John A Holmes High
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Edenton, North Carolina
John A Holmes High in Edenton, North Carolina enrolled 554 students in 2024-25 with 36.1 full-time teachers, 15.4 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 80-84% (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 6% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 5%
592 students in 2022-23, 589 students in 2023-24, 554 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 38.2 to 36.1.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 592 | 38.2 | 15.5 |
| 2023-24 | 589 | 33.5 | 17.6 |
| 2024-25 | 554 | 36.1 | 15.4 |
15.4 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 77 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).
4 AP courses and one counselor per 302 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection John A Holmes High enrolled 604 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 82 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses4
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 302 of the 604 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions82
- Chronically absent28.4% (2022-23)
Who attends
44.6% of students were Black, 37.5% White, 10.8% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- Black44.6%
- White37.5%
- Hispanic10.8%
- Two or more races6.3%
- Asian0.5%
- 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
80-84% of the 141 students in John A Holmes 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 | 80‑84% | 80‑84% | 86.5% |
| Students in the class | 141 | 141 | 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.
What to look at next about John A Holmes High
- Perquimans County HighThe nearest public high school, 11 miles away: 556 students, 16.3 per teacher (2024-25).11 mi
- Washington County HighThe next nearest public high school, 15 miles away: 450 students, 13.9 per teacher (2024-25).15 mi
- Compare John A Holmes High with Perquimans County HighStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Edenton-Chowan Schools spends per student$15,037 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$15,037
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaJohn A Holmes High is the number 327 by size of 601 North Carolina high schools open in 2024-25.#327 of 601
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher15.4 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 18.4 for high schools.15.4:1
- 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 John A Holmes High
How many students attend John A Holmes High?
554 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 592 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Edenton, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at John A Holmes High?
15.4 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 John A Holmes High a Title I school?
John A Holmes 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 John A Holmes High?
80-84% of the 141 students in John A Holmes 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 John A Holmes High in?
Edenton-Chowan Schools, NCES district ID 3700840. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370084000330 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.