High · North Carolina

Shaw Academy

Alternative

Shaw Academy, a public high school in Laurinburg, North Carolina: grades 6–12, 122 students, 10.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Scotland 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
122
Teachers (FTE)
11.5
Students per teacher
10.6
Grades
6–12
High

Fewer students per teacher than 90% of high schools in North Carolina

Median 18.4 · 604 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 78% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 88% of high schools in North Carolina

Median 634 · 611 schools compared

Smaller than 78% 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%

2.5%proficient

Unchanged from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 86% of high schools in North Carolina

Median 35% · 72 high schools compared

22 students tested, grades 3–8 · End-of-Grade Tests - Edition 5; proficient means Levels 2-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

North Carolina: 57%

2.5%proficient

Unchanged from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 72% of high schools in North Carolina

Median 25% · 72 high schools compared

22 students tested, grades 3–8 · End-of-Grade Tests - Edition 5; proficient means Levels 2-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

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 6–12
Type
District school · Alternative
Instruction
In person
Area
Distant rural area
Run by
Scotland County Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Scotland County Schools.

Location

Address
18700 Old Wire Road, Laurinburg, NC 28352
Phone
(910)276-0611
County
Scotland County
WebsiteQuality of life in Scotland CountySchools in Scotland County

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Scotland High School
9–121,29415.5——
Scotland Early College High
9–1323821.3——
Hoke County High
9–122,11018.7——
Red Springs High
9–1286718.0——
J W Turlington SchoolAlternative
6–12264.32.5%2.5%
SandHoke Early College High
9–1341822.0——

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

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.

NCES 370420001687