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Enrollment
807
High
DISTRICT 764 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS·NCES 370003000202
Hugh M Cummings High
2200 N Mebane Street, Burlington, NC 27217 · (336) 570-6100 · Alamance County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL807 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of North Carolina public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public high schools
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
797 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 209 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 210 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 209 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 179 | 22% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
30.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
10.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hugh M Cummings High
Hugh M Cummings High's state test result (24.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh M Cummings High this school | 807 | 98.8% | 24.0% |
| Monroe High Monroe | 1,215 | 99.7% | 25.2% |
| Cochrane Collegiate Academy Charlotte | 854 | 99.6% | 27.1% |
| James Kenan High Warsaw | 758 | 99.6% | 28.6% |
| Spring Creek High Seven Springs | 732 | 98.6% | 56.9% |
| Union High Rose Hill | 494 | 99.2% | 32.6% |
Matched among North Carolina high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hugh M Cummings High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Alamance County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #438 of 468 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.2% | #453 of 464 | #8 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #424 of 448 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 807 | #237 of 598 | #7 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #318 of 473 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #340 of 474 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #225 of 527 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #73 of 277 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
807
-103 (-11%) vs 2020
+6% since 2000-01, when it was 762
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 807 | 39.5 | 20.4:1 | 99% (797) |
| 2023-24 | 813 | 46.8 | 17.4:1 | 100% (810) |
| 2022-23 | 981 | 58.3 | 16.8:1 | 80% (786) |
| 2020-21 | 910 | 61 | 14.9:1 | 45% (410) |
| 2017-18 | 956 | 64 | 14.9:1 | 72% (689) |
| 2015-16 | 957 | 63 | 15.2:1 | 73% (703) |
| 2010-11 | 859 | 53 | 16.2:1 | 75% (646) |
| 2000-01 | 762 | 56 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hugh M Cummings High.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (956 to 807); teachers down 38% (64 to 39.5).
About Hugh M Cummings High
As a medium-sized high school, Hugh M Cummings High serves students in Burlington, North Carolina. Enrolled students number 807 students, in grades 9 through 12.
Hugh M Cummings High is a school in Alamance-Burlington Schools. The district has 37 schools and 22,661 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Hugh M Cummings High, with 62% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 29% Black, 4% White, and 4% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 47 points above the 15% share among Alamance County residents. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 20.4:1. On average, high schools in North Carolina have 19.6:1, compared with 20.4:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Hugh M Cummings High is 99%. That rate is above the 80% average among public schools in Alamance County.
The allk12 Grade for Hugh M Cummings High is D. Compared with North Carolina public high schools, the school scored higher than 6% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Hugh M Cummings High scores 24.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 24.0% actual versus 48.7% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among Alamance County residents, the median household income is $65,651, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Besides Hugh M Cummings High, Alamance County has 41 other public schools.
Broadview Middle is located less than a tenth of a mile from Hugh M Cummings High. The five-mile area around Hugh M Cummings High holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 25.7%, higher than Hugh M Cummings High's 24.0%.
The NCES locale for Hugh M Cummings High is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment is down 11% from 2020-21, when Hugh M Cummings High had 910 students, to 2024-25, when it had 807. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 14.9:1 to 20.4:1.
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Alamance County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
176,893
Census ACS
Median income
$65,651
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
25,737 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alamance-Burlington Schools
- Walter M Williams HighHigh · 1,206 students
- Southern Alamance HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Western Alamance HighHigh · 1,138 students
- Southeast Alamance HighHigh · 1,079 students
- Eastern Alamance HighHigh · 952 students
- Hawfields MiddleMiddle · 864 students
Other schools in Burlington
- Walter M Williams HighHigh · 1,206 students
- Clover GardenCombined · 963 students
- Turrentine MiddleMiddle · 739 students
- Highland ElementaryElementary · 661 students
- Hillcrest ElementaryElementary · 556 students
- Marvin B Smith ElementaryElementary · 556 students
Nearby schools
- Broadview Middle0.1 mi · 512
- R Homer Andrews Elementary0.8 mi · 498
- Eastlawn Elementary1.1 mi · 528
- Graham High1.2 mi · 828
- North Graham Elementary1.4 mi · 362
- Graham Middle1.5 mi · 553
Frequently asked questions
About Hugh M Cummings HighWhat is the total enrollment at Hugh M Cummings High?
Hugh M Cummings High enrolls approximately 807 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Hugh M Cummings High serve?
Hugh M Cummings High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Hugh M Cummings High have?
Hugh M Cummings High employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
How diverse is Hugh M Cummings High?
Hugh M Cummings High reports a student body of 4% White, 62% Hispanic, 29% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Hugh M Cummings High in?
Hugh M Cummings High is part of Alamance-Burlington Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.