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Schools in Whitakers

Whitakers’s public schools

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools and Edgecombe County Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Whitakers. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/33schools above North Carolina’s middle

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

Reading proficiency
33%
2021–22
Math proficiency
29%
2021–22
Graduate on time
85%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.3K
▼ 5% vs NC $13.0K
FY2024 · Nash-Rocky Mount Schools
Students per teacher
18.7
NC 16.0 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
18,949 students on the public path
In brief

Whitakers’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Whitakers’s 33 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Carolina’s 2,529 public schools. NRM Early College High School places highest (better than 97%); W A Pattillo Middle lowest (4%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

19 elementary schools serve Whitakers, graded from D− to C+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then ten middle schools and 11 high schools: Southern Nash High, Northern Nash High, Rocky Mount High, SouthWest Edgecombe High, Nash Central High, Tarboro High, NRM Early College High School, North Edgecombe High, Edgecombe Early College High, CITI High School and EDGE Academy of Health Sciences. 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 Whitakers, with each school’s own grade.

19 schools teach K in Whitakers’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D− to C+, 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Baskerville Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rocky Mount
225 students10:1Rate it →
Princeville Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Tarboro
C−
205 students15:1Rate it →
The path, start to finish
PK–519 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressD− to C+
6–810 middle schoolsDepends on your addressD− to C
9–1211 high schoolsDepends on your addressD to A+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Nash-Rocky Mount Schools.

Two districts serve Whitakers

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−
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, Edgecombe County Schools30%
State average 49.9% · 2887 students tested
Math · PK–12, Edgecombe County Schools29%
State average 50.8% · 2726 students tested

Whitakers vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Whitakers—Nash-Rocky Mount Schools PK–12 · Edgecombe County Schools PK–12

Every school in Whitakers

39 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 Whitakersin other towns
Red Oak Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Red Oak
696 students18:1Rate 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 →
Stocks Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Tarboro
D−
389 students16:1Rate 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 →
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 →
Baskerville Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Rocky Mount
225 students10:1Rate 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 →
Nash Central Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Nashville
C
531 students18:1Rate 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 Whitakers’s schools

Are Whitakers’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Whitakers. Nash-Rocky Mount Schools and Edgecombe County Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Whitakers. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 33 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Carolina’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Whitakers in?

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools and Edgecombe County Schools.

Where do Whitakers kids go to high school?

One of 11 high schools, depending on your address: Southern Nash High, Northern Nash High, Rocky Mount High, SouthWest Edgecombe High, Nash Central High, Tarboro High, NRM Early College High School, North Edgecombe High, Edgecombe Early College High, CITI High School and EDGE Academy of Health Sciences.

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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). Stars are from neighbors.