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Vance County Schools

Vance County, North Carolina · Grades PK-13

Address
1724 Graham Avenue, Henderson, NC 27536
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NCES agency ID
3704650
State LEA ID
NC-910
16
Schools
4,913
Students
302
Teachers (FTE)
17.2:1
Student–teacher ratio
8
Low-performing schools
25.9%
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 Vance 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
Elementary10237
High2636
Middle2515
6-122124
All schools16--

School performance grades

GradeSchoolsShare
A16.7%
B00.0%
C213.3%
D960.0%
F320.0%
All graded schools15100.0%

School growth status

GrowthSchoolsShare
Exceeded533.3%
Met640.0%
Not Met426.7%

Student performance by subject

SubjectGrade-level proficientCareer & college ready
Science (grades 5 & 8)45.3%22.6%
Mathematics (grades 3–8)35.6%14.4%
Reading (grades 3–8)35.5%14.4%
NC Math 333%18.6%
English II32.8%12.6%
Biology22.4%13%
NC Math 116%5.1%

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 rate78.2%
ACT WorkKeys credential earned27.1%
Students completing Math III90.7%
Passed end-of-grade assessments22.3%
Students promoted to the next grade62.3%
Students retained in grade37.7%
English learners making progress (of 490)25.9%
Schools identified as low-performing8 of 15
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The Vance 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

Black 64.94%Hispanic 20.67%White 9.36%Two+ Races 4.07%Asian 0.83%Native Am. 0.08%Pacific Isl. 0.06%
Black: 64.94% (3,380) Hispanic: 20.67% (1,076) White: 9.36% (487) Two+ Races: 4.07% (212) Asian: 0.83% (43) Native Am.: 0.08% (4) Pacific Isl.: 0.06% (3)
Black64.94%
Hispanic20.67%
White9.36%
Two+ Races4.07%
Asian0.83%
Native Am.0.08%
Pacific Isl.0.06%

Gender Distribution

Total Students: 5,205
48.45%2,522 Female
51.55%2,683 Male

Student counts for Vance County Schools, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 5,205 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.

Students

Regular attendance 48.72%Chronically absent 51.28%
Regular attendance: 48.72% (2,561) Chronically absent: 51.28% (2,696)
Regular attendance48.72%
Chronically absent51.28%

Student Population

Students Counted: 5,257
9.05%471 English learners

Student indicators for Vance County Schools, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 5,257 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 66.55%Beginning 33.45%
Experienced: 66.55% (201) Beginning: 33.45% (101)
Experienced66.55%
Beginning33.45%

Licensing & Certification

Total Teachers: 302.6 FTE
90.4%Fully licensed
9.6%Emergency or provisional
0.99%3 teachers certified

Teacher figures for Vance 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 302.6 FTE.

Vance County Schools boundary map

16 campuses

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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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Schools in Vance County Schools

16 schools

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