First Flight High School

Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948

Phone: (252) 449-7000
Fax: (252) 449-7004
District: Dare County School District

7

GreatSchools Rating

public • Grades 9,10,11,12 • 821 students

First Flight High School, a public school located in Kill Devil Hills, NC, serves grades 9-12 in the Dare County School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 7 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

First Flight High School is a public school located in Kill Devil Hills, NC. 821 students attend First Flight High School.

School Ratings

Category Rating Details
Test Scores 9/10 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 9/10 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 3/10 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: March 4, 2024

Great school and teachers, clean and centrally located. Great athletic programs and after school activities

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Posted: August 3, 2021

The worst learning school in the whole world

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Posted: September 10, 2017

Not much info on homework being done or not or grades until progress reports come.

Posted: September 10, 2017

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Posted: September 10, 2017

If your child is in love with football like mine and is an underclassmen you will be disappointed. Some of the kids who bother to try out for the jv football team just quit. JV is treated as an after thought with no head coach or seperate coaching staff from varsity like other schools do schedule is incomplete and light yet jv soccer has 10 plus games. Then even more kids get frustrated and quit after they sre the schools lack of commitment to football and just go to track or something else. This year I think jv has 1 home game, if it is not a forfeit.

Posted: January 7, 2016

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Posted: January 7, 2016

Posted: January 7, 2016

Bad drug problem in this area. Heroin use is an epidemic, gangs are a growing problem. The kids say that they are bored and tend to get into trouble. If you somehow make it through high school years without being hooked on something your best bet is to go away to college. This is an island/tourist town with similar drug issues that you saw on the news recently about Cape Cod.

Posted: November 24, 2011

incredible gifted and athletic programs made this school perfect for my childrenafter our move to the area . we could not be happier with the level and quility of education they recieve daily and the athletic programs are second to nonethe town really loves its teams so nice to see that small town support!

Posted: February 27, 2011

Two of my children have graduated from FFHS. Overall I would say it is a great school as it is small and the staff gets a real chance to know the students. Most of the teachers are great, but a few seemed to have moved here to live a different life and teaching is just an income.

Posted: August 22, 2009

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Posted: May 16, 2007

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# Name Type City State Overall Rating Distance
1 Olde Towne Neighborhood/Subdivision Elizabeth City NC 35.6 mi
2 Mount Hermon Neighborhood/Subdivision Elizabeth City NC 40.5 mi
# Name City State Overall Rating Distance
1 Northside Elizabeth City NC 42.1 mi
Base Distance
Coast Guard Cape Hatteras 2.8 mi.
Coast Guard Elizabeth City 34.1 mi.
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