Lucy Ragsdale High
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Jamestown, North Carolina
Lucy Ragsdale High in Jamestown, North Carolina enrolled 1,292 students in 2024-25 with 80.9 full-time teachers, 16.0 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). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 90% (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 4% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers held steady
1,346 students in 2022-23, 1,336 students in 2023-24, 1,292 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 81.2 to 80.9.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,346 | 81.2 | 16.6 |
| 2023-24 | 1,336 | 77.9 | 17.2 |
| 2024-25 | 1,292 | 80.9 | 16.0 |
16.0 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 73 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).
18 AP courses and one counselor per 265 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Lucy Ragsdale High enrolled 1,324 students and had 5.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 83 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses18
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)5.0, one per 265 of the 1,324 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions83
- Chronically absent30.7% (2022-23)
Who attends
44.1% of students were Black, 22.8% White, 18.5% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- Black44.1%
- White22.8%
- Hispanic18.5%
- Asian9.8%
- Two or more races4.3%
- American Indian0.4%
- Pacific Islander0.2%
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
90% of the 336 students in Lucy Ragsdale 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 | 90% | 91% | 86.5% |
| Students in the class | 336 | 5,765 | 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 Jamestown
3 public high schools in Jamestown report 2024-25 enrollment; Lucy Ragsdale High is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy Ragsdale High | 1,292 | 16.0 | 99.8% |
| GTCC Middle College High | 255 | 16.3 | 98.8% |
| C Joyner Greene Education Center | 67 | 4.9 | 95.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Lucy Ragsdale High
- C Joyner Greene Education CenterThe nearest public high school, under 0.1 miles away: 67 students, 4.9 per teacher (2024-25).under 0.1 mi
- GTCC Middle College HighThe next nearest public high school, 0.3 miles away: 255 students, 16.3 per teacher (2024-25).0.3 mi
- Compare Lucy Ragsdale High with C Joyner Greene Education CenterStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Guilford County Schools spends per student$12,897 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,897
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaLucy Ragsdale High is the number 118 by size of 601 North Carolina high schools open in 2024-25.#118 of 601
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher16.0 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 18.4 for high schools.16.0:1
- 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 Lucy Ragsdale High
How many students attend Lucy Ragsdale High?
1,292 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,346 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Jamestown, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at Lucy Ragsdale High?
16.0 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 Lucy Ragsdale High a Title I school?
Lucy Ragsdale High ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What is the graduation rate at Lucy Ragsdale High?
90% of the 336 students in Lucy Ragsdale 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 Lucy Ragsdale High in?
Guilford County Schools, NCES district ID 3701920. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370192000830 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.