An equity score of 54/100 ranks Roanoke Rapids City Schools #108 of 297 districts in North Carolina (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,659 per pupil, Roanoke Rapids City Schools ranks #175 of 328 North Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (North Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,765
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$11,659
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Roanoke Rapids City Schools operates 5 public schools serving 2,765 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 2 combined, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Halifax County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,659 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 328 North Carolina districts by per-pupil spending. See how North Carolina compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 17.4% local, 59.7% state, and 22.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 54/100, ranked #108 of 297 in North Carolina against a state average of 45, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (13 AP courses district-wide), a 471.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 37.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.6% White, 30.1% African American, 10.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Roanoke Rapids Early College High, with a diversity index of 65.2/100.
Its largest campus is Roanoke Rapids High School, enrolling 776 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Roanoke Rapids Early College High, at 119 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Roanoke Rapids High School accounts for 28.1% of all Roanoke Rapids City Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Roanoke Rapids City Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates 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.
Roanoke Rapids City Schools school enrollment varies 6.5× across entities
Roanoke Rapids City Schools school enrollment ranges from 119 students (lowest) to 776 students (highest), a spread of 657 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Roanoke Rapids City Schools 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.
Roanoke Rapids City Schools student-counselor ratio is 471:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Roanoke Rapids City Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 37.1% — 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.