Emsley A Laney High

Public 9-12

 2700 N College Rd
       Wilmington, NC  28405-8816


(910) 350-2089

District: New Hanover County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
328th of 626 North Carolina High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,690 Help


Feeder schools for Emsley A Laney High:

Elementary:    Castle Hayne Elementary
    Murrayville Elementary
    Ogden Elementary
    Porters Neck Elementary
Middle:    Emma B Trask Middle
    Holly Shelter Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  18.7 Help
Number of students:  2,220

Racial breakdown:

White:
58.2%
African American:
18.2%
Hispanic:
16.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  41.8% Help


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Compare Details Emsley A Laney High ranks worse than 52.4% of high schools in North Carolina. It also ranks 6th among 9 ranked high schools in the New Hanover County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 44.07. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Emsley A Laney High is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (58.2%), African American (18.2%), Hispanic (16.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 41.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Emsley A Laney High is 18.7. 4 high schools in the New Hanover County Schools District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Emsley A Laney High is $8,690. 6 high schools in the New Hanover County Schools District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Emsley A Laney High:

SchoolDigger ranks Emsley A Laney High 328th of 626 North Carolina public high schools. (See Emsley A Laney High in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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New Hanover County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks New Hanover County Schools 74th of 243 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Emsley A Laney High

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Rank History for all students at Emsley A Laney High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 59.07 156th 431 63.8%
2007 55.44 186th 453 58.9%
2008 53.81 216th 477 54.7%
2009 51.41 243rd 490 50.4%
2010 57.20 215th 499 56.9%
2011 53.79 255th 506 49.6%
2012 55.15 183rd 502 63.5%
2013 48.27 158th 505 68.7%
2014 50.92 151st 451 66.5%
2015 51.94 160th 531 69.9%
2016 54.23 141st 507 72.2%
2017 58.22 141st 476 70.4%
2018 58.46 156th 469 66.7%
2019 59.08 151st 514 70.6%
2021 53.96 250th 594 57.9%
2022 51.10 277th 621 55.4%
2023 44.07 328th 626 47.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Emsley A Laney High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.70 77th 185 58.4%
2019 61.71 66th 195 66.2%
2021 60.41 68th 199 65.8%
2022 41.92 125th 226 44.7%
2023 48.75 120th 249 51.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Emsley A Laney High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.51 18th 147 87.8%
2019 33.68 122nd 173 29.5%
2021 38.96 69th 124 44.4%
2022 66.15 20th 156 87.2%
2023 42.83 100th 226 55.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Emsley A Laney High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.09 223rd 424 47.4%
2019 45.98 164th 446 63.2%
2021 34.66 229th 432 47.0%
2022 32.90 348th 544 36.0%
2023 34.78 369th 597 38.2%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Emsley A Laney High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 61.02 10th 44 77.3%
2021 55.87 3rd 9 66.7%
2022 48.88 13th 34 61.8%
