Grad rates rise within Randolph County, Asheboro City schools

There were slight upticks in graduation rates in Randolph County in most-recent calculations released from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

The Randolph County School System and Asheboro City Schools have similar four-year graduation rates.

For 2024-25, Asheboro checked in at 90.9 percent for an increase of 0.7. RCSS was listed at 90.8 percent for an increase of 2.2 percent.

Those districts ranked pretty much in the middle of districts within the Triad, slightly behind Yadkin County and Davie County and ahead of Elkin City Schools and Caswell County.

Asheboro and RCSS rated several percentage points above the statewide average of 87.7 percent.

In 2025, Asheboro High School’s 352 graduates marked the district’s largest number in the last 25 years. In RCSS schools, there were 1,075 high school graduates.