High Schools in Person County Schools

Summary:

The Person County Schools district in North Carolina is home to two high schools: Person High and Person Early College Innovation & Leadership. While both schools serve a predominantly low-income student population, the data reveals a significant performance gap between the two institutions.

Person Early College Innovation & Leadership stands out as the district's top-performing high school, with a statewide ranking of 246 out of 641 North Carolina high schools, compared to Person High's ranking of 527. The early college program also boasts higher proficiency rates on End-of-Course (EOC) exams across multiple subjects, as well as a consistently higher four-year graduation rate of 87.7%.

In contrast, Person High lags behind, with lower test scores and a larger student-teacher ratio of 19.5, compared to 25.6 at Person Early College Innovation & Leadership. The funding discrepancy, with Person High spending $10,129 per student and Person Early College Innovation & Leadership spending $6,717 per student, may be a contributing factor to the performance gap. Understanding and addressing these differences could help raise the overall educational outcomes in the Person County Schools district.

District Detail

304 S Morgan St Rm 25
Roxboro, NC 27573-5245

(336) 599-2191

SchoolDigger Rank:
106^th of 242 North Carolina districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-13
Students: 4,361

Primary Schools: 6
Middle Schools: 2
High Schools: 2
Alternative Schools: 1

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOC Biology (2025)	EOC English II (2025)	EOC Math I (2025)	EOC Math III (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOC Biology End of Course	EOC English II End of Course	EOC Math I End of Course	EOC Math III End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Person High	Public	9-12	1010 Ridge Rd	Roxboro	27573	Person County	Person County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 599-8321	1,165	45	25.8	99.7%	517 (44.4%)	398 (34.2%)	183 (15.7%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (5.2%)	19	527^th of 641 public high schools	17.8%		20.4	513^th of 640 public high schools	19.8%	14	21.8	42.7	27.9	41.9	$10,129	$1,162	$8,967
Person Early College Innovation & Leadership	Public	9-12	1715 College Dr	Roxboro	27573	Person County	Person County Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 322-2275	142	2	71.3	97.9%	80 (56.3%)	29 (20.4%)	24 (16.9%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.9%)	57.8	246^th of 641 public high schools	61.6%		64.2	210^th of 640 public high schools	67.2%	36	48.4	74.3	61.1	58.8	$6,717	$267	$6,450

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Roxboro Community School	7.42 mi	1	18^th
Carolina Community Academy	8.35 mi	1
Durham Public Schools	9.2 mi	57	163^rd
Discovery Charter School	11.59 mi	1	61^st
NCDPS Juvenile Education Services	13.07 mi	10

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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