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Roanoke Rapids High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
800 Hamilton Street
Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870
Phone
(252) 519-7200
District
Roanoke Rapids City Schools
County
HALIFAX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
819
Classroom Teachers
49

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

2

(10 is best)

Better than 13.1% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Roanoke Rapids High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
30%
48%
40%
60%
20%
37%
30%
48%
40%
60%
20%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
14
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 215 26.3%
Grade 10 220 26.9%
Grade 11 201 24.5%
Grade 12 183 22.3%
Total 819 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 56.5% 56.1% 45.7%
Black 31.5% 30.7% 26.1%
Hispanic 10.2% 10.5% 22.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.5% 2.4% 4.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.3% 1.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 99.5% 99.4% 68.3%
Free lunch eligible 99.5% 99.4% 67.1%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 1.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 13,942 10,835,491
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,039.5 220
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.4% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.5% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 25.0% 32.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.5% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 19.6% 16.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 5,430 4,186,924
Single Parent Households With Children 14.5% 8.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 84.6% 89.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 21.8% 34.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.7% 17.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.0% 16.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.0% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.3% 17.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.0% 16.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.6% 11.4%
$15,000 or less 10.3% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,090 $19,589,000 54.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $694 $1,917,000 5.3%
Staff $393 $1,087,000 3.0%
General Administration $269 $742,000 2.1%
School Administration $701 $1,937,000 5.4%
Operation $2,003 $5,535,000 15.4%
Transportation $243 $672,000 1.9%
Other $561 $1,549,000 4.3%
Total Support $4,864 $13,439,000 37.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,064 $2,939,000 8.2%
Total Expenditures $13,017 $35,967,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,524 $11,629,189,000 56.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $717 $1,108,296,000 5.4%
Staff $421 $651,371,000 3.2%
General Administration $203 $313,159,000 1.5%
School Administration $717 $1,108,754,000 5.4%
Operation $936 $1,446,950,000 7.0%
Transportation $473 $731,502,000 3.5%
Other $410 $632,972,000 3.1%
Total Support $3,877 $5,993,004,000 29.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,961 $3,031,407,000 14.7%
Total Expenditures $13,363 $20,653,600,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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