Spring Creek High

Set in Seven Springs, North Carolina, Spring Creek High is a middle-of-the-pack high school, part of Wayne County Public Schools. It works with 732 students across grades 9 through 12.

Within Wayne County Public Schools, which oversees 33 schools and 17,150 students, Spring Creek High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Spring Creek High shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% White, 16% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Spring Creek High higher than the state norm the norm. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Spring Creek High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.7%; this one delivers 56.9%.

In the surrounding community, Wayne County reports that median household earnings sit near $59,733, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Spring Creek High is one of 36 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 18,481 students).

Nearest neighbor: Spring Creek Middle, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Spring Creek High. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Spring Creek High ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 51.9%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Spring Creek High's enrollment has rose 6% since 2018, when it stood at 689 (now 732). Hispanic enrollment moved from 46% to 62% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 22.9:1 in 2025.

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