Roanoke Rapids High School

Summary:

Roanoke Rapids High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, with a student population of 783. The school is part of the Roanoke Rapids City Schools district, which is ranked 153 out of 242 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Roanoke Rapids High School consistently underperforms compared to the state and district averages on End-of-Course (EOC) exams, with proficiency rates significantly lower than the state and district in subjects like Biology, English II, Math I, and Math III. The school has a low statewide ranking, consistently placing in the bottom half of North Carolina high schools, and its performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as African American students. Additionally, the school has an extremely high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, reaching 99.62% in the 2022-2023 school year, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

Interestingly, the nearby Roanoke Rapids Early College High significantly outperforms Roanoke Rapids High School on academic measures, with much higher proficiency rates. Other nearby high schools, such as Southeast Halifax Collegiate Prep Academy, Northwest Halifax Collegiate and Technic, and Northampton County High School, also struggle academically and have low statewide rankings, similar to Roanoke Rapids High School, suggesting a need for targeted interventions and support to address the systemic issues affecting these schools in the broader region.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 800 Hamilton Street
       Roanoke Rapids, NC  27870-2735


(252) 519-7200

District: Roanoke Rapids City Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
531st of 640 North Carolina High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,511 Help


Feeder schools for Roanoke Rapids High School:

Elementary:    Belmont Elementary School
    Manning Elementary School
Middle:    Chaloner Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.8 Help
Number of students:  783

Racial breakdown:

White:
58.9%
African American:
27.2%
Hispanic:
7.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  99.6% Help


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Compare Details Roanoke Rapids High School ranks worse than 83% of high schools in North Carolina. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 17.83. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (58.9%), African American (27.2%), Hispanic (7.9%). (See more...)
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Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Roanoke Rapids High School is 16.8. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Roanoke Rapids High School is $9,511.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Roanoke Rapids High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Roanoke Rapids High School 531st of 640 North Carolina public high schools. (See Roanoke Rapids High School in the ranking list.)

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Roanoke Rapids City Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Roanoke Rapids City Schools 153rd of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Roanoke Rapids High School

