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Wilkes Central 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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1179 Moravian Falls Rd
Wilkesboro, NC 28697
Phone
(336) 667-5277
District
Wilkes County Schools
County
WILKES COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
752
Classroom Teachers
50

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

4

(10 is best)

Better than 37.0% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Wilkes Central High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
39%
47%
44%
58%
33%
36%
39%
47%
44%
58%
33%
36%
    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
15
15
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 207 27.5%
Grade 10 197 26.2%
Grade 11 182 24.2%
Grade 12 166 22.1%
Total 752 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 59.6% 77.9% 46.6%
Black 11.5% 3.7% 26.2%
Hispanic 28.1% 17.9% 21.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 0.4% 4.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.1% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 53.7% 83.3% 59.0%
Free lunch eligible 50.8% 82.4% 56.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.9% 0.9% 2.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 66,125 10,698,973
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 87.7 217
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.9% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.3% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.5% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.0% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 22.3% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 27,249 4,105,232
Single Parent Households With Children 7.6% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 81.5% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 16.4% 33.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.0% 15.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.7% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.6% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.0% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 21.6% 16.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 17.9% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 11.2% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,739 $58,446,000 60.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $700 $6,074,000 6.3%
Staff $464 $4,026,000 4.2%
General Administration $83 $716,000 0.7%
School Administration $663 $5,748,000 5.9%
Operation $837 $7,261,000 7.5%
Transportation $387 $3,355,000 3.5%
Other $343 $2,978,000 3.1%
Total Support $3,477 $30,158,000 31.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $961 $8,339,000 8.6%
Total Expenditures $11,178 $96,943,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,564 $10,129,255,000 56.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $623 $960,884,000 5.4%
Staff $394 $608,502,000 3.4%
General Administration $179 $276,069,000 1.5%
School Administration $651 $1,005,083,000 5.6%
Operation $803 $1,239,070,000 6.9%
Transportation $337 $520,307,000 2.9%
Other $350 $540,157,000 3.0%
Total Support $3,338 $5,150,072,000 28.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,737 $2,680,931,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $11,639 $17,960,258,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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