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Weldon City Schools

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 3 towns

Serves Roanoke Rapids, Weldon and Halifax.

Roanoke Rapids’ School Grade C better than 27% of North Carolina school districts

Students
664
Schools
4
Spent per student
$21,407
NC $13,045
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
98%
The gist

What stands out about Weldon City Schools

  • Its letter, D: results better than 10% of North Carolina districts
  • Math proficiency 36 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 21 pts below the state
  • Graduation rate 10 pts below the state
  • Spends 64% more per student than the NC average
  • 14 students per teacher
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

D: better than 10% of the 325 North Carolina school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
D
GraduationFour-year graduation well below the state, class of 2023
D
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
CRoanoke Rapids 14,386DWeldon 1,374Halifax 157

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Roanoke Rapids. Grade by grade →

PK–52 elementary schoolsRoanoke Rapids City Schools
6–8Chaloner Middle SchoolRoanoke Rapids City Schools
9–122 high schoolsRoanoke Rapids City Schools

Test scores vs. NC

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency15%
State average 50.8% · 293 students tested
Reading / language arts29%
State average 49.9% · 338 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)75–79%
State average 86.5% · 74 in the class

96% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$21,407 per student · 64% above NC
Spending
Classroom instruction 49%Support & administration 46%Other 5%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 20%State 49%Federal 31%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
693’20
709’21
659’22
706’23
664’24

Down 4.2% since 2020–21.

Students
Black 94%Two or more races 2%White 2%Hispanic 2%

Schools in the district

4 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with North Carolina’s other public schools.

Weldon Elementary Global Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Weldon
D−
272 students17:1
Weldon Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Halifax
D−
133 students13:1
Weldon STEM High School Career Academies
High · Grades 9–12 · Halifax
D−
145 students12:1
Roanoke Valley Early College
High · Grades 9–13 · Weldon
B+
114 students

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within North Carolina.