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Rank History for all students at Roanoke Rapids High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 43.69 285th 431 33.9%
2007 43.59 285th 453 37.1%
2008 51.55 237th 477 50.3%
2009 48.03 273rd 490 44.3%
2010 44.77 321st 499 35.7%
2011 47.82 303rd 506 40.1%
2012 40.13 310th 502 38.2%
2013 27.86 326th 505 35.4%
2014 34.71 242nd 451 46.3%
2015 34.81 299th 531 43.7%
2016 27.34 332nd 507 34.5%
2017 23.52 350th 476 26.5%
2018 25.22 350th 469 25.4%
2019 25.87 373rd 514 27.4%
2021 18.03 490th 594 17.5%
2022 21.32 493rd 621 20.6%
2023 18.12 522nd 626 16.6%
2024 17.83 531st 640 17.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Roanoke Rapids High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 17.40 218th 249 12.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Roanoke Rapids High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 16.37 224th 226 0.9%
2024 61.84 49th 262 81.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Roanoke Rapids High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 30.84 246th 349 29.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Roanoke Rapids High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.56 313th 424 26.2%
2019 26.26 325th 446 27.1%
2021 16.55 395th 432 8.6%
2022 20.24 468th 544 14.0%
2023 15.18 544th 597 8.9%
2024 16.74 546th 613 10.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Roanoke Rapids High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.44 346th 449 22.9%
2019 21.92 379th 475 20.2%
2021 15.64 399th 475 16.0%
2022 25.21 450th 594 24.2%
2023 16.74 509th 588 13.4%
2024 19.23 495th 602 17.8%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Roanoke Rapids High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.52 340th 349 2.6%
2019 32.78 249th 364 31.6%
2022 17.58 318th 330 3.6%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Roanoke Rapids High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.88 2nd 100 98.0%
2019 22.87 293rd 325 9.8%
2021 27.15 274th 337 18.7%
2022 34.72 323rd 398 18.8%
2023 51.96 236th 403 41.4%
2024 41.40 304th 403 24.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Roanoke Rapids High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.12 368th 463 20.5%
2019 26.11 350th 488 28.3%
2021 17.26 401st 481 16.6%
2022 17.79 494th 585 15.6%
2023 17.74 511th 602 15.1%
2024 15.92 528th 607 13.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Roanoke Rapids High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.59 333rd 359 7.2%
2019 20.88 316th 369 14.4%
2021 17.40 339th 364 6.9%
2022 13.36 419th 430 2.6%
2023 13.15 417th 434 3.9%
2024 13.86 425th 437 2.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Roanoke Rapids High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.63 329th 340 3.2%
2019 8.26 351st 354 0.8%
2021 8.85 369th 370 0.3%
2022 24.81 345th 436 20.9%
2023 14.52 421st 449 6.2%
2024 24.19 363rd 454 20.0%
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Rank History for White students at Roanoke Rapids High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.84 374th 427 12.4%
2019 23.74 353rd 444 20.5%
2021 12.07 406th 439 7.5%
2022 19.00 462nd 534 13.5%
2023 16.09 481st 537 10.4%
2024 15.69 490th 553 11.4%
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Data source: test scores: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Roanoke Rapids High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 763 65 7 1 0 n/a n/a -4 832
1989 740 73 8 2 1 n/a n/a 0 824
1990 717 88 9 2 2 n/a n/a 0 818
1991 714 92 10 1 3 n/a n/a -3 817
1992 654 94 11 2 2 n/a n/a 0 763
1993 702 93 18 1 3 n/a n/a 0 817
1994 710 102 16 4 5 n/a n/a 0 837
1995 675 132 12 6 6 n/a n/a 0 831
1996 675 132 12 6 6 n/a n/a 0 831
1997 664 161 8 6 3 n/a n/a 0 842
1998 674 178 16 8 5 n/a n/a 0 881
1999 654 156 17 10 5 n/a n/a 0 842
2000 635 153 12 10 5 n/a n/a 0 815
2001 667 168 18 10 6 n/a n/a 0 869
2002 639 187 20 10 5 n/a n/a 0 861
2003 639 187 20 10 5 n/a n/a 0 861
2004 660 184 13 11 3 n/a n/a 0 871
2005 639 207 17 16 4 n/a n/a 0 883
2006 651 195 13 22 7 n/a n/a 0 888
2007 673 176 11 25 7 n/a n/a 6 898
2008 573 141 10 22 5 n/a n/a 12 763
2009 646 180 7 25 5 n/a n/a 0 863
2010 643 191 11 17 4 n/a n/a 0 866
2011 626 172 14 21 5 1 11 0 850
2012 627 171 10 13 5 0 12 0 838
2013 653 182 16 16 5 1 19 0 892
2014 627 186 16 16 2 2 41 0 890
2015 643 220 14 19 3 3 26 0 928
2016 637 250 17 23 4 1 27 0 959
2017 640 261 16 44 2 1 23 0 987
2018 622 284 17 54 2 1 33 0 1013
2019 566 220 15 47 1 1 26 0 876
2020 511 172 14 44 2 1 29 0 773
2021 455 164 11 50 3 1 18 0 702
2022 463 171 6 55 2 0 25 0 722
2023 461 213 9 62 3 0 35 0 783

