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If you had an hour of school board time for Swansboro High, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,232
High
DISTRICT 1,012 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONSLOW COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370345001434
Swansboro High
161 Queens Creek Rd, Swansboro, NC 28584 · (910) 326-4300 · Onslow County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,232 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of North Carolina public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
452 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 336 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 342 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 275 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 279 | 23% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
70.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
55.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Swansboro High
Swansboro High's state test result (60.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swansboro High this school | 1,232 | 36.7% | 60.1% |
| Union Pines High Cameron | 1,462 | 31.7% | 63.7% |
| West Henderson High Hendersonville | 1,053 | 36.3% | 58.9% |
| Oak Grove High Winston-Salem | 992 | 34.0% | 52.9% |
| Currituck County High Barco | 1,061 | 34.2% | 48.9% |
| East Lincoln High Denver | 1,047 | 31.8% | 62.7% |
Matched among North Carolina high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Swansboro High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Onslow County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #123 of 468 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #107 of 464 | #1 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #115 of 448 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,232 | #133 of 598 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #256 of 473 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #365 of 474 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.7% | #441 of 527 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.3% | #78 of 164 | #5 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,232
+280 (+29%) vs 2020
+138% since 1990-91, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 17.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,232 | 65.2 | 18.9:1 | 37% (452) |
| 2023-24 | 1,192 | 66.2 | 18.0:1 | 37% (440) |
| 2022-23 | 1,115 | 62.4 | 17.9:1 | 38% (428) |
| 2020-21 | 952 | 55 | 17.3:1 | 26% (245) |
| 2017-18 | 1,127 | 67 | 16.8:1 | 31% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 1,112 | 68 | 16.4:1 | 29% (328) |
| 2010-11 | 1,036 | 64 | 16.2:1 | 27% (284) |
| 2000-01 | 918 | 59 | 15.6:1 | 21% (194) |
| 1990-91 | 517 | 34 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Swansboro High.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (1,127 to 1,232); teachers down 3% (67 to 65.2).
About Swansboro High
At 161 Queens Creek Rd in Swansboro, North Carolina, Swansboro High operates as a large high school. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 1,232 students. High schools in North Carolina have about 761 students on average; enrollment here is 62% higher.
Swansboro High reports to Onslow County Schools, which has 39 schools and 27,397 students.
The share of White students at Swansboro High is 69%, a majority. After that, the student body is 14% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 6% Black. Census estimates put Onslow County at about 67% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 49, compared with 70 nationally.
Swansboro High has a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.9:1, with 65.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in North Carolina is about 19.6:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 37% at Swansboro High. Among public schools in Onslow County, the average eligibility rate is 51%.
Among North Carolina public high schools, Swansboro High outscored 66%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Swansboro High is 7.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (60.1% versus 67.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Onslow County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $68,148 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Onslow County number 42, with about 27,501 students.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Queens Creek Elementary, is the closest to Swansboro High. Swansboro High has 4 other public schools within five miles. Swansboro High comes in 5th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Swansboro High is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 280 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 18.9 students per teacher, compared with 17.3 in 2020-21.
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Onslow County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,906
Census ACS
Median income
$68,148
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
27,501 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Onslow County Schools
- Jacksonville HighHigh · 1,441 students
- White Oak HighHigh · 1,252 students
- Dixon HighHigh · 1,085 students
- Northside HighHigh · 1,067 students
- Swansboro MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Richlands HighHigh · 1,027 students
Other schools in Swansboro
- Swansboro MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Queens Creek ElementaryElementary · 706 students
- Swansboro ElementaryElementary · 592 students
Nearby schools
- Queens Creek Elementary0.2 mi · 706
- Swansboro Middle0.4 mi · 1,052
- Swansboro Elementary0.9 mi · 592
- Sand Ridge Elementary3.6 mi · 527
- White Oak Elementary5.4 mi · 784
- Silverdale Elementary6.1 mi · 648
Frequently asked questions
About Swansboro HighHow large is Swansboro High?
Swansboro High enrolls approximately 1,232 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Swansboro High serve?
Swansboro High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Swansboro High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Swansboro High is approximately 18.9:1 (65 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Swansboro High?
At Swansboro High, the student body is approximately 69% White, 14% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Swansboro High?
Swansboro High is overseen by Onslow County Schools in Onslow County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.