Rocky Mount Today

There were 11,972 students enrolled in Wilson County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 9.3% more than the previous year, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

Sallie B. Howard School registered the highest enrollment among Wilson County's 27 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 1,176 students.

Despite boasting a favorable teacher-student ratio of 1:15, surpassing the national average, North Carolina's public schools face a significant funding gap. The state's per-student expenditure of $10,519 falls considerably short of the national average of $14,295.

North Carolina's public schools also faced a staggering 58.4% surge in vacant teaching positions in the 2021-22 school year, leaving over 5,000 classrooms without qualified instructors.

School name	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% Change
Sallie B. Howard School	1,046	1,176	12.4%
James Hunt High School	1,016	1,063	4.6%
Fike High School	975	1,014	4%
Wilson Preparatory Academy	869	751	-13.6%
Beddingfield High School	680	662	-2.6%
Forest Hills Middle School	438	659	50.5%
John W. Jones Elementary School	506	521	3%
Vinson-Bynum Elementary School	-	476	-
Rock Ridge Elementary School	449	470	4.7%
Springfield Middle School	450	441	-2%
New Hope Elementary School	424	434	2.4%
Charles H. Darden Middle School	319	432	35.4%
Margaret Hearne Elementary School	335	391	16.7%
Elm City Middle School	411	368	-10.5%
Lucama Elementary School	349	368	5.4%
Frederick Douglass Elementary School	355	350	-1.4%
Vick Elementary School	264	331	25.4%
Wells Elementary School	273	311	13.9%
Speight Middle School	304	299	-1.6%
B. O. Barnes Elementary School	292	296	1.4%
Wilson Early College Academy	239	239	0%
Gardners Elementary School	228	221	-3.1%
Wilson Academy of Applied Technology	195	194	-0.5%
Stantonsburg Elementary School	192	194	1%
Lee Woodard Elementary School	154	161	4.5%
Milton M. Daniels Learning Center	97	99	2.1%
Wilson Academy of Virtual Education	92	51	-44.6%