Cape Hatteras Elementary School
Public · Grades Pre-K–5 · 284 students
Cape Hatteras Secondary School
48576 Highway 12, Buxton, NC 27920
Grades
6–12
High
Students
364
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
16.1 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Dare County Schools
Dare County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 532 North Carolina high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other North Carolina high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Cape Hatteras Secondary School
Cape Hatteras Secondary School is a public high school in Buxton, North Carolina, serving grades 6–12. It is part of Dare County Schools. The school is located in a remote rural area in Dare County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 364 students were enrolled, with about 16.1 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical North Carolina high school (18.0 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 532 North Carolina high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 6–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 6–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 364 students
- Students per teacher
- 16.1 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 6
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Rural — Remote
- School district
- Dare County Schools
- County
- Dare County
- NCES school ID
- 370111000454
Schools near Cape Hatteras Secondary School
All 2 schools in Buxton →School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.