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Miseducation » North Carolina
Polk County Schools
PO Box 638, Columbus, NC 28722
2,334 Students | 214 Teachers | 7 Schools
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District Composition
Opportunity
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AP Course Composition
Gifted & Talented Composition
This District
State
Students
23% Nonwhite Students
81% Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch
85% - 89% High School Graduation Rate
7% High School Students Taking at Least One AP Course
51 students
5% Students in a Gifted & Talented Program
127 students
21% Students Taking the SAT or ACT
153 students
2% Students Enrolled in Physics
15 students
16% Students Enrolled in Advanced Math
114 students
22% Students Enrolled in in Geometry
159 students
7% Students Enrolled in Biology
48 students
18% Students Enrolled in Chemistry
131 students
< 1% Students Enrolled in Calculus
7 students
2% Students Enrolled in 8th-Grade Algebra
55 students
Teachers & Resources
10.9 Students for Every Teacher
7% Inexperienced Teachers
14% Chronically Absent Teachers
(Missed more than 10 days in a 180-day school year)
9 Average Number of AP Courses per School
4.1 Social Workers, Psychologists & Counselors per 1000 students
1 School With Credit Recovery Programs
2 Schools With Dual Enrollment Programs
6 Schools With Gifted & Talented Programs
0 Schools With International Baccalaureates
This District
State
Discipline
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Out-of-School Suspension Composition
This District
State
Students
92 Total Out-of-School Suspended Students
4% of all students in this district
102 Total In-School Suspended Students
4% of all students in this district
0 Total Expelled Students
Outcomes & Resources
45 Average Days Missed to Out-of-School Suspension, per School
3.9Average Number of Days of an Out-of-School Suspension
0 Total Arrests
2 Total Referrals to Law Enforcement
0 Average Transfers to Alternative Schools, per School
1.7 Security Guard or Law Enforcement Officer per 1000 students
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State
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All Schools
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| School Name | City | Nonwhite Students | Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch | High School Graduation Rate | Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Black students) | Discipline (Black students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk Central Elementary School | Mill Spring | 31% | 99% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
Over 20x |
| Polk County Early College | Columbus | 13% | 38% | Greater than 50% |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Polk County High School | Columbus | 19% | 42% | Between 85% and 89% |
0 Not available |
3x |
| Polk County Middle School | Mill Spring | 23% | 99% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Saluda Elementary School | Saluda | 6% | 98% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Sunny View Elementary School | Mill Spring | 14% | 98% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Tryon Elementary School | Tryon | 32% | 99% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| School Name | City | Nonwhite Students | Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch | High School Graduation Rate | Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Hispanic students) | Discipline (Hispanic students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk Central Elementary School | Mill Spring | 31% | 99% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Polk County Early College | Columbus | 13% | 38% | Greater than 50% |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Polk County High School | Columbus | 19% | 42% | Between 85% and 89% |
0 Not available |
2.5x |
| Polk County Middle School | Mill Spring | 23% | 99% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Saluda Elementary School | Saluda | 6% | 98% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Sunny View Elementary School | Mill Spring | 14% | 98% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Tryon Elementary School | Tryon | 32% | 99% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| School Name | City | Nonwhite Students | Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch | High School Graduation Rate | Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students) | Discipline (Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk Central Elementary School | Mill Spring | 31% | 99% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Polk County Early College | Columbus | 13% | 38% | Greater than 50% |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Polk County High School | Columbus | 19% | 42% | Between 85% and 89% |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Polk County Middle School | Mill Spring | 23% | 99% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Saluda Elementary School | Saluda | 6% | 98% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Sunny View Elementary School | Mill Spring | 14% | 98% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Tryon Elementary School | Tryon | 32% | 99% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| School Name | City | Nonwhite Students | Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch | High School Graduation Rate | Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Native American or Alaska Native students) | Discipline (Native American or Alaska Native students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk Central Elementary School | Mill Spring | 31% | 99% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Polk County Early College | Columbus | 13% | 38% | Greater than 50% |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Polk County High School | Columbus | 19% | 42% | Between 85% and 89% |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Polk County Middle School | Mill Spring | 23% | 99% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Saluda Elementary School | Saluda | 6% | 98% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Sunny View Elementary School | Mill Spring | 14% | 98% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Tryon Elementary School | Tryon | 32% | 99% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| School Name | City | Nonwhite Students | Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch | High School Graduation Rate | Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Two or More Races students) | Discipline (Two or More Races students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk Central Elementary School | Mill Spring | 31% | 99% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
10x |
| Polk County Early College | Columbus | 13% | 38% | Greater than 50% |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Polk County High School | Columbus | 19% | 42% | Between 85% and 89% |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Polk County Middle School | Mill Spring | 23% | 99% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Saluda Elementary School | Saluda | 6% | 98% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Sunny View Elementary School | Mill Spring | 14% | 98% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
0 Not available |
| Tryon Elementary School | Tryon | 32% | 99% | 0 Not Available |
0 Not available |
12x |
Sources & Notes
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, Stanford University's Center for Education Policy Analysis, EDFacts, U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data. Maps courtesy of Mapbox Community. Read our methodology →
Notes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights occasionally updates the underlying dataset. ProPublica may update the interactive’s data in response.
Disparity scores are not available if there are too few students in a specific racial group to make a statistically significant calculation. They are also not available if data about a particular racial group was not reported. Some schools or districts reported an overcount of students in a disparity category (such as suspensions or AP courses) when compared with the total enrollment of that particular student group. In such cases, we also omit the disparity score.
Due to rounding, demographic breakdowns in composition charts may add up to more than 100 percent.
The racial categories we show data for are: Black, Hispanic, White, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, Two or More Races, and Native American or Alaska Native. In some cases, we abbreviate the last three of these racial groups to Asian, Two+ Races, and Native Am.
Due to a technical issue with the Office for Civil Rights’ collection of data on sworn law enforcement officers in schools, the data for security staff may be an undercount.
As with any self-reported data, there may be errors in the federal Civil Rights Data Collection. Though districts are required to ensure the accuracy of their data, some may still report incorrect figures. Additionally, for some variables, the CRDC rounds the number of students for privacy reasons. In these cases, groups of students may represent a slight undercount or overcount.
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Data specific to high school testing or high school level courses (including geometry, biology, calculus, AP enrollment, SAT testing rates, etc.) is calculated out of total high school enrollment, while data for other classes (such as eighth-grade algebra) is calculated out of total student enrollment. Read more about our data in our methodology →