Dortch House · Photo: Waterman, Thomas T., creator · Public domainDortches’s public schools score below 77% of North Carolina districts on tests and graduation
In Dortches, 29% of tested students are proficient in math, below the North Carolina average (51%). The grade covers the public school district serving Dortches, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within North Carolina, not nationally.
From North Carolina state tests taken in spring 2022, when 100% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Dortches’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 305 North Carolina towns with household incomes within a quarter of Dortches’s, its schools beat 6%, lower than their 23% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Results trail the state
In spring 2022, 33% of tested students were proficient in reading and 29% in math, against 50% and 51% statewide; 100% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓
Graduation
85% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 86% across North Carolina. Districts ↓
Spending and class size
The district spends $12,339 per student, against $13,045 across North Carolina (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓
11 elementary schools, then four middle and six high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. Enrollment is up 6% since 2020–21. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Dortches’s grade
C−: better than 23% of North Carolina school districts. Both inputs trail the North Carolina average; graduation is the closer of the two to typical.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Dortches, with each school’s own grade.
Dortches’s public schools are run by Nash-Rocky Mount Schools, which also serves Bailey, Castalia, Middlesex and Momeyer and others. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Dortches vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the North Carolina towns that share Dortches’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Dortches | C− | Nash-Rocky Mount Schools |
| Rocky Mount | C− | Nash-Rocky Mount Schools PK–12 · Edgecombe County Schools PK–12 |
| Red Oak | C− | Nash-Rocky Mount Schools |
All 2 neighbors share Nash-Rocky Mount Schools with Dortches, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.
Every school in Dortches
21 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with North Carolina’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Dortches’s schools
Are Dortches’s schools good?
On North Carolina’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Dortches children attend score below 77% of North Carolina’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C− Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 6%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Dortches in?
Nash-Rocky Mount Schools, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 13,178 students in 23 schools (2024–25).
Where do Dortches kids go to high school?
One of 6 high schools, depending on your address: Southern Nash High, Northern Nash High, Rocky Mount High, Nash Central High, NRM Early College High School and CITI High School.
What is Dortches’s graduation rate?
85% of the class of 2023 in Nash-Rocky Mount Schools graduated in four years, against 86% across North Carolina.
How much does Dortches spend per student?
$12,339 in Nash-Rocky Mount Schools (FY2024), against $13,045 across North Carolina. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Dortches families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Dortches → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within North Carolina. Stars are from neighbors.