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Roanoke Rapids High School

800 Hamilton Street, Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870 · (252) 519-7200 · Halifax County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL776 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of North Carolina public high schools
  • DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-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

Enrollment
776
High
DISTRICT 448 · STATE 761
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
773 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 917523%
Grade 1020126%
Grade 1119325%
Grade 1220727%
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
39050%
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 42% · US 43%
Hispanic
8010%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 22% · US 30%
Black
24632%
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 25% · US 15%
Asian
162%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
436%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
40052%
Female
37648%

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Test scores

NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)
English Language Arts
30.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
29.8%
NC avg 52.2%

What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.1pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.

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 Roanoke Rapids High School

Roanoke Rapids High School's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Roanoke Rapids High School this school77699.6%28.3%
West Craven High
Vanceboro
75199.6%29.8%
Southeast Guilford High
Greensboro
1,20999.8%42.1%
Whiteville High
Whiteville
63999.5%39.7%
Charles B Aycock High
Pikeville
1,13898.7%52.4%
Bartlett Yancey High
Yanceyville
63599.5%35.5%
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 Roanoke Rapids High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn North CarolinaIn Halifax County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
28.3%#408 of 468#4 of 7
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
29.8%#286 of 464#4 of 7
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
30.3%#425 of 448#3 of 6
Enrollment
ranked largest first
776#256 of 598#1 of 7
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.3:1#122 of 473N/A
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
63.3%#200 of 474N/A
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
99.6%#93 of 527#1 of 7
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-23.4%#28 of 277N/A
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 2024-25
Enrollment
776
+74 (+11%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 817
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 14.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2577647.616.3:1100% (773)
2023-248194916.7:1100% (815)
2022-2378346.516.8:1100% (780)
2020-217024814.6:154% (381)
2017-181,01357.917.5:147% (473)
2015-169595716.8:147% (449)
2010-118505515.4:145% (386)
2000-018697012.4:123% (199)
1990-918176113.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roanoke Rapids High School.

Since 2017-18: students down 23% (1,013 to 776); teachers down 18% (57.9 to 47.6).

About Roanoke Rapids High School

Among the schools in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, is Roanoke Rapids High School, a medium-sized high school. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 776 students.

Besides Roanoke Rapids High School, Roanoke Rapids City Schools runs 4 other schools. The district enrolls 2,744 students.

Roanoke Rapids High School is 50% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% Black, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Halifax County overall, about 37% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The school reports 47.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.3 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. That tracks the 99% average for public schools in Halifax County.

allk12 grades Roanoke Rapids High School a D. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public high schools, because each state gives its own test.

Schools in North Carolina with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 48.4%. Roanoke Rapids High School posts 28.3%, 20.1 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.

Among Halifax County residents, the median household income is $45,590, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and about 18% of people live in poverty. Besides Roanoke Rapids High School, Halifax County has 22 other public schools.

Of nearby public schools, Roanoke Rapids Early College High is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. Roanoke Rapids High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Roanoke Rapids High School ranks 8th on proficiency.

Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant.

Enrollment at Roanoke Rapids High School grew 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 702 to 776 students. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.6:1 to 16.3:1.

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Halifax County at a glance

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Population
47,675
Census ACS
Median income
$45,590
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
6,803 students

Quick facts

School name
Roanoke Rapids High School
District
Roanoke Rapids City Schools
Address
800 Hamilton Street, Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870
Phone
(252) 519-7200
County
Halifax County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
776
Teachers (FTE)
48
Student–teacher ratio
16.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
773 (100%)
Locale
32-Town: Distant
NCES ID
370390001564
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Roanoke Rapids High School
How large is Roanoke Rapids High School?
Roanoke Rapids High School enrolls approximately 776 students in grades 09-12.
Is Roanoke Rapids High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Roanoke Rapids High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Roanoke Rapids High School?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Roanoke Rapids High School.
What is the student diversity at Roanoke Rapids High School?
Student demographics at Roanoke Rapids High School are roughly 50% White, 10% Hispanic, 32% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Roanoke Rapids High School?
Roanoke Rapids High School is overseen by Roanoke Rapids City Schools in Halifax County.
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