Saint Pauls High

Saint Pauls High operates as a high-enrollment secondary school in Saint Pauls, North Carolina, operated by Public Schools of Robeson County. Current enrollment sits at 1,142 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 50% above the state mean of about 761.

Across the 36 schools in Public Schools of Robeson County (20,856 students total), Saint Pauls High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Saint Pauls High reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 21% Black, 15% Native American, 13% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Robeson County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Saint Pauls High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Saint Pauls High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.4%, the actual is 35.9%, a residual of -12.5 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Robeson County) records that median household income runs about $41,978, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 21%. In all, Robeson County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,625 students), of which Saint Pauls High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Saint Pauls Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Saint Pauls High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.8%.

Saint Pauls High operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Saint Pauls High has grew 19%, going from 959 students in 2018 to 1,142 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 31% to 46% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

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