Rocky Mount

Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools serves approximately 18,000 students a year on 28 campuses across a 591 square mile area that includes Nash County, the City of Rocky Mount, and parts of Edgecombe County.

The following public schools are located within the City of Rocky Mount:

Benvenue Elementary
2700 Nicodemus Mile Rd, Rocky Mount

Englewood Elementary
101 S Englewood Dr.Rocky Mount

M.B. Hubbard Elementary
7921 Red Oak-Battleboro Road, Battleboro

D. S. Johnson Elementary
600 N. Fairview Rd.Rocky Mount

O. R. Pope Elementary
226 Coleman Ave, Rocky Mount

Williford Elementary
801 Williford St, Rocky Mount

Winstead Avenue Elementary
991 S. Winstead Ave, Rocky Mount

Fairview Early Childhood Center
720 N Fairview Rd, Rocky Mount

George R. Edwards Middle
720 Edwards St, Rocky Mount

Joseph W. Parker Middle
1500 E Virginia St, Rocky Mount

Nash Central High
4279 Nash Central High Rd, Rocky Mount

Northern Nash High
4230 Green Hill Rd, Rocky Mount

Rocky Mount High
308 S Tillery St, Rocky Mount

NRMPS Early College
530 N Old Carriage Rd, Rocky Mount

Rocky Mount Preparatory School (Charter, K-12)
3334 Bishop Rd, Rocky Mount

Rocky Mount Preparatory School is a public, K-12 charter school designed to prepare students for the rigors and opportunities of a college education through a challenging,demanding, and rewarding curriculum.

More than 1,000 children in Rocky Mount attend one of the following eight private schools.

Cornerstone Christian Academy
1481 Beechwood Dr, Rocky Mount
K-10/Religious

Englewood Baptist Weekday School
1350 S Winstead Ave, Rocky Mount
K/Religious

Faith Christian School
1333 Faith Christian Dr, Rocky Mount
K-12/Religious

Falls Road Baptist Church School
113 Trevathan St, Rocky Mount
K-12/Religious

First Methodist Kindergarten
110 S Church St, Rocky Mount
K/Religious

Mt. Zion Christian Academy
100 SW Main St, Rocky Mount
K-4/Religious

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School
315 Hammond St, Rocky Mount
Pre-K-8/Religious

Rocky Mount Academy
1313 Avondale Ave, Rocky Mount
K-12/Independent

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction maintains an online database for public education performance information by individual school and district. The following are links to the most current (2007-2008) school year statistics for public schools in Rocky Mount.

• NRMPS Student Report Card

• List of NRMPS Individual School Report Cards

• Rocky Mount Preparatory School (Charter) Report Card

Approximately 1,000 children are home schooled in Nash and Edgecombe Counties. Hundreds of these children share resources and participate in joint activities through the Christian Homeschool Association of Rocky Mount (CHARM).

North Carolina has 58 public community colleges that serve as valuable local resources, providing students the skills and knowledge they need to achieve success in technical careers and in higher levels of collegiate education. Rocky Mount is served by both Nash Community College and Edgecombe Community College, which have a combined enrollment of more than 20,000 in curriculum and continuing education programs.

• Nash Community College

• Edgecombe Community College

Rocky Mount is home to North Carolina Wesleyan College, a private four-year liberal arts institution that offers Bachelor Degree study in dozens of subjects. North Carolina Wesleyan is home to approximately 700 full-time at its main campus on US 301 north of Downtown Rocky Mount, with an additional 900 students participating in part-time and evening programs offered in Rocky Mount and surrounding area. Shaw University, a private institution of undergraduate and graduate study based in Raleigh, also operates a remote campus in Rocky Mount as part of its College of Adult and Professional Education (CAPE). This facility is located at 605 Sunset Avenue near Downtown Rocky Mount.

The Gateway Technology Center (GTC) is an innovative facility designed to facilitate access to higher education for adults in the Rocky Mount area through distance learning opportunities. This 16,000 square foot facility, located on the campus of North Carolina Wesleyan College, contains classroom space, computing access, and other resources that any student needs to achieve success at the college level.

The GTC partners with East Carolina University and North Carolina State University to offer onsite courses in several academic subjects so students can attend and earn degrees while never having to leave the Rocky Mount area for their studies.