📍 801 W Main Street, Pilot Mountain, Surry County, 27041
East Surry High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Pilot Mountain, Surry County. The school has 594 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Surry County Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1. 67% of students are proficient in reading. 62% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 97%. The school offers 3 AP courses, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
East Surry High enrolls 594 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% White, 9.9% Hispanic or Latino and 3.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 502 | 85% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 59 | 9.9% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 3.2% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 1.9% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
267 of the school's 594 students (45%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 233 qualify for free lunch and 34 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.
East Surry High is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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-50, state senate district 30, state house district 91.
East Surry High is one of 20 schools in Surry County Schools, based in Dobson, North Carolina. The district serves 7,318 students district-wide and employs 506 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 594 students, East Surry High is larger than the district average of about 366 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant