Photo: Jason W. Smith · CC BY-SA 3.0Fair Bluff’s public schools
Columbus County Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Fair Bluff. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in North Carolina’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Fair Bluff’s schools, in brief
School by school
2 of Fair Bluff’s 9 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Carolina’s 2,529 public schools. Columbus Career and College Academy places highest (better than 70%); Hallsboro-Artesia Elementary lowest (24%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Seven elementary schools serve Fair Bluff, graded from C− to C+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then four high schools: South Columbus High, East Columbus Junior-Senior High, West Columbus High and Columbus Career and College Academy. 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Fair Bluff, with each school’s own grade.
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Columbus County Schools.
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
Fair Bluff vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the North Carolina towns that share Fair Bluff’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Fair Bluff | — | Columbus County Schools |
Every school in Fair Bluff
11 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 Fair Bluff’s schools
Are Fair Bluff’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Fair Bluff. Columbus County Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Fair Bluff. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 9 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Carolina’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Fair Bluff in?
Columbus County Schools.
Where do Fair Bluff kids go to high school?
One of four high schools, depending on your address: South Columbus High, East Columbus Junior-Senior High, West Columbus High and Columbus Career and College Academy.
Parents talk
What Fair Bluff families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Fair Bluff → 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). Stars are from neighbors.