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Vance County Schools

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At a glance

212^thof 246 North Carolina districts▲ 5

Better than 13% of North Carolina districts

Elementary 10 Middle 2 High 4Grades PK, KG-12

1724 Graham Avenue
Henderson, NC 27536-4295·(252) 492-2127·All North Carolina district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 13.8% of districts

Schools

5,205

Students

Top rankedVance County Early College88^th of 662 North Carolina high schools

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Biggest riser

E O Young Junior Elementary up 302 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

E O Young Junior Elementary 12.8 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

AdVance Academy

SchoolDigger ratings

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Summary:

Vance County Schools is a small, high-poverty North Carolina district serving about 5,200 students in 16 schools — 10 elementary, two middle, and four high — that ranks in the 14th percentile statewide yet holds some of the state's best and worst schools side by side. While nearly every school has 95% or more students economically disadvantaged, results vary enormously. Vance County Early College stands out as the district's top performer: it ranks in the 87th percentile statewide, posts proficiency above 87% in every tested subject, and has just 9.6% chronic absenteeism. STEM Early High also shines, ranking in the 73rd percentile among middle schools with 78.4% 8th-grade science proficiency.

For elementary families, New Hope Elementary is the district's highest-ranked, at the 41st percentile statewide, with E O Young Junior Elementary (40th) and Aycock Elementary (39th) close behind — and all three improved meaningfully over the past year. Aycock's 3rd-grade math proficiency of 67.6% essentially matches the state average, and several elementary schools, including New Hope, Aycock, and Pinkston Street Elementary, post 5th-grade science scores near or above 70%. The bottom of the elementary picture is troubling: Clarke Elementary has ranked in the bottom 1–2% of North Carolina for three straight years, and Dabney Elementary has fallen from the 15th percentile to the 1st percentile in two years.

