Greenville Reporter

At Pitt County Schools, 275 out of 1,367 senior students taking the math portion of the ACT met the college readiness benchmark in the 2022-23 school year, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

Math scores among the district's schools dropped to 20.1% compared to the previous school year, when 20.3% of students were considered ready for post-secondary education.

Innovation Early College High students stood out from schools in Pitt County Schools in math, with almost 48.9% of the 12th-graders hitting the ACT benchmark in the 2022-23 school year (22). Meanwhile, students from Farmville Central High School and North Pitt High School struggled the most on the math portion, and only 6.7% were considered ready for college.

For comparison, North Carolina saw 25% of its students meeting or exceeding the ACT benchmarks for math during the 2022-23 school year.

Besides math, 31.3% of Pitt County Schools 12th-graders met English college readiness benchmarks in the 2022-23 school year. In reading, 28.2% of students were ready for college, and science scores revealed 20.2% of seniors also met the standard. Overall, Pitt County Schools had an average college readiness of 12.8% across all ACT areas.

North Carolina's education system is still grappling with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the 2022-23 ACT results, college readiness among North Carolina students falls short of pre-pandemic levels, with only 17.1% meeting benchmarks.

Additionally, the state's performance is lagging behind the national average, which currently stands at 21%.

School	Met or Exceeded Benchmarks (2021-22)	Met or Exceeded Benchmarks (2022-23)
Innovation Early College High	37.5%	48.9%
Junius H. Rose High School	28.9%	29.5%
D. H. Conley High School	32.2%	28.6%
South Central	13.4%	14.3%
Ayden-Grifton High School	<5%	10.6%
Farmville Central High School	8.3%	6.7%
North Pitt High School	<5%	6.7%
Pitt County Schools	20.3%	20.1%