20 public K-12 schools in Rocky Mount from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Rocky Mount has more public-school enrollment than 79% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Rocky Mount 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.
Rocky Mount's list includes 6 elementary, 4 middle, and 6 high-school campuses, plus 4 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.
The 57-point gap between Tar River Academy and Winstead Avenue Elementary shows the range hidden by Rocky Mount'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.
Rocky Mount school enrollment ranges from 74 students (lowest) to 1,035 students (highest), a spread of 961 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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
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 Rocky Mount is typically wider than the Rocky Mount-aggregate figure suggests.
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tar River Academy | 75 |
| 2. | Citi High School | 67 |
| 3. | Rocky Mount Preparatory | 46 |
| 4. | Nrm Early College High School | 45 |
| 5. | West Edgecombe Middle | 43 |
| 6. | Nash Central High | 42 |
| 7. | J W Parker Middle | 39 |
| 8. | Englewood Elementary | 37 |
| 9. | Williford Elementary | 37 |
| 10. | G W Bulluck Elementary | 35 |
| 11. | Rocky Mount High | 34 |
| 12. | Northern Nash High | 33 |
| 13. | D S Johnson Elementary | 32 |
| 14. | Benvenue Elementary | 31 |
| 15. | Nash Everywhere Digital Academy (Neda) | 31 |
| 16. | Fairview Elementary | 28 |
| 17. | Rocky Mount Middle | 25 |
| 18. | G R Edwards Middle | 25 |
| 19. | Baskerville Elementary | 21 |
| 20. | Winstead Avenue Elementary | 18 |
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.
Tar River Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Rocky Mount schools in this federal-data comparison at 75/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Rocky Mount has 20 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,430 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.2:1.
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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.
