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Robert L. Patton 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
701 Enola Road
Morganton, NC 28655
Phone
(828) 433-3000
District
Burke County Schools
County
BURKE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
752
Classroom Teachers
40

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

7

(10 is best)

Better than 65.5% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Robert L. Patton High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
63%
47%
67%
58%
59%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
16
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 205 27.3%
Grade 10 194 25.8%
Grade 11 175 23.3%
Grade 12 178 23.7%
Total 752 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 73.6% 67.3% 46.6%
Black 2.2% 4.5% 26.2%
Hispanic 21.1% 21.5% 21.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.8% 6.2% 4.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.5% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 54.8% 70.1% 59.0%
Free lunch eligible 49.1% 64.8% 56.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.7% 5.3% 2.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 87,799 10,698,973
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 173.4 217
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.7% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.6% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.5% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.1% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 21.0% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 35,195 4,105,232
Single Parent Households With Children 7.5% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 84.8% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 19.8% 33.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 7.9% 15.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.2% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.0% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.0% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.3% 16.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.0% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 10.7% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,215 $73,151,000 58.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $733 $8,627,000 6.9%
Staff $395 $4,652,000 3.7%
General Administration $78 $919,000 0.7%
School Administration $559 $6,579,000 5.3%
Operation $1,129 $13,294,000 10.6%
Transportation $245 $2,889,000 2.3%
Other $337 $3,971,000 3.2%
Total Support $3,478 $40,931,000 32.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $929 $10,931,000 8.7%
Total Expenditures $10,621 $125,013,000 100.0%
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%