2023 33.22 30th 45 33.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Emsley A Laney High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.86 156th 449 65.3%
2019 57.72 158th 475 66.7%
2021 52.58 175th 475 63.2%
2022 50.24 283rd 594 52.4%
2023 43.15 331st 588 43.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Emsley A Laney High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.31 166th 349 52.4%
2019 53.00 124th 364 65.9%
2021 52.89 108th 334 67.7%
2022 34.38 196th 330 40.6%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Emsley A Laney High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 62.37 118th 325 63.7%
2021 66.25 107th 337 68.2%
2022 68.66 123rd 398 69.1%
2023 74.53 88th 403 78.2%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Emsley A Laney High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 39.82 27th 48 43.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Emsley A Laney High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.37 186th 463 59.8%
2019 56.84 149th 488 69.5%
2021 53.34 158th 481 67.2%
2022 50.47 264th 585 54.9%
2023 43.27 313th 602 48.0%
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Rank History for Asian students at Emsley A Laney High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.60 67th 77 13.0%
2019 56.25 42nd 89 52.8%
2023 47.55 62nd 98 36.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Emsley A Laney High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.54 286th 359 20.3%
2019 32.40 240th 369 35.0%
2021 36.07 189th 364 48.1%
2022 30.84 285th 430 33.7%
2023 29.99 298th 434 31.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Emsley A Laney High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.17 85th 340 75.0%
2019 57.46 80th 354 77.4%
2021 43.17 147th 370 60.3%
2022 39.16 243rd 436 44.3%
2023 35.20 284th 449 36.7%
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Rank History for White students at Emsley A Laney High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.83 127th 427 70.3%
2019 65.22 110th 444 75.2%
2021 57.45 144th 439 67.2%
2022 55.33 233rd 534 56.4%
2023 46.88 281st 537 47.7%
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Data source: test scores: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Emsley A Laney High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 997 423 6 0 3 n/a n/a 7 1436
1989 1332 532 4 3 2 n/a n/a 5 1878
1990 1378 575 4 3 2 n/a n/a -3 1959
1991 1357 579 9 10 2 n/a n/a 0 1957
1992 1320 561 8 9 4 n/a n/a -7 1895
1993 1341 575 8 10 3 n/a n/a 0 1937
1994 1354 526 7 7 2 n/a n/a 0 1896
1995 1387 497 9 14 3 n/a n/a 0 1910
1996 1387 497 9 14 3 n/a n/a 0 1910
1997 1410 508 11 13 6 n/a n/a 0 1948
1998 1462 524 16 16 7 n/a n/a 0 2025
1999 1502 511 19 15 11 n/a n/a 0 2058
2000 1446 539 18 15 14 n/a n/a 0 2032
2001 1434 542 21 16 11 n/a n/a 0 2024
2002 1245 528 9 19 6 n/a n/a 0 1807
2003 1245 528 9 19 6 n/a n/a 0 1807
2004 1221 554 14 29 7 n/a n/a 0 1825
2005 1220 555 15 42 12 n/a n/a 0 1844
2006 1291 574 13 47 13 n/a n/a 0 1938
2007 1190 491 17 55 9 n/a n/a 42 1804
2008 1129 454 17 51 5 n/a n/a 51 1707
2009 1144 553 25 74 4 n/a n/a 0 1800
2010 1164 550 29 86 8 n/a n/a 0 1837
2011 1180 462 31 88 13 2 57 0 1833
2012 1194 473 34 113 13 1 62 0 1890
2013 1263 459 31 130 14 5 75 0 1977
2014 1274 447 31 127 12 4 77 0 1972
2015 1377 499 32 137 16 5 75 0 2141
2016 1443 500 34 185 18 2 70 0 2252
2017 1430 508 51 223 21 4 62 0 2299
2018 1398 512 53 271 17 2 74 0 2327
2019 1303 439 44 288 14 1 85 0 2174
2020 1276 393 37 280 8 2 88 0 2084
2021 1260 390 40 296 6 3 104 0 2099
2022 1273 353 40 320 8 2 118 0 2114
2023 1292 404 34 364 6 3 117 0 2220

