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Public · Grades 9–11 · 75 students
Tar River Academy
906 Hammond Street, Rocky Mount, NC 27804
Grades
9–12
High
Students
74
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
12.4 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Nash County Public Schools
Nash County
Not graded
Alternative schools serve students whose needs a regular school could not meet, and states hold them to separate accountability rules, so we don't rank them against regular schools. How we grade
About Tar River Academy
Tar River Academy is an alternative high school in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, serving grades 9–12. It is part of Nash County Public Schools. The school is located in a small city in Nash County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 74 students were enrolled, with about 12.4 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical North Carolina high school (18.0 students per teacher).
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Alternative School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 74 students
- Students per teacher
- 12.4 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Small
- School district
- Nash County Public Schools
- County
- Nash County
- NCES school ID
- 370327001218
Schools near Tar River Academy
All 23 schools in Rocky Mount →
Rocky Mount High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 1,023 students
Nash Central High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 703 students
NRM Early College High School
Public · Grades 9–13 · 376 students
CITI High School
Public · Grades 9–13 · 87 students
Northern Nash High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 1,035 students
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.