Farmville Central High

Summary:

Farmville Central High is a public high school in Farmville, North Carolina, serving 789 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Pitt County Schools district, which is ranked 137 out of 242 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Farmville Central High stands out in several key ways. It has a significantly higher percentage of African American students (57.03%) compared to nearby schools, which range from 19.2% to 49.13% African American. The school's test scores are generally lower than the Pitt County Schools and North Carolina state averages across all subject areas, with proficiency rates ranging from 39.8% to 59.4% in 2023-2024, while the district and state averages were higher. Farmville Central High has consistently ranked in the bottom half of North Carolina high schools, with a 1 or 2-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating it is performing below average. Additionally, the school has an extremely high percentage of students (over 99%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, significantly higher than the nearby schools, which range from 34.12% to 99.63%.

While Farmville Central High faces significant challenges, the data suggests there may be opportunities for improvement. Nearby schools, such as D.H. Conley High and Innovation Early College High, have significantly higher test scores, rankings, and student outcomes, indicating that Farmville Central High may benefit from learning from their practices and strategies. By addressing the underlying issues related to equity, access to resources, and the quality of instruction, Farmville Central High may be able to improve student outcomes and provide a more equitable and high-quality educational experience for all its students.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 3308 E Wilson Street
       Farmville, NC  27828


(252) 753-5138

District: Pitt County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
443rd of 640 North Carolina High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,488 Help


Feeder schools for Farmville Central High:

Elementary:    Falkland Elementary
    H B Sugg Elementary
    Sam D Bundy Elementary
Middle:    Farmville Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  16.8 Help
Number of students:  782

Racial breakdown:

African American:
60.1%
White:
24.0%
Hispanic:
9.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  99.1% Help


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Compare Details Farmville Central High ranks worse than 69.2% of high schools in North Carolina. It also ranks 6th among 8 ranked high schools in the Pitt County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 30.88. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (60.1%), White (24%), Hispanic (9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 99.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Farmville Central High is 16.8, which is the 3rd best among 8 high schools in the Pitt County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Farmville Central High is $9,488, which is the 4th highest among 8 high schools in the Pitt County Schools District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Farmville Central High:

SchoolDigger ranks Farmville Central High 443rd of 640 North Carolina public high schools. (See Farmville Central High in the ranking list.)

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Pitt County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Pitt County Schools 137th of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Farmville Central High

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Rank History for all students at Farmville Central High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 51.37 220th 431 49.0%
2007 39.77 303rd 453 33.1%
2008 31.64 370th 477 22.4%
2009 24.81 403rd 490 17.8%
2010 23.00 429th 499 14.0%
2011 35.72 384th 506 24.1%
2012 47.18 256th 502 49.0%
2013 39.77 234th 505 53.7%
2014 16.68 371st 451 17.7%
2015 24.78 369th 531 30.5%
2016 24.14 358th 507 29.4%
2017 34.16 287th 476 39.7%
2018 29.06 321st 469 31.6%
2019 36.86 300th 514 41.6%
2021 23.51 454th 594 23.6%
2022 36.93 379th 621 39.0%
2023 27.85 453rd 626 27.6%
2024 30.88 443rd 640 30.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Farmville Central High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 38.09 163rd 249 34.5%
2024 18.17 232nd 261 11.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Farmville Central High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 44.58 154th 349 55.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Farmville Central High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.34 338th 424 20.3%
2019 28.23 307th 446 31.2%
2021 21.92 350th 432 19.0%
2022 29.70 378th 544 30.5%
2023 27.19 444th 597 25.6%
2024 32.76 410th 613 33.1%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Farmville Central High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.13 348th 449 22.5%
2019 32.60 324th 475 31.8%
2021 23.62 351st 475 26.1%
2022 34.20 389th 594 34.5%
2023 24.39 456th 588 22.4%
2024 30.59 430th 602 28.6%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina High Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Disabled students at Farmville Central High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.40 259th 349 25.8%
2019 41.40 199th 364 45.3%
2021 27.10 264th 334 21.0%
2022 54.43 99th 330 70.0%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Farmville Central High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.50 20th 100 80.0%
2019 69.30 73rd 325 77.5%
2021 68.63 86th 337 74.5%
2022 50.52 251st 398 36.9%
2023 24.75 361st 403 10.4%
2024 17.30 376th 403 6.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Farmville Central High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.20 324th 463 30.0%
2019 37.52 280th 488 42.6%
2021 22.84 359th 481 25.4%
2022 37.80 350th 585 40.2%
2023 29.37 426th 602 29.2%
2024 29.69 432nd 607 28.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Farmville Central High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.51 201st 359 44.0%
2019 45.17 142nd 369 61.5%
2021 29.11 240th 364 34.1%
2022 44.80 193rd 430 55.1%
2023 32.68 276th 434 36.4%
2024 40.20 232nd 437 46.9%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina High Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Farmville Central High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.50 277th 340 18.5%
2019 21.20 300th 354 15.3%
2021 18.01 329th 370 11.1%
2022 49.91 180th 436 58.7%
2023 41.47 238th 449 47.0%
2024 29.21 327th 454 28.0%
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Rank History for White students at Farmville Central High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.29 210th 427 50.8%
2019 61.21 129th 444 70.9%
2021 48.68 178th 439 59.5%
2022 52.29 254th 534 52.4%
2023 47.45 278th 537 48.2%
2024 51.25 276th 553 50.1%
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Data source: test scores: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction

