SouthWest Edgecombe High

SouthWest Edgecombe High, a middle-of-the-pack senior high in Pinetops, North Carolina, overseen by Edgecombe County Public Schools, educates 798 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Across the 19 schools in Edgecombe County Public Schools (6,310 students total), SouthWest Edgecombe High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, SouthWest Edgecombe High lists that the largest single group is Black, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 26% White, 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Edgecombe County as a whole.

On the resource side, SouthWest Edgecombe High lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, SouthWest Edgecombe High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.5%; actual is 19.2%, a gap of -29.2 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Edgecombe County indicate median household income runs about $51,265, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. Across Edgecombe County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,573 students), SouthWest Edgecombe High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: G W Carver Elementary, around 3.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SouthWest Edgecombe High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 36.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 8%: 870 students in 2018 compared to 798 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 26% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 in 2025.

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