Tuscola High

Tuscola High, a mid-sized senior high in Waynesville, North Carolina, one of the schools within Haywood County Schools, educates 873 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Haywood County Schools runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 6,476 students. Tuscola High is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Tuscola High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Tuscola High logs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.3:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Tuscola High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Tuscola High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.2%.

Around the school, census data for Haywood County shows median household income runs about $61,912, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Tuscola High is one of 16 public schools in Haywood County (combined enrollment of about 7,092 students).

Junaluska Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tuscola High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tuscola High at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 66.8%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Tuscola High's enrollment has decreased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 1,017 (now 873). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 today.

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