Emsley A Laney High
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Wilmington, North Carolina
Emsley A Laney High in Wilmington, North Carolina enrolled 2,243 students in 2024-25 with 110.9 full-time teachers, 20.2 students per teacher against the North Carolina high-school median of 18.4. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 92% (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 rose 1% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 6%
2,220 students in 2022-23, 2,248 students in 2023-24, 2,243 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 118.5 to 110.9.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 2,220 | 118.5 | 18.7 |
| 2023-24 | 2,248 | 112.2 | 20.0 |
| 2024-25 | 2,243 | 110.9 | 20.2 |
20.2 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 63 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).
15 AP courses and one counselor per 303 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Emsley A Laney High enrolled 2,119 students and had 7.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 159 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses15
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)7.0, one per 303 of the 2,119 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions159
- Chronically absent40.0% (2022-23)
Who attends
55.4% of students were White, 18.5% Hispanic, 18.2% Black in 2024-25.
- White55.4%
- Hispanic18.5%
- Black18.2%
- Two or more races5.9%
- Asian1.8%
- American Indian0.2%
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.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
92% of the 547 students in Emsley A Laney 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 | 92% | 88% | 86.5% |
| Students in the class | 547 | 2,192 | 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 Wilmington
8 public high schools in Wilmington report 2024-25 enrollment; Emsley A Laney High is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emsley A Laney High | 2,243 | 20.2 | 94.2% |
| John T Hoggard High | 2,082 | 19.6 | 35.5% |
| Eugene Ashley High | 1,893 | 20.0 | 38.4% |
| New Hanover High | 1,437 | 15.7 | 98.4% |
| Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington | 362 | 10.2 | 98.9% |
| Isaac M Bear Early College High School | 260 | 24.8 | 24.2% |
| Career Readiness Academy at Mosley PLC | 150 | 10.3 | 98.0% |
| J. C. Roe Center | 14 | 1.2 | 78.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Emsley A Laney High
- Wilmington Early College HighThe nearest public high school, 1.7 miles away: 270 students, 20.7 per teacher (2024-25).1.7 mi
- SEA-TechThe next nearest public high school, 2.3 miles away: 227 students, 13.7 per teacher (2024-25).2.3 mi
- Compare Emsley A Laney High with Wilmington Early College HighStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much New Hanover County Schools spends per student$13,808 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$13,808
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaEmsley A Laney High is the number 17 by size of 601 North Carolina high schools open in 2024-25.#17 of 601
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher20.2 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 18.4 for high schools.20.2:1
- 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 Emsley A Laney High
How many students attend Emsley A Laney High?
2,243 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 2,220 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Wilmington, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at Emsley A Laney High?
20.2 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 Emsley A Laney High a Title I school?
Emsley A Laney High was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).What is the graduation rate at Emsley A Laney High?
92% of the 547 students in Emsley A Laney 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 Emsley A Laney High in?
New Hanover County Schools, NCES district ID 3703330. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370333001373 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 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.