Richlands High School (North Carolina)

Richlands High School is a public high school in Richlands, North Carolina, a town within the vicinity of Jacksonville, North Carolina that has an enrollment of approximately 933. It is part of the Onslow County School District. Brad Staley is the current principal.Academics and curriculumAdvanced Placement courses offered by the school include Calculus AB, Statistics, Biology, US History, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, and World History, among others. Through North Carolina Virtual Public Schools, Richlands students can take courses that are not offered at their school. Students may also participate in a variety of vocational programs at Coastal Carolina Community College.RHS offers thirteen honors classes. These honors classes include courses in all four years of English, in Geometry and Precalculus, in Biology and Earth Science, and also in World History, American History, and Civics and Economics.The 2006-2007 School Report Card for Richlands High School designates it as a School of Progress, with 60 to 80% of the students on grade level. The school also met all thirteen of its designated adequate yearly progress (AYP) goals. The average SAT score was 1025, eight points above the national average, with a 40% participation rate. The school ranks below the school district average in the technology and resources available to students, with fewer computers and books available per student and a library with much older books on average. Only 84% of the teaching staff is fully licensed (with the State average at 89%). Also, a higher-than-average percentage of teachers at Richlands High School have more than ten years of teaching experience. (54% have ten years or more: State average 53%)