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Polk County High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
1681 East Nc 108 Hwy
Columbus, NC 28722
Phone
(828) 894-2525
District
Polk County Schools
County
POLK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
593
Classroom Teachers
42

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

7

(10 is best)

Better than 68.3% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Polk County High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
55%
48%
60%
60%
50%
37%
55%
48%
60%
60%
50%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
13
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 162 27.3%
Grade 10 167 28.2%
Grade 11 138 23.3%
Grade 12 126 21.2%
Total 593 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 77.9% 80.2% 45.7%
Black 5.8% 6.0% 26.1%
Hispanic 16.1% 13.1% 22.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.2% 0.5% 4.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 1.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 99.5% 99.0% 68.3%
Free lunch eligible 99.5% 99.0% 67.1%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 1.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 19,689 10,835,491
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 82.8 220
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.6% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 13.4% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 22.6% 32.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.4% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 32.1% 16.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 8,727 4,186,924
Single Parent Households With Children 4.5% 8.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.9% 89.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 32.9% 34.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 13.3% 17.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.8% 16.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.6% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.6% 17.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.2% 16.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.3% 11.4%
$15,000 or less 9.3% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,553 $20,597,000 53.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $785 $1,693,000 4.4%
Staff $451 $973,000 2.5%
General Administration $344 $741,000 1.9%
School Administration $948 $2,044,000 5.3%
Operation $1,167 $2,516,000 6.5%
Transportation $490 $1,057,000 2.7%
Other $360 $777,000 2.0%
Total Support $4,546 $9,801,000 25.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,884 $8,373,000 21.6%
Total Expenditures $17,983 $38,771,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,524 $11,629,189,000 56.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $717 $1,108,296,000 5.4%
Staff $421 $651,371,000 3.2%
General Administration $203 $313,159,000 1.5%
School Administration $717 $1,108,754,000 5.4%
Operation $936 $1,446,950,000 7.0%
Transportation $473 $731,502,000 3.5%
Other $410 $632,972,000 3.1%
Total Support $3,877 $5,993,004,000 29.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,961 $3,031,407,000 14.7%
Total Expenditures $13,363 $20,653,600,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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