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Roanoke Rapids High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 832 60.0 13.8 9
1989 824 60.0 13.7 18.4
1990 818 59.0 13.8 10.9
1991 817 61.0 13.3 10.9
1992 763 62.0 12.3 8.5
1993 817 52.0 15.7 11.9
1994 837 53.0 15.8 14.5
1995 831 57.0 14.6 17.8
1996 831 57.0 14.6 17.8
1997 842 59.0 14.3 16.7
1998 881 66.0 13.3 17.5
1999 842 66.0 12.8 26.6
2000 815 66.0 12.3 26.1
2001 869 70.0 12.4 22.9
2002 861 70.0 12.3 29.5
2003 861 70.0 12.3 29.5
2004 871 70.0 12.4 32.4
2005 883 70.0 12.6 35.1
2006 888 70.0 12.7 30.9
2007 898 56.7 15.8 33.4
2008 763 56.2 13.6 35.2
2009 863 55.7 15.5 34.2
2010 866 55.6 15.5 39.6
2011 850 55.1 15.4 45.4
2012 838 55.0 15.2 47
2013 892 57.1 15.5 45.7
2014 890 53.7 16.5 44.7
2015 928 57.0 16.2 45.6
2016 959 58.0 16.5 46.8
2017 987 57.4 17.1 52.4
2018 1013 57.8 17.5 46.7
2019 876 52.9 16.5 52.4
2020 773 47.7 16.1 45.5
2021 702 48.0 14.6 54.3
2022 722 48.0 15.0 42
2023 783 46.5 16.8 99.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Roanoke Rapids High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 832 60.0 13.8 9
1989 824 60.0 13.7 18.4
1990 818 59.0 13.8 10.9
1991 817 61.0 13.3 10.9
1992 763 62.0 12.3 8.5
1993 817 52.0 15.7 11.9
1994 837 53.0 15.8 14.5
1995 831 57.0 14.6 17.8
1996 831 57.0 14.6 17.8
1997 842 59.0 14.3 16.7
1998 881 66.0 13.3 17.5
1999 842 66.0 12.8 26.6
2000 815 66.0 12.3 26.1
2001 869 70.0 12.4 22.9
2002 861 70.0 12.3 29.5
2003 861 70.0 12.3 29.5
2004 871 70.0 12.4 32.4
2005 883 70.0 12.6 35.1
2006 888 70.0 12.7 30.9
2007 898 56.7 15.8 33.4
2008 763 56.2 13.6 35.2
2009 863 55.7 15.5 34.2
2010 866 55.6 15.5 39.6
2011 850 55.1 15.4 45.4
2012 838 55.0 15.2 47
2013 892 57.1 15.5 45.7
2014 890 53.7 16.5 44.7
2015 928 57.0 16.2 45.6
2016 959 58.0 16.5 46.8
2017 987 57.4 17.1 52.4
2018 1013 57.8 17.5 46.7
2019 876 52.9 16.5 52.4
2020 773 47.7 16.1 45.5
2021 702 48.0 14.6 54.3
2022 722 48.0 15.0 42
2023 783 46.5 16.8 99.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Roanoke Rapids High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $641 (6.7%) $8,870 (93.3%) $9,511

Data source: North Carolina Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Roanoke Rapids High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 373rd of 514 High schoolsRanks 522nd of 626 High schools
 10.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Biology (Roanoke Rapids High School)49.841.1
 8.7%
   End of Course Biology (Roanoke Rapids City Schools)49.846.8
 3%
   End of Course Biology (North Carolina)59.654.1
 5.5%
End of Course English II (Roanoke Rapids High School)40.742.4
 1.7%
   End of Course English II (Roanoke Rapids City Schools)4348.2
 5.2%
   End of Course English II (North Carolina)59.758.5
 1.2%
End of Course Math I (Roanoke Rapids High School)34.715
 19.7%
   End of Course Math I (Roanoke Rapids City Schools)38.619.5
 19.1%
   End of Course Math I (North Carolina)41.235.9
 5.3%
End of Course Math III (Roanoke Rapids High School)25.221.9
 3.3%
   End of Course Math III (Roanoke Rapids City Schools)2728.2
 1.2%
   End of Course Math III (North Carolina)46.858.3
 11.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students876783
 10.6%
African American220213
 3.2%
American Indian13
 200%
Asian159
 40%
Hispanic4762
 31.9%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White566461
 18.6%
Two or More Races2635
 34.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients52.4%99.6%
 47.2%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Roanoke Rapids High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 783 students attended Roanoke Rapids High School.

Students at Roanoke Rapids High School are 59% White, 27% African American, 8% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Roanoke Rapids High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Belmont Elementary School
Elementary : Manning Elementary School
Middle : Chaloner Middle School

Roanoke Rapids High School ranks in the bottom 17.0% of North Carolina high schools.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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