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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in Durham County, North Carolina

This ranking covers the highest-performing public high schools in reading in Durham County, North Carolina, drawn from 9 qualifying public high schools. City of Medicine Academy leads the list at 94.4%, against a median of 46.5% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Durham County, North Carolina

Top % Proficient (Reading)

94.4%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

46.5%

BEST IN READING · DURHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	City of Medicine Academy	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	329	94.4%
2	Durham School of the Arts	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	1,764	80.0%
3	Durham School of Technology	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	219	72.7%
4	C E Jordan High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	2,189	61.7%
5	Riverside High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	1,900	46.5%
6	The School for Creative Studies	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	350	43.7%
7	Hillside High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	1,433	38.7%
8	Northern High	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	1,281	38.3%
9	Southern School of Energy and Sustainabi	Durham, NC	Durham Public Schools	High	1,384	35.2%

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