Rosman High

Rosman High is one of the tiny secondary schools in Rosman, North Carolina, one of the schools within Transylvania County Schools, with 254 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 761 students per school, that is 67% smaller than typical.

Transylvania County Schools comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,205 students; Rosman High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rosman High shows that nearly all students (89%) are White; the rest looks like 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Transylvania County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Rosman High has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rosman High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.7%; this one delivers 51.6%.

Around the school, Transylvania County reports that median household income runs about $66,184, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Rosman High is one of 10 public schools in Transylvania County (combined enrollment of about 3,640 students).

Rosman Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Rosman High comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 57.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 22%: 326 students in 2018 compared to 254 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 94% to 89% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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