Deaf and Blind Schools operates 3 public schools serving 146 students, placing it among the smaller districts in North Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 other schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 137 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2022-23 release, and the district is geographically located in Wake County County.
a 48:1 student-counselor ratio that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 60.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 34.3% White, 28.6% African American, 22.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Nc School for the Deaf accounts for 44.5% of all Deaf and Blind Schools student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means Deaf and Blind Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: other. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Deaf and Blind Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 93.7% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Deaf and Blind Schools student-counselor ratio is 48:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment — districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Deaf and Blind Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 60.3% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason — illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.