East Columbus Junior-Senior High
Public high school, grades 7 to 12 · Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina
East Columbus Junior-Senior High in Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina enrolled 576 students in 2024-25 with 33.9 full-time teachers, 17.0 students per teacher against the North Carolina high-school median of 18.4. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 19-23% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2021-22 (North Carolina: 50%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 85-89% (North Carolina: 86.5%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 3% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 11%
594 students in 2022-23, 560 students in 2023-24, 576 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 38.1 to 33.9.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 594 | 38.1 | 15.6 |
| 2023-24 | 560 | 38.0 | 14.7 |
| 2024-25 | 576 | 33.9 | 17.0 |
17.0 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 64 of every 100 North Carolina high schools
Among the 588 North Carolina high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 18.4; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
1 AP courses and one counselor per 585 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection East Columbus Junior-Senior High enrolled 585 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 146 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses1
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 585 of the 585 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions146
- Chronically absent49.3% (2022-23)
Who attends
31.9% of students were Black, 26.4% White, 18.4% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- Black31.9%
- White26.4%
- Hispanic18.4%
- American Indian12.3%
- Two or more races10.8%
- Asian0.2%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22
In 2021-22, the students tested at East Columbus Junior-Senior High scored proficient or above: 19-23% in math, against 50% in math across North Carolina. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within North Carolina, not across states. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.
| Subject | This school | Its district | North Carolina |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math | 19‑23% | 41% | 50% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive): ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
85-89% of the 101 students in East Columbus Junior-Senior High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.5% across North Carolina. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | North Carolina | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 85‑89% | 86% | 86.5% |
| Students in the class | 101 | 437 | 120,822 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
High schools in Lake Waccamaw
2 public high schools in Lake Waccamaw report 2024-25 enrollment; East Columbus Junior-Senior High is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Columbus Junior-Senior High | 576 | 17.0 | 99.5% |
| Thomas Academy | 62 | 8.8 | not reported |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about East Columbus Junior-Senior High
- Thomas AcademyThe nearest public high school, 1.7 miles away: 62 students, 8.8 per teacher (2024-25).1.7 mi
- Whiteville HighThe next nearest public high school, 12 miles away: 639 students, 22.1 per teacher (2024-25).12 mi
- Compare East Columbus Junior-Senior High with Thomas AcademyStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Columbus County School District spends per student$14,006 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$14,006
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaEast Columbus Junior-Senior High is the number 320 by size of 601 North Carolina high schools open in 2024-25.#320 of 601
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher17.0 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 18.4 for high schools.17.0:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about East Columbus Junior-Senior High
How many students attend East Columbus Junior-Senior High?
576 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 594 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Lake Waccamaw, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at East Columbus Junior-Senior High?
17.0 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the North Carolina median for high schools is 18.4. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is East Columbus Junior-Senior High a Title I school?
East Columbus Junior-Senior High ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at East Columbus Junior-Senior High do on state tests?
In 2021-22, the students tested at East Columbus Junior-Senior High scored proficient or above: 19-23% in math, against 50% in math across North Carolina. North Carolina's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What is the graduation rate at East Columbus Junior-Senior High?
85-89% of the 101 students in East Columbus Junior-Senior High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.5% across North Carolina. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is East Columbus Junior-Senior High in?
Columbus County School District, NCES district ID 3700960. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370096000145 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.