White Oak High

Located at 1001 Piney Green Rd, in Jacksonville, North Carolina, White Oak High is a substantial high school that serves 1,252 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Onslow County Schools. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so White Oak High sits 65% above that benchmark.

Within Onslow County Schools, which oversees 39 schools and 27,397 students, White Oak High is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, White Oak High reports that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 23% Black, 17% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. By comparison, Onslow County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, White Oak High reports 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.3:1. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, White Oak High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 64.1%; actual is 40.1%, a gap of -23.9 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Onslow County) shows that median household earnings sit near $68,148, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Onslow County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,501 students), White Oak High is one campus in the mix.

Hunters Creek Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, White Oak High comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.9%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. White Oak High's enrollment has grew 16% since 2018, when it stood at 1,083 (now 1,252). The White share of enrollment shrank from 52% to 46% over that span.

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