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Albemarle High

Public Grades 9-12

571^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 641 North Carolina High Schools

Better than 11% of North Carolina high schools

Summary

Albemarle High is a public high school in Albemarle, North Carolina, serving 444 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Stanly County Schools district, which is ranked 92 out of 242 districts in the state.

Albemarle High consistently ranks in the bottom half of North Carolina high schools, with low proficiency rates on End-of-Course (EOC) exams, particularly in Math and Science. For example, in 2024-2025, only 12.2% of students were proficient in Biology, compared to 48.3% statewide and 44.4% in the Stanly County district. The school's four-year graduation rate, while relatively stable, lags behind the state and district averages. Nearby schools in the Stanly County district, such as West Stanly High, South Stanly High, and North Stanly High, generally outperform Albemarle High on academic measures.

Albemarle High has a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with 95.5% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024. The school's per-student spending of $10,302 in 2018-2019 is higher than some nearby schools, but it is unclear how these resources are being utilized to support student learning. The school's student-teacher ratio of 18.7 in 2023-2024 is also higher than the nearby schools, which may be a factor in the academic underperformance. Overall, Albemarle High appears to be a struggling school that needs to implement targeted interventions and support systems to improve student outcomes.

414

Students ?

13.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,302

Per pupil spending ?

99%

Free/discounted lunch ?

311 Park Ridge Road
Albemarle, NC 28001-2818

(704) 961-4200

District: Stanly County Schools

Feeder schools for Albemarle High:

Elementary:	Central Elementary
	East Albemarle Elementary
Middle:	Albemarle Middle

Racial breakdown:

African American:

52.7%

White:

20.8%

Hispanic:

15.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 21st percentile in 2015 → 11th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the North Carolina average (28% vs 53% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (11th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 10 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school28%

District avg52%

North Carolina avg53%

571^st of 641

North Carolina public high schools ?

Bottom 11%▼ down 10 pts since 2015

From bottom 21% (2015) to bottom 11% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 5High Schools in the Stanly County Schools

92^nd of 242Stanly County Schools among North Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	14.0	571 of 641	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.8	561 of 640	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.3	556 of 626	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	9.4	580 of 621	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.4	562 of 594	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.4	420 of 514	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.1	355 of 469	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	10.2	420 of 476	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	15.7	410 of 507	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	17.7	418 of 531	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	12.8	391 of 451	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	21.7	370 of 505	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	22.9	410 of 502	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	28.9	412 of 506	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	30.5	403 of 499	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	43.9	305 of 490	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2008	44.0	295 of 477	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2007	32.3	338 of 453	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	51.0	222 of 431	48.5%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	16.3	405 of 440	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.3	395 of 437	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.8	378 of 434	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.2	403 of 430	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.6	357 of 364	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	26.5	286 of 369	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.4	326 of 359	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	33.0	205 of 330	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.4	230 of 364	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	76.1	47 of 349	86.5%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	18.7	253 of 273	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	14.0	545 of 610	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.4	546 of 602	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.2	531 of 588	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.4	524 of 594	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	9.0	450 of 475	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.1	407 of 475	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.3	338 of 449	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2023	5.0	391 of 403	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	32.0	316 of 462	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.0	321 of 454	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.3	438 of 449	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.3	433 of 436	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.9	362 of 370	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	44.0	149 of 354	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	59.7	83 of 340	75.6%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	17.1	546 of 606	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.2	533 of 613	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.0	506 of 597	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.1	490 of 544	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.6	425 of 432	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	22.8	350 of 446	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.4	281 of 424	33.7%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	13.3	548 of 601	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.7	541 of 607	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.7	553 of 602	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.0	573 of 585	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.5	455 of 481	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.5	408 of 488	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.0	379 of 463	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2024	43.4	148 of 261	43.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	7.2	242 of 249	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	19.5	173 of 195	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	26.2	282 of 352	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.3	346 of 349	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	22.7	451 of 542	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	8.2	527 of 553	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.4	484 of 537	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	8.2	510 of 534	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	19.1	362 of 439	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.5	415 of 444	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	20.1	371 of 427	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Multi-racial (2024)43rd percentile+31 vs school

Disabled (2022)38th percentile+31 vs school

Hispanic (2025)32nd percentile+21 vs school

Special Education (2025)20th percentile+9 vs school

White (2025)17th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)11th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)10th percentile~ school

Male (2025)9th percentile~ school

African American (2025)8th percentile-3 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)7th percentile-4 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2023)3rd percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Math III52%-14 vs state

