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Smithfield-Selma High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
700 Booker Dairy Rd
Smithfield, NC 27577
Phone
(919) 934-5191
District
JOHNSTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
County
JOHNSTON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1315
Classroom Teachers
96

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

3

(10 is best)

Better than 20.9% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Smithfield-Selma High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
34%
50%
30%
51%
37%
50%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
15
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 405 30.8%
Grade 10 357 27.1%
Grade 11 305 23.2%
Grade 12 248 18.9%
Total 1315 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 22.8% 53.3% 48.2%
Black 28.9% 17.0% 26.3%
Hispanic 47.2% 28.6% 20.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.0% 0.8% 3.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.3% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 51.5% 37.8% 51.2%
Free lunch eligible 48.3% 35.0% 48.7%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.2% 2.8% 2.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 203,308 10,551,162
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 255.5 214
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.3% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.5% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.7% 32.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.2% 26.2%
65 OR OLDER 13.3% 16.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 71,332 4,034,684
Single Parent Households With Children 11.1% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.2% 89.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 24.0% 33.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 9.2% 13.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.2% 14.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.1% 12.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.5% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.8% 17.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.3% 13.7%
$15,000 or less 9.8% 10.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,974 $219,156,190 60.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $444 $16,288,140 4.5%
Staff $312 $11,445,720 3.2%
General Administration $67 $2,457,895 0.7%
School Administration $554 $20,323,490 5.6%
Operation $783 $28,724,355 8.0%
Transportation $354 $12,986,490 3.6%
Other $238 $8,731,030 2.4%
Total Support $2,752 $100,957,120 28.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,101 $40,390,185 11.2%
Total Expenditures $9,826 $360,466,810 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,279 $9,512,551,796 56.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $564 $854,397,531 5.0%
Staff $329 $498,205,494 2.9%
General Administration $163 $247,686,005 1.5%
School Administration $616 $932,587,439 5.5%
Operation $825 $1,249,784,873 7.4%
Transportation $419 $635,198,520 3.7%
Other $312 $472,868,113 2.8%
Total Support $3,228 $4,890,431,846 28.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,705 $2,582,312,208 15.2%
Total Expenditures $11,212 $16,985,065,695 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%