NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools NC

Best-Resourced Schools in Weldon, NC

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

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5
Schools
805
Students
50.4/100
Avg Resource Index
19.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Resource breadth with tighter class loads

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Weldon has more public-school enrollment than 1% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Weldon's average Resource Investment Index ranks above most listed cities even though its student-teacher ratio is on the more crowded side of the national city distribution. That is a useful mismatch, not a contradiction: counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance can lift the composite while classroom staffing remains comparatively tight. Families should inspect the component scores on each school profile instead of reading the city index as a shorthand for small classes.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

4 of the 5 listed Weldon schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

Economic need crosses separate district systems

98.1% of enrollment in reporting Weldon schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 3 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 21-point gap between Halifax County Early College High and Weldon Elementary Global 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 99%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
88th percentile
Teacher staffing
18th percentile

Weldon Elementary Global Academy accounts for 33.8% of all Weldon public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Weldon-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. 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

Weldon school enrollment varies 2.4× across entities

Weldon school enrollment ranges from 114 students (lowest) to 272 students (highest), a spread of 158 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

Weldon reports 98.1% 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

Weldon student-teacher ratio is 19.3:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Halifax County Early College High 60
2. Roanoke Valley Early College 60
3. Weldon Stem High School Career Academies 48
4. Northampton Early College 45
5. Weldon Elementary Global Academy 39

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Weldon

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 Northampton Early College 35.3/100
  2. 2 Halifax County Early College High 33.3/100
  3. 3 Roanoke Valley Early College 16.5/100
  4. 4 Weldon Elementary Global Academy 12.6/100
  5. 5 Weldon Stem High School Career Academies 2.8/100

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Which Weldon school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Halifax County Early College High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Weldon schools in this federal-data comparison at 60/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Weldon, NC? ▼

Weldon has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 805 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 19.3:1.

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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.