Summary:
Chocowinity, North Carolina, is served by a single public high school, Southside High, which educates students in grades 9 through 12 and has an enrollment of about 410. The school is part of Beaufort County Schools, a moderately strong 3-star district ranked 95th out of 246 districts in the state (61st percentile). Because Southside is the only high school within the city, no direct local comparison is possible, so the most useful benchmarks are the district and statewide averages.
Southside High has a distinct and uneven academic profile. It is notably "math-strong but science-weak." In Math III, 75% of students are proficient, which is above both the district (67.3%) and the state (68.9%). Math I proficiency sits at 42.2%, essentially even with the state average of 42.1% and above the district's 39.3%. However, Biology proficiency is quite low at 30.9%, a staggering 27.6 percentage points below the state average of 58.5%. English II proficiency is also below the state level (57.8% vs. 64.6%). The school has improved in every tested subject over the past year, with Math I jumping 12.7 points, but its state rank has only inched up to the 35th percentile (427 out of 662), keeping its star rating at 2 stars.
Southside serves an extremely economically disadvantaged population, with 99.27% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch. Chronic absenteeism is a serious challenge, affecting 34.4% of students — about 10 points above the state rate — and is likely connected to the school's graduation rate of 81.2%, which trails the district (88.5%) and state (88.8%) by roughly 7 to 8 points. Despite these obstacles, the recent year-over-year gains in math and English are positive signs. The biggest opportunities for improvement lie in reducing chronic absenteeism and addressing the large Biology proficiency gap, as attendance and science achievement are clear weak points for this otherwise improving school.
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