinecrest High.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (2,119 to 2,290); teachers down 24% (109.5 to 82.9).
About Pinecrest High
Pinecrest High is a large high school in Southern Pines, North Carolina. Enrollment totals 2,290 students across grades 9 through 13. The school is 201% bigger than the average for high schools in North Carolina.
Moore County Schools has 23 schools and 13,085 students, and Pinecrest High is one of those schools.
At Pinecrest High, 60% of students are White. It is also 17% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Moore County is roughly 77% White. The diversity index for Pinecrest High is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 82.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Pinecrest High, giving a ratio of 27.6:1. High schools in North Carolina average 19.6:1, 8.1 fewer students per teacher than here. A total of 799 students, or 35%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Moore County average 64%.
Pinecrest High earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 62% of North Carolina public high schools.
Compared with North Carolina schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Pinecrest High's results are 9.3 points below predicted: 58.9% against 68.2%.
The school is in Moore County, where the median household earns about $86,080 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Moore County, 27 public schools serve about 14,708 students.
Southern Pines Elementary is about 1.1 miles from Pinecrest High, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Pinecrest High holds 6 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 66.8%, higher than Pinecrest High's 58.9%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment rose 5% over 4 years, reaching 2,290 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 21.3:1 to 27.6:1 over the same years.
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Moore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,876
Census ACS
Median income
$86,080
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
14,708 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moore County Schools
- Union Pines HighHigh · 1,462 students
- West Pine MiddleMiddle · 717 students
- McDeeds Creek ElementaryElementary · 707 students
- Aberdeen ElementaryElementary · 675 students
- Southern MiddleMiddle · 620 students
- North Moore HighHigh · 605 students
Other schools in Southern Pines
- McDeeds Creek ElementaryElementary · 707 students
- Southern Pines ElementaryElementary · 600 students
- Moore Montessori Community SchoolElementary · 259 students
Nearby schools
- Southern Pines Elementary1.1 mi · 600
- Pinehurst Elementary2.0 mi · 584
- Southern Middle2.1 mi · 620
- Moore Montessori Community School2.7 mi · 259
- Aberdeen Elementary3.4 mi · 675
- McDeeds Creek Elementary3.8 mi · 707
Frequently asked questions
About Pinecrest HighHow many students attend Pinecrest High?
Pinecrest High enrolls approximately 2,290 students in grades 09-13.
Is Pinecrest High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pinecrest High is a high school covering grades 09-13.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pinecrest High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pinecrest High is approximately 27.6:1 (83 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pinecrest High?
Student demographics at Pinecrest High are roughly 60% White, 14% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Pinecrest High in?
Pinecrest High is part of Moore County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.