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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Rocky Mount High administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,023
High
DISTRICT 621 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NASH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370327000763
Rocky Mount High
1400 Bethlehem Road, Rocky Mount, NC 27803 · (252) 937-9050 · Nash County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,023 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% 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
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
999 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 310 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 274 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 246 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 193 | 19% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
38.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
21.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% 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 Rocky Mount High
Rocky Mount High's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mount High this school | 1,023 | 97.7% | 29.9% |
| James B Dudley High Greensboro | 1,403 | 99.8% | 23.5% |
| Seventy-First High Fayetteville | 1,332 | 98.2% | 34.3% |
| Kinston High Kinston | 659 | 99.1% | 21.5% |
| E E Smith High Fayetteville | 1,017 | 99.7% | 40.7% |
| Westover High Fayetteville | 1,234 | 99.8% | 34.9% |
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 Rocky Mount High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Nash County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #398 of 468 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #359 of 464 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #382 of 448 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,023 | #181 of 598 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #407 of 473 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #421 of 474 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.7% | #311 of 527 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #91 of 277 | N/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 2024-25Enrollment
1,023
-56 (-5%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 1,145
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 1,023 | 42.8 | 23.9:1 | 98% (999) |
| 2023-24 | 997 | 63 | 15.8:1 | 98% (980) |
| 2022-23 | 1,072 | 61.6 | 17.4:1 | 75% (809) |
| 2020-21 | 1,079 | 69 | 15.6:1 | 100% (1,076) |
| 2017-18 | 1,191 | 74.6 | 16.0:1 | 98% (1,173) |
| 2015-16 | 1,294 | 77 | 16.8:1 | 66% (855) |
| 2010-11 | 1,177 | 80 | 14.7:1 | 62% (726) |
| 2000-01 | 1,145 | 85 | 13.5:1 | 34% (394) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rocky Mount High.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (1,191 to 1,023); teachers down 43% (74.6 to 42.8).
About Rocky Mount High
Rocky Mount High is a medium-sized high school in Nash County Public Schools, located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 1,023 students. An average school in this group (high schools in North Carolina) has about 761 students.
Nash County Public Schools counts 14,587 students in its 28 schools, and Rocky Mount High is one of them.
At Rocky Mount High, Black students make up 77% of the student body. The next largest groups are 10% Hispanic, 8% White, and 3% multiracial. The school's Black share is 37 points above the 40% share among Nash County residents. The school's diversity index is 39%, meaning two students picked at random have a 39% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 42.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 23.9:1. This ratio sits 4.3 above the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina. Roughly 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Nash County average 98%.
allk12 grades Rocky Mount High a C-. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Rocky Mount High ranks in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 29.9%. Predicted: 49.0%. Difference: 19.1 points.
In Nash County (population about 96,216), the median household income is $62,426, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Rocky Mount High is one of 27 public schools in the county.
G R Edwards Elementary is located about 0.7 miles from Rocky Mount High. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 29.9% is below the 46.6% average for nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal data show a 5% enrollment decrease, from 1,079 in 2020-21 to 1,023 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.6:1 in 2020-21 to 23.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Nash County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,216
Census ACS
Median income
$62,426
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
14,285 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nash County Public Schools
- Southern Nash HighHigh · 1,048 students
- Northern Nash HighHigh · 1,035 students
- Red Oak MiddleMiddle · 840 students
- Southern Nash MiddleMiddle · 795 students
- Nash Central HighHigh · 703 students
- Red Oak ElementaryElementary · 696 students
Other schools in Rocky Mount
- Northern Nash HighHigh · 1,035 students
- Rocky Mount PreparatoryCombined · 854 students
- Nash Central HighHigh · 703 students
- Rocky Mount MiddleMiddle · 692 students
- G R Edwards ElementaryElementary · 632 students
- Benvenue ElementaryElementary · 562 students
Nearby schools
- G R Edwards Elementary0.7 mi · 632
- Winstead Avenue Elementary1.1 mi · 555
- Nash Everywhere Digital Academy (NEDA)1.2 mi · 259
- Williford Elementary1.2 mi · 253
- Tar River Academy1.5 mi · 74
- Rocky Mount Middle1.5 mi · 692
Frequently asked questions
About Rocky Mount HighHow many students attend Rocky Mount High?
Rocky Mount High enrolls approximately 1,023 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Rocky Mount High serve?
Rocky Mount High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rocky Mount High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rocky Mount High is approximately 23.9:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rocky Mount High?
At Rocky Mount High, the student body is approximately 8% White, 10% Hispanic, 77% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Rocky Mount High?
Rocky Mount High is overseen by Nash County Public Schools in Nash County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.