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Schools in Sharpsburg · Nash-Rocky Mount Schools, Wilson County Schools

Sharpsburg’s public schools score below 73% of North Carolina districts on tests and graduation

In Sharpsburg, 35% of tested students are proficient in math, below the North Carolina average (51%). The grade covers the three public school districts serving Sharpsburg, 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.

K–12Where will my kid go?

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.

Reading proficiency
38%
▼ 12 pts vs NC 50%
2021–22
Math proficiency
35%
▼ 16 pts vs NC 51%
2021–22
Graduate on time
85%
▼ 2 pts vs NC 86%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.3K
▼ 5% vs NC $13.0K
FY2024 · Nash-Rocky Mount Schools
Students per teacher
17.8
NC 16.0 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
29,294 students on the public path
In brief

Sharpsburg’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 326 North Carolina towns with household incomes within a quarter of Sharpsburg’s, its schools beat 18%, lower than their 27% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 38% of tested students were proficient in reading and 35% 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

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools spends $12,339 per student and Wilson County Schools $14,288, against $13,045 across North Carolina (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓

32 elementary schools, then 15 middle and 16 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.

The School Grade

What’s behind Sharpsburg’s grade

C− Test scoresC+ Graduation

C: better than 27% of North Carolina school districts. Both inputs trail the North Carolina average; graduation is the closer of the two to typical.

North Carolina school districts we grade (325)Better than 27%
Lower resultsHigher results
North Carolina towns with similar household incomes (326)Better than 18%
C−CA fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 15,450 test results and a graduating class of 1,242 could put Sharpsburg anywhere from C− to C. The tests are from spring 2022, when 100% of Sharpsburg’s students in the tested grades sat them (15,021 in math, 15,881 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Sharpsburg, with each school’s own grade.

32 schools teach K in Sharpsburg’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D− to A, so check the specific school.
Red Oak Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Red Oak
696 students18:1Rate it →
G R Edwards Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rocky Mount
C−
632 students19:1Rate it →
John W Jones Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wilson
C−
601 students17:1Rate it →
Nashville Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Nashville
C−
593 students20:1Rate it →
Coopers Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Elm City
C+
591 students18:1Rate it →
Bailey Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Bailey
C−
580 students18:1Rate it →
Benvenue Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rocky Mount
D
562 students19:1Rate it →
Winstead Avenue Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rocky Mount
555 students23:1Rate it →
G W Carver Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Pinetops
C+
550 students15:1Rate it →
Martin Millennium Academy
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Tarboro
D
548 students14:1Rate it →
G W Bulluck Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Rocky Mount
D
535 students15:1Rate it →
Rock Ridge Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wilson
A
476 students17:1Rate it →
New Hope Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wilson
A
460 students16:1Rate it →
Vinson-Bynum Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wilson
C
458 students16:1Rate it →
Lucama Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lucama
B+
431 students18:1Rate it →
Margaret Hearne Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wilson
D−
423 students16:1Rate it →
M B Hubbard Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Battleboro
D
412 students18:1Rate it →
Stocks Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Tarboro
D−
389 students16:1Rate it →
Englewood Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rocky Mount
D
383 students17:1Rate it →
Wells Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wilson
C
383 students17:1Rate it →
Spring Hope Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Spring Hope
D
378 students20:1Rate it →
Vick Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wilson
D−
359 students15:1Rate it →
Frederick Douglass Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wilson
C+
339 students15:1Rate it →
Middlesex Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Middlesex
C
333 students15:1Rate it →
Gardners Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Elm City
B
280 students16:1Rate it →
B O Barnes Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wilson
D
274 students12:1Rate it →
Fairview Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Rocky Mount
255 students13:1Rate it →
Coker-Wimberly Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Battleboro
D
236 students17:1Rate it →
Baskerville Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rocky Mount
225 students10:1Rate it →
Princeville Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Tarboro
C−
205 students15:1Rate it →
Stantonsburg Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Stantonsburg
C−
184 students15:1Rate it →
Lee Woodard Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Black Creek
C
173 students17:1Rate it →
The path, start to finish
K–532 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressD− to A
6–815 middle schoolsDepends on your addressD− to B+
9–1216 high schoolsDepends on your addressD to A+

To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

Three districts serve Sharpsburg

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Nash-Rocky Mount SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 23 schools · 13,178 students, up 6% since 2020–21 · 20.3 per teacher (NC 16.0)
$12,339NC $13,045 · FY2024
C−
Wilson County SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 25 schools · 10,451 students, up 7% since 2020–21 · 16.3 per teacher (NC 16.0)
$14,288NC $13,045 · FY2024
C+
Edgecombe County SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 19 schools · 6,310 students · 16.0 per teacher (NC 16.0)
$15,145NC $13,045 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Nash-Rocky Mount Schools33%
State average 49.9% · 7598 students tested
Math · PK–12, Nash-Rocky Mount Schools29%
State average 50.8% · 7194 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Wilson County Schools48%
State average 49.9% · 5396 students tested
Math · PK–12, Wilson County Schools47%
State average 50.8% · 5101 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Edgecombe County Schools30%
State average 49.9% · 2887 students tested
Math · PK–12, Edgecombe County Schools29%
State average 50.8% · 2726 students tested

Sharpsburg vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the North Carolina towns that share Sharpsburg’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
SharpsburgCNash-Rocky Mount Schools PK–12 · Wilson County Schools PK–12 · Edgecombe County Schools PK–12

Every school in Sharpsburg

62 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).

