Warren New Tech High, Warrenton NC

Original Research by School Decision on Warren New Tech High

Warren New Tech High School is closed. The school operated in Warrenton as a small, alternative public high school within Warren County Schools but consolidated into Warren County High School after the 2022-23 school year due to persistently low enrollment. By the time closure was recommended, rising ninth-grade applications had dropped to only about ten students, bringing total enrollment to around sixty-four. The pattern of low enrollment had persisted for years prior.

The building itself, located on U.S. Highway 158 Bypass in Warrenton, has since been repurposed. Warren County Schools is converting the former New Tech High site into a consolidated elementary school, consolidating three separate elementary buildings (Mariam Boyd, Northside, and Vaughan) into a single countywide facility. This project is funded by a state grant and represents a major structural shift in how the district delivers elementary education. Rather than three dispersed schools, all elementary-age children in Warren County will now attend school at this consolidated location.

State assessment data and enrollment figures for Warren New Tech High are not available in the current record; the school's closure means no ongoing performance metrics are reported. The school served grades nine through twelve, though specific demographic information, staffing details, and historical test results were not located.

Warren County itself is a small, lower-income rural county about fifty-five miles north of Raleigh. The county seat of Warrenton is a walkable town anchored by historic nineteenth-century architecture, with a revitalized downtown Main Street and active small business community. The broader county has experienced a sharp decline in manufacturing employment over recent decades, though county government, Warren County Schools, the textile company Glen Raven, and small downtown businesses remain major employers. Housing values in the area are below state and national benchmarks, and the county is currently classified by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction as a low-performing district, with multiple schools receiving F performance grades in 2023-24.

For families considering schools in Warren County, Warren New Tech High is no longer an option. Those seeking a public secondary education in the area would enroll their students at Warren County High School. The district is undergoing significant consolidation of its elementary offerings and has implemented new cell phone management policies at the middle and high school levels as of January 2025.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

60-79%Cohort of 26 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

637 schools plotted. 14 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.