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A high percentage of students are reporting to class every day at Halifax and Northampton county schools, and the number of acts of violence in high school is lower than the state average.
Students at several schools have access to fewer books than students at similar schools in the state, however.
The state released the annual 2004-2005 School Report Cards this month, giving parents a detailed profile of student performance, teacher quality, safety and technology at each school in North Carolina.
The report cards can be found at www.ncreportcards.org.
School violence
At an average high school in the state, there were two acts of violence for every 100 students reported during the 2004-2005 school year.
In Halifax County, Southeast Halifax High reported no acts of violence, while Northwest Halifax had three. Roanoke Rapids High reported one act per 100 students, and Weldon reported none.
In Northampton County, Northampton-East reported one and Northampton-West had two.
Middle schools in the state had an average of one violent act per 100 students. Brawley Middle in the Halifax County Schools system reported four acts of violence per 100 students, while Eastman, Enfield, Weldon and William R. Davie middle schools reported no acts of violence. Conway and Chaloner middle schools reported one, and Gaston Middle had two.
At the elementary school level, only two schools reported acts of violence. Squire and Willis Hare elementaries in Northampton County each reported one act per 100 students. Squire had 344 students, and Willis Hare had 384. The state average was zero.
Attendance
Only one of the 18 elementary schools in the counties had less than a 95 percent attendance rate. Belmont Elementary in the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District reported a 93 percent rate. Bakers Elementary in the Halifax County Schools system had the area's highest rate at 98 percent.
Although attendance rates at most area high schools were under the state average, they were not far behind.
The average percentage of students who attend high school daily in North Carolina is 95 percent, and Roanoke Rapids High posted a 99 percent rate. The other high schools in the two counties reported rates of 91 and 92 percent.
At the middle school level, the average school also had a 95 percent attendance rate. All middle schools were at or above that average, except for Gaston and Chaloner middle schools.
At the elementary level, the average was again 95 percent.
Books
The number of books in Halifax and Northampton high school library collections falls just short of the state average of 17.21 per student. All schools except Weldon High had anywhere from 1 to 16 books per student. Weldon High was listed as having only 0.03 books per student.
At the middle school level, the state average was also 17.21 books per student. Conway (16.0), Weldon (10.9) and William R. Davie (13.86) middle schools had lower percentages.
Brawley had 25.55 books per student, Eastman had 24.1, Enfield had 21.48, Gaston had 20.52, Chaloner had 18.32.
At the elementary school level, several schools more than doubled the state average of 17.21 books. Scotland Neck Primary had an average of 55.94 books per students, Seaboard-Coates Elementary had an average of 41.84 and Hollister Elementary had an average of 36.96.
The report cards also tell viewers the average age of the books in each library's collection.
Computers
The average high school had 3.3 students per instructional computer. High schools in Halifax and Northampton counties had averages ranging from one computer for every 2.03 students at Northampton-West High to one for every 2.9 students at Roanoke Rapids and Weldon high schools.
At the middle school level, the state average was also 3.33. Numbers at local middle schools ranged from one computer for every 1.66 students at Eastman Middle to one for every 3.62 students at Chaloner Middle.
The state average was the same for elementary schools. Four schools (Belmont, Inborden, Manning and Weldon elementaries) had a higher number of students per computer, and Weldon Elementary had the highest number with 4.96 students per computer. Five schools had more than one but less than two students per computer, including Seaboard-Coates Elementary, which had one computer for every 1.33 students.
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