Rocky Mount High

Rocky Mount High, a reasonably sized high school in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, run under Nash County Public Schools, teaches 1,023 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Rocky Mount High sits 34% larger than that benchmark.

Within Nash County Public Schools, which oversees 28 schools and 14,587 students, Rocky Mount High is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Rocky Mount High records that 77% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder consists of 10% Hispanic, 8% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 40%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Rocky Mount High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 98% of students at Rocky Mount High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Rocky Mount High is in the bottom 10% of North Carolina public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.0%; Rocky Mount High posts 29.9%, -19.1 points below that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Nash County put median household income runs about $62,426, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Nash County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,285 students), Rocky Mount High is one campus in the mix.

G R Edwards Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rocky Mount High at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 46.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 1,191 students in 2018 compared to 1,023 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 17% to 8%. Class-load math has widened: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 23.9:1 in 2025.

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