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by a parent
Friday, May 25, 2012

Open Quote Farmville Central seriously needs to update their pages... My God the staff is not even the same anymore... Take better pride than this in your school!!! Close Quote



Enrollment information for Farmville Central High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 355 421 0 0 0 n/a n/a -49 727
1989 335 382 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 717
1990 357 368 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 727
1991 378 368 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 748
1992 383 355 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 740
1993 335 341 1 2 0 n/a n/a 0 679
1994 319 342 0 5 0 n/a n/a 0 666
1995 331 314 1 6 2 n/a n/a 0 654
1996 331 314 1 6 2 n/a n/a 0 654
1997 349 354 1 8 3 n/a n/a 0 715
1998 337 319 1 13 1 n/a n/a 0 671
1999 325 312 1 6 0 n/a n/a 0 644
2000 333 330 2 6 0 n/a n/a 0 671
2001 325 340 2 10 1 n/a n/a 0 678
2002 363 360 5 14 0 n/a n/a 0 742
2003 363 360 5 14 0 n/a n/a 0 742
2004 351 347 5 15 1 n/a n/a 0 719
2005 365 396 6 16 3 n/a n/a 0 786
2006 362 409 4 20 1 n/a n/a 0 796
2007 329 433 8 23 0 n/a n/a 8 801
2008 321 421 8 32 0 n/a n/a 11 793
2009 317 460 9 39 0 n/a n/a 0 825
2010 305 474 6 42 0 n/a n/a 0 827
2011 314 445 6 44 0 0 12 0 821
2012 290 417 4 34 0 0 15 0 760
2013 281 459 8 42 1 0 16 0 807
2014 254 446 7 45 0 0 17 0 769
2015 247 473 5 46 1 2 12 0 786
2016 228 473 3 43 2 1 11 0 761
2017 225 438 0 58 0 2 9 0 732
2018 237 438 0 60 0 2 14 0 751
2019 240 444 1 69 0 1 18 0 773
2020 236 439 3 75 1 0 29 0 783
2021 236 453 7 68 0 0 32 0 796
2022 228 443 11 75 1 1 34 0 793
2023 212 450 13 74 1 1 38 0 789
2024 188 470 7 70 3 1 43 0 782

