📍 2875 Worth Drive, Wilmington, New Hanover County, 28412
J. C. Roe Center is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Wilmington, New Hanover County. The school has 10 pupils enrolled. It is part of the New Hanover County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 11.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 0.9:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
J. C. Roe Center enrolls 10 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 70% male and 30% female. A teaching staff of 11.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 0.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% Black or African American and 20% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 8 | 80% |
| White | 2 | 20% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
7 of the school's 10 students (70%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 7 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.
J. C. Roe Center is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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-70, state senate district 9, state house district 19.
J. C. Roe Center is one of 42 schools in New Hanover County Schools, based in Wilmington, North Carolina. The district serves 25,155 students district-wide and employs 1,734 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 10 students, J. C. Roe Center is smaller than the district average of about 599 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize