Northeastern High

Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Elizabeth City, North Carolina

Northeastern High in Elizabeth City, North Carolina enrolled 658 students in 2024-25 with 40.4 full-time teachers, 16.3 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 70-74% (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 6%

701 students in 2022-23, 666 students in 2023-24, 658 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 42.9 to 40.4.

Students enrolled at Northeastern High by school year2022-23: 701, 2023-24: 666, 2024-25: 65802004006008002022-237012023-246662024-25658
Students enrolled at Northeastern High by school year2022-23: 701, 2023-24: 666, 2024-25: 65802004006008002022-237012023-246662024-25658
Students enrolled at Northeastern High by school year2022-23: 701, 2023-24: 666, 2024-25: 65802004006008002022-237012023-246662024-25658
Students enrolled at Northeastern High by school year2022-23: 701, 2023-24: 666, 2024-25: 65802004006008002022-237012023-246662024-25658
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2370142.916.4
2023-2466642.115.8
2024-2565840.416.3

16.3 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 70 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.

Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; Northeastern High 16.3; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherNortheastern High 16.3state median 18.4U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; Northeastern High 16.3; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherNortheastern High 16.3state median 18.4U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; Northeastern High 16.3; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherNortheastern High 16.3state median 18.4U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; Northeastern High 16.3; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherNortheastern High 16.3state median 18.4U.S. 14.5

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 336 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Northeastern High enrolled 672 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 97 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement courses4
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 336 of the 672 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions97
  • Chronically absent34.8% (2022-23)

Who attends

58.7% of students were Black, 23.1% White, 11.7% Hispanic in 2024-25.

  1. Black58.7%
  2. White23.1%
  3. Hispanic11.7%
  4. Two or more races5.8%
  5. Asian0.5%
  6. Pacific Islander0.3%

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

70-74% of the 184 students in Northeastern 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.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This schoolIts districtNorth Carolina
Four-year graduation rate70‑74%76%86.5%
Students in the class184382120,822

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 Elizabeth City

5 public high schools in Elizabeth City report 2024-25 enrollment; Northeastern High is number 2 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Northeast Academy of Aerospace & AdvTech76017.830.1%
Northeastern High65816.399.5%
Pasquotank County High65319.599.5%
Elizabeth City Pasquotank Early College11528.897.4%
H L Trigg Community3511.791.4%

All public schools in Elizabeth City →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Northeastern High

  1. Northeast Academy of Aerospace & AdvTechThe nearest public high school, 0.8 miles away: 760 students, 17.8 per teacher (2024-25).0.8 mi
  2. H L Trigg CommunityThe next nearest public high school, 2.4 miles away: 35 students, 11.7 per teacher (2024-25).2.4 mi
  3. Compare Northeastern High with Northeast Academy of Aerospace & AdvTechStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools spends per student$13,931 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$13,931
  5. The largest public schools in North CarolinaNortheastern High is the number 292 by size of 601 North Carolina high schools open in 2024-25.#292 of 601
  6. North Carolina schools by students per teacher16.3 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 18.4 for high schools.16.3:1
  7. 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 Northeastern High

  1. How many students attend Northeastern High?
    658 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 701 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Elizabeth City, NC.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Northeastern High?
    16.3 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.
  3. Is Northeastern High a Title I school?
    Northeastern High ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. What is the graduation rate at Northeastern High?
    70-74% of the 184 students in Northeastern 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.
  5. What district is Northeastern High in?
    Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools, NCES district ID 3703540. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370354001456 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.

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