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Farmville Central High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 727 45.0 16.1 30.8
1989 717 45.0 15.9 34.9
1990 727 45.0 16.1 27.8
1991 748 45.0 16.6 27
1992 740 55.0 13.4 19.3
1993 679 45.0 15.1 25.9
1994 666 42.0 15.9 27.3
1995 654 44.0 14.9 24.9
1996 654 44.0 14.9 24.9
1997 715 47.0 15.2 23.4
1998 671 51.0 13.2 27.1
1999 644 51.0 12.6 30.7
2000 671 47.0 14.3 27.3
2001 678 49.0 13.8 28.5
2002 742 55.0 13.5 32.1
2003 742 55.0 13.5 32.1
2004 719 52.0 13.8 38.2
2005 786 66.0 11.9 33.7
2006 796 61.0 13.0 37.2
2007 801 57.6 13.9 41.1
2008 793 61.3 12.9 40.7
2009 825 59.5 13.9 0.2
2010 827 58.0 14.2 46.6
2011 821 57.7 14.2 50.7
2012 760 53.1 14.2 55.7
2013 807 50.0 16.1 58.5
2014 769 48.9 15.7 60.1
2015 786 50.0 15.7 59.2
2016 761 49.0 15.5 61.2
2017 732 47.0 15.5 64.1
2018 751 43.7 17.1 98.8
2019 773 44.3 17.4 99.6
2020 783 45.4 17.2 99.5
2021 796 46.5 17.1 99.5
2022 793 46.5 17.0 99.6
2023 789 45.9 17.1 99.4
2024 782 46.4 16.8 99.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Farmville Central High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 727 45.0 16.1 30.8
1989 717 45.0 15.9 34.9
1990 727 45.0 16.1 27.8
1991 748 45.0 16.6 27
1992 740 55.0 13.4 19.3
1993 679 45.0 15.1 25.9
1994 666 42.0 15.9 27.3
1995 654 44.0 14.9 24.9
1996 654 44.0 14.9 24.9
1997 715 47.0 15.2 23.4
1998 671 51.0 13.2 27.1
1999 644 51.0 12.6 30.7
2000 671 47.0 14.3 27.3
2001 678 49.0 13.8 28.5
2002 742 55.0 13.5 32.1
2003 742 55.0 13.5 32.1
2004 719 52.0 13.8 38.2
2005 786 66.0 11.9 33.7
2006 796 61.0 13.0 37.2
2007 801 57.6 13.9 41.1
2008 793 61.3 12.9 40.7
2009 825 59.5 13.9 0.2
2010 827 58.0 14.2 46.6
2011 821 57.7 14.2 50.7
2012 760 53.1 14.2 55.7
2013 807 50.0 16.1 58.5
2014 769 48.9 15.7 60.1
2015 786 50.0 15.7 59.2
2016 761 49.0 15.5 61.2
2017 732 47.0 15.5 64.1
2018 751 43.7 17.1 98.8
2019 773 44.3 17.4 99.6
2020 783 45.4 17.2 99.5
2021 796 46.5 17.1 99.5
2022 793 46.5 17.0 99.6
2023 789 45.9 17.1 99.4
2024 782 46.4 16.8 99.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Farmville Central High

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,038 (10.9%) $8,450 (89.1%) $9,488

Data source: North Carolina Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Farmville Central High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 300th of 514 High schoolsRanks 453rd of 626 High schools
 14%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Biology (Farmville Central High)6247
 15%
   End of Course Biology (Pitt County Schools)57.657.2
 0.4%
   End of Course Biology (North Carolina)59.654.1
 5.5%
End of Course English II (Farmville Central High)46.954.2
 7.3%
   End of Course English II (Pitt County Schools)51.555.5
 4%
   End of Course English II (North Carolina)59.758.5
 1.2%
End of Course Math I (Farmville Central High)31.817.8
 14%
   End of Course Math I (Pitt County Schools)36.344.6
 8.3%
   End of Course Math I (North Carolina)41.235.9
 5.3%
End of Course Math III (Farmville Central High)40.232.3
 7.9%
   End of Course Math III (Pitt County Schools)46.258.6
 12.4%
   End of Course Math III (North Carolina)46.858.3
 11.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students773789
 2.1%
African American444450
 1.4%
American Indian01
Asian113
 1200%
Hispanic6974
 7.2%
Pacific Islander11
White240212
 11.7%
Two or More Races1838
 111.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients99.6%99.4%
 0.2%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Farmville Central High

In the 2023-24 school year, 782 students attended Farmville Central High.

Students at Farmville Central High are 60% African American, 24% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races.

Farmville Central High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Falkland Elementary
Elementary : H B Sugg Elementary
Elementary : Sam D Bundy Elementary
Middle : Farmville Middle

Farmville Central High ranks 443rd of 640 North Carolina high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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