The secondary school picture is the district's biggest challenge. Vance County High School ranks in the 4th percentile with a staggering 86.9% chronic absenteeism rate and only 9% Math I proficiency — compared with 88.5% of students proficient at Vance County Early College on the same exam. Vance County Middle School sits in the 5th percentile, and AdVance Academy, ranked near the bottom of all North Carolina high schools, graduates just 57.1% of its students. Chronic absenteeism is the clearest warning sign: the lowest-performing schools all have absenteeism above 60%, while the district's best schools have the best attendance. For parents, the takeaway is that school choice within this district matters enormously — poverty is widespread in every building, but it does not dictate results.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOC Biology (2026)	EOC English II (2026)	EOC Math I (2026)	EOC Math III (2026)	EOG Mathematics (2026)						EOG Reading (2026)						EOG Science (2026)		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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Aycock Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	305 Carey Chapel Rd	Henderson	27537	Vance County	Vance County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 492-1516	376	23	16.4	99.2%	91 (24.2%)	134 (35.6%)	127 (33.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.1%)	39.6	912^th of 1492 public elementary schools	38.9%		29.3	1098^th of 1490 public elementary schools	26.3%	186					67.6	55.6	62.1				41.2	38.9	44.8				69.0		$11,127	$1,485	$9,643
Carver Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	987 Carver Sch Rd	Henderson	27537	Vance County	Vance County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 438-6955	134	9	14.5	96.3%	10 (7.5%)	95 (70.9%)	23 (17.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	5 (3.7%)	7	1454^th of 1492 public elementary schools	2.5%		19.2	1293^rd of 1490 public elementary schools	13.2%	161					46.2	40.9	35.7				38.5	13.6	21.4				32.1		$13,076	$1,526	$11,550
Dabney Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	150 Lanning Road	Henderson	27537	Vance County	Vance County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 438-6918	385	23	16.8	97.7%	35 (9.1%)	289 (75.1%)	35 (9.1%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.7%)	4.2	1471^st of 1492 public elementary schools	1.4%		11.6	1400^th of 1490 public elementary schools	6.0%	71					31.4	26.8	27.9				23.5	33.9	23.3				39.5		$10,993	$1,689	$9,304
Vance County Middle School	Public	6-8	293 Warrenton Road	Henderson	27536	Vance County	Vance County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 492-6041	755	48	15.8	99.5%	46 (6.1%)	532 (70.5%)	144 (19.1%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.7%)	6.1	741^st of 778 public middle schools	4.8%		7.9	731^st of 773 public middle schools	5.4%	10								16.5	18.8	26.5				18.1	28.6	30.7		42.9	$10,199	$1,633	$8,566
New Hope Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10199 NC 39 Hwy N	Henderson	27537	Vance County	Vance County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 438-6549	130	8	16.4	95.4%	11 (8.5%)	96 (73.8%)	13 (10.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (6.9%)	42	879^th of 1492 public elementary schools	41.1%		27.3	1124^th of 1490 public elementary schools	24.6%	245					57.1	16.7	72.7				42.9	41.7	72.7				72.7		$13,738	$1,838	$11,900
Pinkston Street Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	855 Adams St	Henderson	27536	Vance County	Vance County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 438-3441	262	18	14.4	98.9%	6 (2.3%)	184 (70.2%)	62 (23.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.8%)	15.3	1359^th of 1492 public elementary schools	8.9%		8.6	1438^th of 1490 public elementary schools	3.5%	79					17.1	41.4	40.7				20.0	24.1	40.7				70.4		$12,037	$2,038	$9,998
E M Rollins Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1600 S Garnett St	Henderson	27536	Vance County	Vance County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 438-2189	322	24	13.3	99.1%	15 (4.7%)	240 (74.5%)	55 (17.1%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.2%)	22.9	1228^th of 1492 public elementary schools	17.7%		28.2	1113^th of 1490 public elementary schools	25.3%	115					28.8	64.7	55.8				27.1	55.9	36.5				50.0		$12,676	$1,569	$11,107
Vance County High School	Public	9-12	925 Garrett Road	Henderson	27537	Vance County	Vance County Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 430-6000	1,064	46	22.9	99.7%	65 (6.1%)	725 (68.1%)	229 (21.5%)	7 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (3.4%)	4	636^th of 662 public high schools	3.9%		6.2	615^th of 641 public high schools	4.1%	21	19.2	21.8	9.0	29.2															$10,959	$1,215	$9,744
L B Yancey Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	311 Hawkins Drive	Henderson	27536	Vance County	Vance County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 438-8336	186	12	15.4	98.4%	6 (3.2%)	105 (56.5%)	63 (33.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.9%)	27.9	1141^st of 1492 public elementary schools	23.5%		23.6	1208^th of 1490 public elementary schools	18.9%	67					76.9	53.3	33.3				46.2	40.0	27.8				27.8		$11,640	$1,658	$9,981
Zeb Vance Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4800 Raleigh Road	Kittrell	27544	Vance County	Vance County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 438-8492	298	17	17.7	99.0%	54 (18.1%)	184 (61.7%)	52 (17.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.7%)	13.7	1379^th of 1492 public elementary schools	7.6%		8.4	1439^th of 1490 public elementary schools	3.4%	60					36.1	39.2	33.3				31.1	49.0	39.4				48.5		$13,318	$1,564	$11,754
AdVance Academy	Public	6-12	219 Charles Street	Henderson	27536	Vance County	Vance County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 438-8407	112	7	15.0	97.3%	6 (5.4%)	93 (83.0%)	10 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.7%)	0.7	660^th of 662 public high schools	0.3%					(n/a)	338.7	13.2	538.3	8.3					536.4	< 5%					540.3	5.0		5.0	$14,199	$413	$13,786
E O Young Junior Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6655 Broad Street	Henderson	27537	Vance County	Vance County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 438-6423	174	14	12.8	93.7%	28 (16.1%)	114 (65.5%)	21 (12.1%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.2%)	40.2	902^nd of 1492 public elementary schools	39.5%		24	1204^th of 1490 public elementary schools	19.2%	302					87.5	60.9	52.9				50.0	41.7	17.6				35.3		$15,350	$1,765	$13,584
Vance County Early College	Public	9-12	200 Community College Rd	Henderson	27536	Vance County	Vance County Schools	No	No	No	No	(252) 738-3580	236	7	35.2	98.7%	25 (10.6%)	125 (53.0%)	75 (31.8%)	7 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	88.9	88^th of 662 public high schools	86.7%		92.6	55^th of 641 public high schools	91.4%	33	88.1	87.3	88.5	97.5															$7,695	$428	$7,267
Clarke Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	309 Mount Carmel Church Road	Henderson	27537	Vance County	Vance County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 438-8415	364	22	16.5	99.2%	26 (7.1%)	250 (68.7%)	68 (18.7%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.7%)	4	1474^th of 1492 public elementary schools	1.2%		5.7	1464^th of 1490 public elementary schools	1.7%	10					24.2	32.1	36.4				21.2	25.0	25.0				40.9		$10,636	$1,265	$9,371
STEM Early High	Public	6-8	219 Charles Street	Henderson	27536	Vance County	Vance County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(252) 738-2260	281	17	16.6	98.9%	44 (15.7%)	134 (47.7%)	87 (31.0%)	7 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (2.8%)	69.6	211^th of 778 public middle schools	72.9%		75.5	164^th of 773 public middle schools	78.8%	47								51.4	68.3	63.8				55.2	73.1	73.2		78.4	$7,944	$592	$7,352
Vance Virtual Village Academy	Public, Virtual	6-12	219 Charles Street	Henderson	27536	Vance County	Vance County Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(252) 506-7172	126	7	17.1	79.4%	19 (15.1%)	80 (63.5%)	12 (9.5%)	3 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (9.5%)	8	614^th of 662 public high schools	7.3%		10.4	597^th of 641 public high schools	6.9%	17	10.0	53.3	6.3	20.8				7.7	19.0	29.4				15.4	52.4	47.1		47.1

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Henderson Collegiate	2.11 mi	1
Vance Charter School	4.2 mi	1
Sledge Institute	7.78 mi	1
Oxford Preparatory School	10.97 mi	1
Warren County Schools	12.41 mi	6	202^nd

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.