📍 1400 Bethlehem Road, Rocky Mount, Nash County, 27803
Rocky Mount High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Rocky Mount, Nash County. The school has 1,072 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Nash County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 61.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. 36% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 86%. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Rocky Mount High enrolls 1,072 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 61.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% Black or African American, 11% White and 7.3% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 810 | 76% |
| White | 119 | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 78 | 7.3% |
| Two or more races | 45 | 4.2% |
| Asian | 16 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
809 of the school's 1,072 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 777 qualify for free lunch and 32 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Rocky Mount High is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-10, state senate district 11, state house district 25.
Rocky Mount High is one of 30 schools in Nash County Public Schools, based in Nashville, North Carolina. The district serves 13,178 students district-wide and employs 852 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,072 students, Rocky Mount High is larger than the district average of about 439 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small