NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools NC

Best-Resourced Schools in Holly Springs, NC

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9 public K-12 schools in Holly Springs from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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9
Schools
9,024
Students
44.2/100
Avg Resource Index
15.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Holly Springs has more public-school enrollment than 77% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Holly Springs sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Holly Springs's 9 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 13-point gap between Holly Ridge Elementary and Pine Springs Preparatory Academy shows the range hidden by Holly Springs's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 23%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
66th percentile
Teacher staffing
48th percentile

Holly Springs High accounts for 22.4% of all Holly Springs public-school enrollment

That concentration means Holly Springs-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Holly Springs school enrollment varies 3.8× across entities

Holly Springs school enrollment ranges from 534 students (lowest) to 2,018 students (highest), a spread of 1,484 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Holly Springs student-teacher ratio is 15.5:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Holly Springs is typically wider than the Holly Springs-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

2 of Holly Springs's 9 listed schools are charters

22% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Holly Ridge Elementary 51
2. Holly Springs Elementary 48
3. Holly Grove Middle 47
4. Holly Ridge Middle 46
5. Buckhorn Creek Elementary 45
6. Holly Springs High 42
7. Holly Grove Elementary 42
8. Southern Wake Academy 39
9. Pine Springs Preparatory Academy 38

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Holly Springs

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Buckhorn Creek Elementary 68.7/100
  2. 2 Holly Grove Middle 59.2/100
  3. 3 Holly Springs Elementary 58.8/100
  4. 4 Holly Ridge Middle 57.5/100
  5. 5 Holly Grove Elementary 53.5/100

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Which Holly Springs school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Holly Ridge Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Holly Springs schools in this federal-data comparison at 51/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Holly Springs, NC? ▼

Holly Springs has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,024 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.