Also serving Sharpsburgin other towns
Red Oak Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Red Oak
696 students18:1Rate it →
John W Jones Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wilson
C−
601 students17:1Rate it →
Coopers Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Elm City
C+
591 students18:1Rate it →
Bailey Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Bailey
C−
580 students18:1Rate it →
G W Carver Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Pinetops
C+
550 students15:1Rate it →
G W Bulluck Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Rocky Mount
D
535 students15:1Rate it →
Lucama Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lucama
B+
431 students18:1Rate it →
Margaret Hearne Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wilson
D−
423 students16:1Rate it →
Stocks Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Tarboro
D−
389 students16:1Rate it →
Wells Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Wilson
C
383 students17:1Rate it →
Spring Hope Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Spring Hope
D
378 students20:1Rate it →
Middlesex Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Middlesex
C
333 students15:1Rate it →
Fairview Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Rocky Mount
255 students13:1Rate it →
Coker-Wimberly Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Battleboro
D
236 students17:1Rate it →
Princeville Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Tarboro
C−
205 students15:1Rate it →
G R Edwards Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rocky Mount
C−
632 students19:1Rate it →
Nashville Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Nashville
C−
593 students20:1Rate it →
Benvenue Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rocky Mount
D
562 students19:1Rate it →
Winstead Avenue Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rocky Mount
555 students23:1Rate it →
Martin Millennium Academy
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Tarboro
D
548 students14:1Rate it →
Rock Ridge Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wilson
A
476 students17:1Rate it →
New Hope Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wilson
A
460 students16:1Rate it →
Vinson-Bynum Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wilson
C
458 students16:1Rate it →
M B Hubbard Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Battleboro
D
412 students18:1Rate it →
Englewood Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rocky Mount
D
383 students17:1Rate it →
Vick Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wilson
D−
359 students15:1Rate it →
Frederick Douglass Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wilson
C+
339 students15:1Rate it →
Gardners Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Elm City
B
280 students16:1Rate it →
B O Barnes Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wilson
D
274 students12:1Rate it →
Baskerville Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rocky Mount
225 students10:1Rate it →
Stantonsburg Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Stantonsburg
C−
184 students15:1Rate it →
Lee Woodard Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Black Creek
C
173 students17:1Rate it →
Red Oak Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Battleboro
C
840 students20:1Rate it →
Southern Nash Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Spring Hope
C−
795 students20:1Rate it →
Rocky Mount Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Rocky Mount
D
692 students20:1Rate it →
Forest Hills Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Wilson
C+
654 students18:1Rate it →
Nash Central Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Nashville
C
531 students18:1Rate it →
Springfield Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lucama
B+
448 students18:1Rate it →
Elm City Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Elm City
B−
399 students16:1Rate it →
Charles H Darden Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Wilson
D
378 students14:1Rate it →
J W Parker Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Rocky Mount
336 students19:1Rate it →
W A Pattillo Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Tarboro
D−
289 students14:1Rate it →
Speight Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Stantonsburg
C−
281 students17:1Rate it →
South Edgecombe Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Pinetops
C−
271 students14:1Rate it →
West Edgecombe Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Rocky Mount
C−
249 students15:1Rate it →
Phillips Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Battleboro
D
118 students12:1Rate it →
James Hunt High
High · Grades 9–12 · Wilson
A−
1,115 students18:1Rate it →
Southern Nash High
High · Grades 9–12 · Bailey
C+
1,048 students24:1Rate it →
Northern Nash High
High · Grades 9–12 · Rocky Mount
C+
1,035 students25:1Rate it →
Fike High
High · Grades 9–12 · Wilson
B−
1,028 students19:1Rate it →
Rocky Mount High
High · Grades 9–12 · Rocky Mount
C
1,023 students24:1Rate it →
SouthWest Edgecombe High
High · Grades 9–12 · Pinetops
C+
798 students22:1Rate it →
Nash Central High
High · Grades 9–12 · Rocky Mount
C
703 students22:1Rate it →
Beddingfield High
High · Grades 9–12 · Wilson
B−
653 students14:1Rate it →
Tarboro High
High · Grades 9–12 · Tarboro
D
496 students19:1Rate it →
NRM Early College High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Rocky Mount
A+
376 students31:1Rate it →
North Edgecombe High
High · Grades 9–12 · Tarboro
D
358 students17:1Rate it →
Wilson Academy of Applied Technology
High · Grades 9–12 · Wilson
A+
280 students19:1Rate it →
Wilson Early College Academy
High · Grades 9–12 · Wilson
A+
268 students20:1Rate it →
Edgecombe Early College High
High · Grades 9–12 · Tarboro
A
171 students22:1Rate it →
CITI High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Rocky Mount
C
87 students16:1Rate it →
EDGE Academy of Health Sciences
Secondary · Grades 9–11 · Rocky Mount
75 students20:1Rate it →

Questions about Sharpsburg’s schools

Are Sharpsburg’s schools good?

On North Carolina’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Sharpsburg children attend score below 73% of North Carolina’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 18%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Sharpsburg in?

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 13,178 students in 23 schools (2024–25).

Where do Sharpsburg kids go to high school?

One of 16 high schools, depending on your address: James Hunt High, Southern Nash High, Northern Nash High, Fike High, Rocky Mount High, SouthWest Edgecombe High, Nash Central High, Beddingfield High, Tarboro High, NRM Early College High School, North Edgecombe High, Wilson Academy of Applied Technology, Wilson Early College Academy, Edgecombe Early College High, CITI High School and EDGE Academy of Health Sciences.

What is Sharpsburg’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 Sharpsburg spend per student?

$12,339 in Nash-Rocky Mount Schools, $14,288 in Wilson County Schools and $15,145 in Edgecombe County Schools (FY2024), against $13,045 across North Carolina. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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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.