NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools NC

Best-Resourced Schools in Roanoke Rapids, NC

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

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7
Schools
3,241
Students
31.9/100
Avg Resource Index
18:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Roanoke Rapids has more public-school enrollment than 32% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Roanoke Rapids's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Roanoke Rapids's 7 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.

Economic need crosses separate district systems

99.4% of enrollment in reporting Roanoke Rapids schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 2 districts. That pairing makes a citywide average especially easy to misread: the need measure follows students, but staffing decisions, calendars, program rules, and federal allocations are administered through separate district structures. The 43-point gap between Roanoke Rapids Early College High and Everetts Elementary S.T.E.M. Academy shows how much reported resource capacity can vary inside the same municipal label. Compare schools within the same district first, then use the city view to see how those local systems differ.

City enrollment
Top 68%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
16th percentile
Teacher staffing
25th percentile

Roanoke Rapids High School accounts for 23.9% of all Roanoke Rapids public-school enrollment

That concentration means Roanoke Rapids-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

Roanoke Rapids school enrollment varies 6.5× across entities

Roanoke Rapids school enrollment ranges from 119 students (lowest) to 776 students (highest), a spread of 657 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

Roanoke Rapids reports 99.4% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Roanoke Rapids student-teacher ratio is 18.0:1 — 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 Roanoke Rapids is typically wider than the Roanoke Rapids-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Roanoke Rapids Early College High 56
2. William R Davie Middle S.T.E.M. Academy 40
3. Roanoke Rapids High School 31
4. Belmont Elementary School 30
5. Manning Elementary School 27
6. Chaloner Middle School 26
7. Everetts Elementary S.T.E.M. Academy 13

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Roanoke Rapids

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 Roanoke Rapids Early College High 65.2/100
  2. 2 Manning Elementary School 64.2/100
  3. 3 Chaloner Middle School 64.0/100
  4. 4 Roanoke Rapids High School 63.2/100
  5. 5 Belmont Elementary School 62.2/100

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Which Roanoke Rapids school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Roanoke Rapids Early College High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Roanoke Rapids schools in this federal-data comparison at 56/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Roanoke Rapids, NC? ▼

Roanoke Rapids has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,241 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 18:1.

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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.