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First Flight High School
B+

First Flight High School

PublicHighGrades 9–12

100 Veterans Drive, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948 · (252) 449-7000 · Part of Dare County Schools

Kill Devil Hills’ School Grade B+ better than 74% of North Carolina school districts

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Photo: Intomybigbrick · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Students
874
Students per teacher
20:1
Free or reduced lunch
27%
Setting
Town
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about First Flight High School

  • Its own letter, B+: better results than 70% of North Carolina’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 20 pts above the state
  • Larger classes: 20 students per teacher

On the path

Where Kill Devil Hills kids come from and go next. The whole path →

6–8First Flight Middle School604 students
9–12First Flight High SchoolYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency62%
State average 41.8%
Reading / language arts47%
State average 47.2%

Its own letter, B+, places these results among North Carolina’s 2,529 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

100 Veterans Drive, Kill Devil Hills

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 9211
Grade 10204
Grade 11234
Grade 12225
Enrollment over time
905’20
962’21
956’22
913’23
874’24

Down 3.4% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 80%Hispanic 13%Two or more races 5%Asian 1%Black <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about First Flight High School from Kill Devil Hills families.

Other schools in Dare County Schools

The district →
Manteo Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Manteo
C
636 students13:1
Kitty Hawk Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Kitty Hawk
A−
487 students14:1
Nags Head Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Nags Head
B
484 students13:1
First Flight Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Kill Devil Hills
B
285 students10:1
Cape Hatteras Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Buxton
C
284 students12:1
First Flight Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Kill Devil Hills
B
604 students13:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against North Carolina’s other public schools; Kill Devil Hills’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.