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Emsley A Laney High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1436 74.0 19.4 8.1
1989 1878 108.0 17.3 8.8
1990 1959 108.0 18.1 12.7
1991 1957 108.0 18.1 12.7
1992 1895 108.0 17.5 8.7
1993 1937 105.0 18.4 12.2
1994 1896 105.0 18.1 12.3
1995 1910 108.0 17.7 12.5
1996 1910 108.0 17.7 12.5
1997 1948 106.0 18.4 12.7
1998 2025 115.0 17.6 11
1999 2058 117.0 17.6 13.5
2000 2032 117.0 17.4 15.4
2001 2024 117.0 17.3 13.1
2002 1807 106.0 17.0 23.4
2003 1807 106.0 17.0 23.4
2004 1825 106.0 17.2 27.8
2005 1844 106.0 17.4 30
2006 1938 106.0 18.3 26.6
2007 1804 110.7 16.3 27.4
2008 1707 108.3 15.8 29.7
2009 1800 107.3 16.8 28.8
2010 1837 105.2 17.4 30.5
2011 1833 104.1 17.5 34.6
2012 1890 103.7 18.2 36.6
2013 1977 109.9 17.9 36.9
2014 1972 114.9 17.1 36.9
2015 2141 118.0 18.1 43.2
2016 2252 127.0 17.7 35.3
2017 2299 126.9 18.1 37.8
2018 2327 124.9 18.6 34.1
2019 2174 117.5 18.4 48.1
2020 2084 110.5 18.8 30.4
2021 2099 111.4 18.8 24.6
2022 2114 118.5 17.8 21.7
2023 2220 118.5 18.7 41.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Emsley A Laney High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1436 74.0 19.4 8.1
1989 1878 108.0 17.3 8.8
1990 1959 108.0 18.1 12.7
1991 1957 108.0 18.1 12.7
1992 1895 108.0 17.5 8.7
1993 1937 105.0 18.4 12.2
1994 1896 105.0 18.1 12.3
1995 1910 108.0 17.7 12.5
1996 1910 108.0 17.7 12.5
1997 1948 106.0 18.4 12.7
1998 2025 115.0 17.6 11
1999 2058 117.0 17.6 13.5
2000 2032 117.0 17.4 15.4
2001 2024 117.0 17.3 13.1
2002 1807 106.0 17.0 23.4
2003 1807 106.0 17.0 23.4
2004 1825 106.0 17.2 27.8
2005 1844 106.0 17.4 30
2006 1938 106.0 18.3 26.6
2007 1804 110.7 16.3 27.4
2008 1707 108.3 15.8 29.7
2009 1800 107.3 16.8 28.8
2010 1837 105.2 17.4 30.5
2011 1833 104.1 17.5 34.6
2012 1890 103.7 18.2 36.6
2013 1977 109.9 17.9 36.9
2014 1972 114.9 17.1 36.9
2015 2141 118.0 18.1 43.2
2016 2252 127.0 17.7 35.3
2017 2299 126.9 18.1 37.8
2018 2327 124.9 18.6 34.1
2019 2174 117.5 18.4 48.1
2020 2084 110.5 18.8 30.4
2021 2099 111.4 18.8 24.6
2022 2114 118.5 17.8 21.7
2023 2220 118.5 18.7 41.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Emsley A Laney High

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $533 (6.1%) $8,157 (93.9%) $8,690

Data source: North Carolina Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 151st of 514 High schoolsRanks 328th of 626 High schools
 23%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Biology (Emsley A Laney High)63.150.1
 13%
   End of Course Biology (New Hanover County Schools)6754.8
 12.2%
   End of Course Biology (North Carolina)59.654.1
 5.5%
End of Course English II (Emsley A Laney High)64.460.2
 4.2%
   End of Course English II (New Hanover County Schools)64.763.8
 0.9%
   End of Course English II (North Carolina)59.758.5
 1.2%
End of Course Math I (Emsley A Laney High)44.229.5
 14.7%
   End of Course Math I (New Hanover County Schools)42.540.1
 2.4%
   End of Course Math I (North Carolina)41.235.9
 5.3%
End of Course Math III (Emsley A Laney High)60.157.8
 2.3%
   End of Course Math III (New Hanover County Schools)49.165.4
 16.3%
   End of Course Math III (North Carolina)46.858.3
 11.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students21742220
 2.1%
African American439404
 8%
American Indian146
 57.1%
Asian4434
 22.7%
Hispanic288364
 26.4%
Pacific Islander13
 200%
White13031292
 0.8%
Two or More Races85117
 37.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients48.1%41.8%
 6.3%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Emsley A Laney High

Emsley A Laney High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Castle Hayne Elementary
Elementary : Murrayville Elementary
Elementary : Ogden Elementary
Elementary : Porters Neck Elementary
Middle : Emma B Trask Middle
Middle : Holly Shelter Middle

Emsley A Laney High ranks 328th of 626 North Carolina high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 2,220 students attended Emsley A Laney High.

Students at Emsley A Laney High are 58% White, 18% African American, 16% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 2% Asian.


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