English II36%-23 vs state

Math I15%-20 vs state

Biology12%-36 vs state

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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)	EOG Mathematics (2025)			EOG Reading (2025)			EOG Science (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	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Albemarle High	Public	9-12	311 Park Ridge Road	Albemarle	28001	Stanly County	Stanly County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 961-4200	414	30	13.5	99.0%	86 (20.8%)	218 (52.7%)	65 (15.7%)	6 (1.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (8.7%)	14	571^st of 641 public high schools	10.9%		13.8	561^st of 640 public high schools	12.3%	10	12.2	36.2	14.8	51.9								$10,302	$1,146	$9,156
Stanly STEM Early College	Public	9-12	311 Park Ridge Road	Albemarle	28001	Stanly County	Stanly County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 961-4900	189	6	31.5	98.4%	87 (46.0%)	24 (12.7%)	35 (18.5%)	29 (15.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (7.4%)	90.3	75^th of 641 public high schools	88.3%		91.3	62^nd of 640 public high schools	90.3%	13		95.3	61.5	100.0
Stanly Academy Learning Center	Public	8-12	1121 Austin St	Albemarle	28001	Stanly County	Stanly County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 961-4500	13	1	14.4	76.9%	6 (46.2%)	6 (46.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (7.7%)								(n/a)												$23,336	$986	$22,350
Stanly Early College High	Public	9-12	141 College Drive	Albemarle	28001	Stanly County	Stanly County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 961-4400	188	8	23.4	98.4%	143 (76.1%)	7 (3.7%)	25 (13.3%)	8 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.7%)	94.7	29^th of 641 public high schools	95.5%		91.7	60^th of 640 public high schools	90.6%	31	89.1	97.7	85.2	97.2								$7,609	$364	$7,245
North Stanly High	Public	9-12	40206 US Hwy 52 N	New London	28127	Stanly County	Stanly County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 961-4600	568	37	15.4	98.2%	412 (72.5%)	67 (11.8%)	38 (6.7%)	16 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (6.0%)	29.7	455^th of 641 public high schools	29.0%		19.5	521^st of 640 public high schools	18.6%	66	52.1	46.1	9.1	54.9								$8,783	$580	$8,203
Gray Stone Day	Public, Charter	6-12	49464 Merner Terrace	Misenheimer	28109	Stanly County	Gray Stone Day School	Yes	No	No	No	(704) 463-0567	728	42	17.3		600 (82.4%)	16 (2.2%)	47 (6.5%)	23 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	41 (5.6%)	78.6	140^th of 641 public high schools	78.2%		76.8	146^th of 640 public high schools	77.2%	6	67.0	92.8	49.0	80.7	90.9	87.0	61.5	79.2	75.9	73.0	82.1
South Stanly High	Public	9-12	40488 S Stanly School Rd	Norwood	28128	Stanly County	Stanly County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 961-4100	442	27	16.2	99.3%	306 (69.2%)	59 (13.3%)	35 (7.9%)	14 (3.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.7%)	33.5	422^nd of 641 public high schools	34.2%		22	501^st of 640 public high schools	21.7%	79	41.2	47.0	24.7	61.9								$9,199	$565	$8,634
West Stanly High	Public	9-12	306 East Red Cross Road	Oakboro	28129	Stanly County	Stanly County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 961-5200	800	45	17.8	99.6%	580 (72.5%)	49 (6.1%)	113 (14.1%)	10 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	44 (5.5%)	68.3	184^th of 641 public high schools	71.3%		46	323^rd of 640 public high schools	49.5%	139	71.9	69.0	53.2	75.3								$8,527	$469	$8,058
Mount Pleasant High	Public	9-12	700 Walker Road	Mount Pleasant	28124	Cabarrus County	Cabarrus County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 260-6690	894	51	17.4	38.4%	689 (77.1%)	51 (5.7%)	114 (12.8%)	11 (1.2%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.0%)	50.1	295^th of 641 public high schools	54.0%		54	274^th of 640 public high schools	57.2%	21	40.9	55.7	44.0	77.7								$9,787	$661	$9,125
Montgomery Learning Academy	Public	6-12	310 S Main	Troy	27371	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 572-1161	54	7	7.7	94.4%	19 (35.2%)	13 (24.1%)	19 (35.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.6%)	4.2	624^th of 641 public high schools	2.7%		1.7	636^th of 640 public high schools	0.6%	12	15.8	5.6										$21,924	$12	$21,912

Frequently Asked Questions about Albemarle High

What district is Albemarle High in?

Stanly County Schools

How many students attend Albemarle High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 414 students attended Albemarle High.

Is Albemarle High a good school?

Albemarle High ranks in the bottom 10.9% of North Carolina high schools.

What is the racial makeup of Albemarle High?

Students at Albemarle High are 53% African American, 21% White, 16% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

What schools feed into Albemarle High?

Albemarle High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Central Elementary
Elementary : East Albemarle Elementary
Middle : Albemarle Middle

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