Sallie B Howard School

Sallie B Howard School is a high-enrollment combined-grade school in North Carolina, with an address in Wilson. The school had 1,228 students in kindergarten through 12 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for combined schools in North Carolina is about 731, so this school runs 68% above that.

The school serves as its own district in federal records.

Black students make up a majority at Sallie B Howard School, at 52%. The next largest groups are 40% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. In Wilson County overall, about 39% of residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Teachers at the school number 77.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.9:1. That is close to the 16.1:1 average for combined schools in North Carolina. The school's lunch program data list 97% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 96% average for public schools in Wilson County.

Within Wilson County, the median household income is $56,423, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. In all, Wilson County has 29 public schools and roughly 12,482 students.

The shortest distance from Sallie B Howard School to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to Wilson Early College Academy. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Locale data from NCES put Sallie B Howard School in a town close to an urbanized area (Town: Fringe). This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.

Over 4 years, Sallie B Howard School's enrollment grew 12%, to 1,228. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.0:1 in 2020-21 to 15.9:1 in 2024-25.

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