High · North Carolina
East Columbus Junior-Senior High
East Columbus Junior-Senior High, a public high school in Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina: grades 7–12, 576 students, 17.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Columbus County Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 576
- Teachers (FTE)
- 33.9
- Students per teacher
- 17.0
- Grades
- 7–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 62% of high schools in North Carolina
Median 18.4 · 604 schools compared
More students per teacher than 68% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 53% of high schools in North Carolina
Median 634 · 611 schools compared
Larger than 60% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on North Carolina's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
North Carolina: 53%32%proficient
−2.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 53% of high schools in North Carolina
Median 35% · 72 high schools compared
187 students tested, grades 3–8 · End-of-Grade Tests - Edition 5; proficient means Levels 2-4
Math
North Carolina: 57%26%proficient
−8.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 50% of high schools in North Carolina
Median 25% · 72 high schools compared
186 students tested, grades 3–8 · End-of-Grade Tests - Edition 5; proficient means Levels 2-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 7–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Distant rural area
- Run by
- Columbus County Schools
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Columbus County Schools.
Location
- Address
- 32 Gator Lane, Lake Waccamaw, NC 28450
- Phone
- (910)646-4094
- County
- Columbus County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas AcademyCharterAlternative | 6–12 | 62 | 8.8 | 26% | 2.5% |
| 9–12 | 639 | 22.1 | — | — | |
North Whiteville AcademyAlternative | 6–12 | 16 | 3.2 | 10% | 2.5% |
| 9–13 | 230 | 18.4 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 525 | 18.8 | — | — | |
| 6–12 | 199 | 15.2 | 36% | 52% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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