West Bladen High

West Bladen High operates as a mid-sized 9-12 campus in Bladenboro, North Carolina, run under Bladen County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 720 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Within Bladen County Schools, which oversees 12 schools and 3,928 students, West Bladen High is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, West Bladen High shows that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 25% Hispanic, 21% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Native American.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, West Bladen High has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.8:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, West Bladen High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.4%; this one delivers 35.6%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Bladen County shows the typical household earns roughly $42,422 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. West Bladen High is one of 15 public schools in Bladen County (combined enrollment of about 4,756 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bladen Early College, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around West Bladen High. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Bladen High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 43.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Bladen High has ticked down 3%, going from 739 students in 2018 to 720 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 27% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 22.8:1 today.

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