South Iredell High

South Iredell High operates as a substantial senior high in Statesville, North Carolina, one of the schools within Iredell-Statesville Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,768 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 132% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 761 students.

Iredell-Statesville Schools runs 38 schools in total, collectively educating 21,017 students. South Iredell High is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, South Iredell High logs that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment; the rest reads as 17% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Iredell County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, South Iredell High logs 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.3:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Iredell County's rate of about 61%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, South Iredell High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 68.7%; this one comes in at 51.1%, -17.6 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Iredell County put median household earnings sit near $81,419, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Iredell County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,906 students), South Iredell High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Career Academy and Technical School, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), South Iredell High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 44.2%.

South Iredell High operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Iredell High has edged up 6%, going from 1,670 students in 2018 to 1,768 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 61% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

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