Sallie B. Howard School of Arts & Science

Sallie B. Howard School of Arts and Science (SBHS) is a Title I school unique in its financial and human investment in providing world class training and career opportunities to students in the fine arts and science. We consistently provide 3-week travel and study abroad opportunities for middle and high school students to countries worldwide, including China, India, Australia, South Africa, East Africa, Mexico, and Cuba. We employ an international faculty from India, the Philippines, Columbia, Mexico, the Caribbean, to further expose our students to a global world. We have a unique and explicit instructional model with strategies and practices which account for growing student success in the recent years. Providing pre professional biotech programs to HS students in eastern NC leading to community college certification and professional career opportunities in research and science is yet another unique asset of SBHS.

 Year School Opened: 1997-98

Grant Awarded:  2020-21

Initial Grade Levels Served: K-8


2020-21 Student Demographic Data

2021-22 Student Demographic Data


Urbanicity:  Rural / Wilson, NC

% ED Student Population Persons in Poverty (Wilson County)

2020-21 School Year: 80% 21.5%

2021-22 School Year: 60.4% 21.2%