Southeast Halifax Collegiate Prep Academ

Southeast Halifax Collegiate Prep Academ, a rural-scale senior high in Halifax, North Carolina, one of the schools within Halifax County Schools, instructs 204 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 761 students per school, that is 73% below typical.

Halifax County Schools runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 2,150 students. Southeast Halifax Collegiate Prep Academ is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Southeast Halifax Collegiate Prep Academ reports that 86% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 10% Hispanic. By comparison, Halifax County as a whole is about 52% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Southeast Halifax Collegiate Prep Academ tighter than the state norm the norm. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Southeast Halifax Collegiate Prep Academ sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.8%; actual is 25.5%, a gap of -23.2 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Halifax County indicate the typical household earns roughly $45,590 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Southeast Halifax Collegiate Prep Academ is one of 23 public schools in Halifax County (combined enrollment of about 6,803 students).

The closest other public school is Inborden Elementary S.T.E.A.M. Academy, roughly 8.6 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Southeast Halifax Collegiate Prep Academ ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 33.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Southeast Halifax Collegiate Prep Academ's enrollment has contracted 25% since 2018, when it stood at 272 (now 204). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 92% to 86%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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