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The most racially diverse public high schools in Durham County, North Carolina

Across Durham County, North Carolina, 12 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Research Triangle High School leads the list at 76.7%, against a median of 64.5% 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 Diversity index

76.7%

Median Diversity index

64.5%

MOST DIVERSE · DURHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Research Triangle High School	Durham, NC	572	76.7%	35.1%(201)	15.7%(90)	14.7%(84)	22.0%(126)
2	C E Jordan High	Durham, NC	2,189	73.1%	28.7%(628)	29.8%(653)	30.1%(660)	4.1%(90)
3	Durham School of the Arts	Durham, NC	1,764	71.8%	34.7%(612)	24.8%(437)	30.7%(542)	2.8%(50)
4	Riverside High	Durham, NC	1,900	70.4%	25.8%(490)	28.1%(534)	38.3%(728)	2.6%(50)
5	Northern High	Durham, NC	1,281	66.1%	15.4%(197)	38.9%(498)	40.4%(517)	1.8%(23)
6	Discovery Charter	Bahama, NC	453	65.2%	50.8%(230)	25.2%(114)	12.8%(58)	0.7%(3)
7	The School for Creative Studies	Durham, NC	350	63.9%	13.1%(46)	48.9%(171)	32.0%(112)	0.0%(0)
8	City of Medicine Academy	Durham, NC	329	62.8%	7.3%(24)	36.8%(121)	47.7%(157)	3.3%(11)
9	J D Clement Early College HS	Durham, NC	380	58.0%	4.2%(16)	56.3%(214)	31.3%(119)	3.2%(12)
10	Southern School of Energy and Sustainabi	Durham, NC	1,384	56.2%	2.3%(32)	45.1%(624)	48.3%(668)	0.5%(7)
11	Hillside High	Durham, NC	1,433	53.5%	1.9%(27)	59.9%(859)	32.1%(460)	1.3%(19)
12	Durham School of Technology	Durham, NC	219	49.9%	5.9%(13)	66.7%(146)	22.4%(49)	0.0%(0)

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