Randolph County News

At Randolph County School System, 252 out of 969 senior students taking the English portion of the ACT met the college readiness benchmark in the 2022-23 school year, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

English scores among the district's schools dropped to 26% compared to the previous school year, when 27.3% of students were considered ready for post-secondary education.

Randolph Early College High School students stood out from schools in Randolph County School System in English, with almost 65.5% of the 12th-graders hitting the ACT benchmark in the 2022-23 school year (55). Meanwhile, students from Eastern Randolph High School struggled the most on the English portion, and only 9% were considered ready for college.

For comparison, North Carolina saw 41% of its students meeting or exceeding the ACT benchmarks for English during the 2022-23 school year.

Besides English, 24.8% of Randolph County School System 12th-graders met reading college readiness benchmarks in the 2022-23 school year. In science, 16.6% of students were ready for college, and math scores revealed 12.4% of seniors also met the standard. Overall, Randolph County School System had an average college readiness of 6.8% across all ACT areas.

North Carolina's education system is still grappling with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the 2022-23 ACT results, college readiness among North Carolina students falls short of pre-pandemic levels, with only 17.1% meeting benchmarks.

Additionally, the state's performance is lagging behind the national average, which currently stands at 21%.

School	Met or Exceeded Benchmarks (2021-22)	Met or Exceeded Benchmarks (2022-23)
Randolph Early College High School	65.5%	65.5%
Providence Grove High School	22.7%	29.6%
Randleman High School	20.4%	26.4%
Wheatmore High School	32.7%	24.3%
Southwestern Randolph High School	31.7%	20.8%
Trinity High School	18.3%	19.8%
Eastern Randolph High School	17.4%	9%
Randolph County School System	27.3%	26%