Pender High School

Burgaw, NC 28425

Phone: (910) 259-0162
Fax: (910) 259-0166
District: Pender County School District

2

GreatSchools Rating

public • Grades 9,10,11,12 • 593 students

Pender High School, a public school located in Burgaw, NC, serves grades 9-12 in the Pender County School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 2 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

Pender High School is a public school located in Burgaw, NC. 593 students attend Pender High School.

School Ratings

Category Rating Details
Test Scores 2/10 The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 North Carolina End-of-Course Tests data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, and using 2025 North Carolina End-of-Grade Tests data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
College Readiness 3/10 The College Readiness Rating uses this high school's graduation rates, college entrance exam participation and performance, or AP, IB, or Dual Enrollment participation to determine how well schools are preparing students for success in college and beyond. The College Readiness Rating was created using the following data from the 2021 Civil Rights Data Collection: percentage of students enrolled in IB, AP or Dual Enrollment classes in grades 9-12, using 2025 4-year high school graduation rate data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, using 2025 Average ACT score data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, using 2025 ACT percent college ready data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, and using 2025 demographic data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
Student Growth 1/10 The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2024 Student growth data from North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

Posted: October 24, 2017

Zero stars out of 10 stars. The principal tries hard but is fighting an uphill battle. This school needs large influx of qualified teachers not local minimum stardard yokals. Do not go to this school.

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Posted: October 15, 2012

I went to Pender High For most of my freshman year it was a good school And the best assistant principal is Mr.Lafon this was a good school just some of the staff and students were not so good sometimes

Posted: September 26, 2011

Pender High School is a joke. The principal is a weak coward who stays in his office all day long and allow the Ghetto Bully's and Project Pimps run the school and the buses. This was a really great school back in the day. Now, it is a shameful monument for Pender County.

Posted: June 18, 2011

We recently moved to this rural community. I'm afraid I am highly disappointed with the academia at Pender High. Just a quick review of their website will reveal numerous grammatical and spelling errors which is highly concerning. I am especially concerned with spelling errors on an English teachers' page. I am entrusting the personnel is qualified to teach my child; however, it would seem they do not possess the basic skills to do so. Additionally, my child complained of noisy classroom environments in which the children are allowed to move about freely visiting one another. Upon addressing this concern to the teacher they admitted their classroom was very noisy and suggested my child bring their iPod to school to block out the noise in the classroom. I felt this was a clear inability to effectively manage a classroom. The staff members have consistently showed up late to teacher/parent conferences without a phone call or apology. Changes are made to school and bus schedules without parent notification which is another example of the lack of organization. I fault the prinicial as their is not a quality control system in place nor is there appropriate teacher oversight.

Posted: March 21, 2011

Pender is a wonderful school. My child came from another state where there were gang fightings,drugs, and the police coming in pepper spraying the students. The school stayed on lockdown, and tried to cover up the riots. The only way the parents found out was though students recorded them. Pender is a good school.

Posted: December 16, 2010

This school is a bad influence, but not the teachers, the students, the students get away with cussing, manipulatimg fighting, and on top of that they put chewing tobacco in their mouths...during school.

Posted: November 11, 2010

I came from a charter school, and Pender High is the first public school I've ever been to. I have found Pender to be a wonderful school, with great teachers, and faculty. I'm pleased with my experience at Pender High and I am thoroughly glad I decided to attend.

Posted: April 5, 2010

I am a former student of Pender High. I thoroughly enjoyed my time there. It is truly a good school. My only criticism is the lack of clubs their are here compared to my new school.

Posted: November 9, 2008

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