📍 906 Hammond Street, Rocky Mount, Nash County, 27804
Tar River Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Rocky Mount, Nash County. The school has 89 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 10.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.7:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. The four-year graduation rate is 79%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet.
Tar River Academy enrolls 89 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 58% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 10.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% Black or African American, 17% Hispanic or Latino and 11% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 57 | 64% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 15 | 17% |
| White | 10 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 7.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
83 of the school's 89 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 83 qualify for free lunch and 0 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.
Tar River Academy 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.
Tar River Academy 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 89 students, Tar River Academy is smaller than the district average of about 439 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small