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Stanly County Schools

Stanly County, North Carolina · Grades PK-13

Address
723 Aquadale Rd, Albemarle, NC 28001
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NCES agency ID
3704320
State LEA ID
NC-840
23
Schools
8,635
Students
571
Teachers (FTE)
15.3:1
Student–teacher ratio
3
Low-performing schools
30.7%
EL making progress

Enrollment and school counts are the state’s 2024-2025figures where reported, otherwise the federal NCES directory.

School calendar

Term dates, holidays, breaks and teacher workdays for Stanly County Schools, as the district publishes them — with printable PDFs and calendar files you can subscribe to.

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NC School Report Card

2024-2025

Official accountability results published by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. School Performance Grades combine achievement (80%) with academic growth (20%).

Schools by type

School typeSchoolsAverage students
Elementary10381
High7360
Middle4473
K-12160
K-81349
All schools23--

School performance grades

GradeSchoolsShare
A29.1%
B731.8%
C940.9%
D14.5%
F313.6%
All graded schools22100.0%

School growth status

GrowthSchoolsShare
Exceeded942.9%
Met523.8%
Not Met733.3%

Student performance by subject

SubjectGrade-level proficientCareer & college ready
NC Math 367.5%39.9%
Science (grades 5 & 8)60.6%39.2%
Mathematics (grades 3–8)58.7%37.5%
English II57.1%30.2%
Reading (grades 3–8)53.4%30%
Biology44.8%29.7%
NC Math 134.8%12.3%

Grade-level proficient is achievement levels 3–5; career and college ready is the higher bar of levels 4–5.

Outcomes

MeasureResult
4-year cohort graduation rate86.6%
ACT WorkKeys credential earned58.7%
Students completing Math III94.3%
Passed end-of-grade assessments44.8%
Students promoted to the next grade82.5%
Students retained in grade17.5%
English learners making progress (of 387)30.7%
Schools identified as low-performing3 of 21
First page of the Stanly County Schools report card PDF

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The Stanly County Schools report card as a two-page interactive PDF — bookmarked sections, donut and bar charts, and the NC DPI and NCES sources cited with working links.

Student Demographics

White 62.82%Black 14.94%Hispanic 11.92%Two+ Races 7.09%Asian 2.93%Native Am. 0.24%Pacific Isl. 0.07%
White: 62.82% (5,492) Black: 14.94% (1,306) Hispanic: 11.92% (1,042) Two+ Races: 7.09% (620) Asian: 2.93% (256) Native Am.: 0.24% (21) Pacific Isl.: 0.07% (6)
White62.82%
Black14.94%
Hispanic11.92%
Two+ Races7.09%
Asian2.93%
Native Am.0.24%
Pacific Isl.0.07%

Gender Distribution

Total Students: 8,743
48.4%4,232 Female
51.6%4,511 Male

Student counts for Stanly County Schools, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 8,743 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.

Students

Regular attendance 79.63%Chronically absent 20.37%
Regular attendance: 79.63% (7,110) Chronically absent: 20.37% (1,819)
Regular attendance79.63%
Chronically absent20.37%

Student Population

Students Counted: 8,929
3.97%347 English learners

Student indicators for Stanly County Schools, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 8,929 students DPI counted, added up from the district’s own schools. A student is chronically absent after missing 10% or more of the days enrolled; the other measures overlap it and each other.

Teachers

Experienced 80.87%Beginning 19.13%
Experienced: 80.87% (418) Beginning: 19.13% (99)
Experienced80.87%
Beginning19.13%

Licensing & Certification

Total Teachers: 517 FTE
95.15%Fully licensed
4.85%Emergency or provisional
8.07%42 teachers certified

Teacher figures for Stanly County Schools, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Counts are full-time equivalents, not headcount, added up from the district’s own schools. Licensing and certification percentages are each out of 517 FTE.

Stanly County Schools boundary map

23 campuses

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District boundaryNeighbouring districtElementaryMiddleHighOther

Click any campus for its details. District boundary from the Census school district geography published by NCES; campus locations from the NCES Common Core of Data.

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Put any two Stanly County Schools schools side by side — grades, growth, proficiency, attendance and staffing. You can also compare against a school in another district from the full comparison page.

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Schools in Stanly County Schools

23 schools

Directory figures are from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), U.S. Department of Education for 2024-2025.Methodology →