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Patton High School, Morganton, NC

Patton High School is a public high school in Morganton, part of Burke County Schools. It enrolled 756 students in 2024-25, with 24.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
756
Teachers (FTE)
31.0
Students per teacher
24.4
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is 7.6 higher than the district figure of 16.8. The North Carolina average across schools is 16.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school24.4
District16.8
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3

School details

Address
701 Enola Road, Morganton, NC 28655
Phone
(828)433-3000
District
Burke County Schools
County
Burke County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
370048002832
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
748
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
74898.9% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Burke County Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.