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Enrollment
1,459
High
DISTRICT 738 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370256001080
Lee County High
1708 Nash Street, Sanford, NC 27330 · (919) 776-7541 · Lee County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,459 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% 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
19.8:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
1,443 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 423 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 340 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 399 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 297 | 20% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
36.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
13.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% 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 Lee County High
Lee County High's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee County High this school | 1,459 | 98.9% | 27.1% |
| Southern Lee High School Sanford | 1,180 | 99.7% | 35.0% |
| A L Brown High Kannapolis | 1,753 | 99.8% | 23.0% |
| Forest Hills High Marshville | 973 | 99.3% | 33.2% |
| Riverside High Durham | 1,900 | 99.8% | 34.2% |
| Southern Nash High Bailey | 1,048 | 99.0% | 43.1% |
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 Lee County High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #416 of 468 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.2% | #438 of 464 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #403 of 448 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,459 | #95 of 598 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #295 of 473 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.2% | #126 of 474 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #204 of 527 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #186 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
1,459
+61 (+4%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 1,396
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 1,459 | 73.6 | 19.8:1 | 99% (1,443) |
| 2023-24 | 1,469 | 88.1 | 16.7:1 | 62% (905) |
| 2022-23 | 1,508 | 95.6 | 15.8:1 | 60% (908) |
| 2020-21 | 1,398 | 95 | 14.7:1 | 42% (592) |
| 2017-18 | 1,552 | 101.1 | 15.4:1 | 52% (810) |
| 2015-16 | 1,523 | 95 | 16.0:1 | 56% (848) |
| 2010-11 | 1,385 | 92 | 15.1:1 | 49% (684) |
| 2000-01 | 2,318 | 140 | 16.6:1 | 15% (338) |
| 1990-91 | 1,396 | 105 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lee County High.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,552 to 1,459); teachers down 27% (101.1 to 73.6).
About Lee County High
Lee County High is a large high school found in Sanford, North Carolina. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 1,459 students. The typical figure for high schools in North Carolina is about 761 students.
Lee County Schools has 9,168 students spread across 16 schools.
Lee County High has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 44%. Beyond that, enrollment is 29% White, 23% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Lee County overall, about 22% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 73.6 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 19.8:1. That matches the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina fairly closely. Lee County High reports 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Lee County High a D. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Lee County High are 21.5 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 27.1%, compared with a predicted 48.6%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Census estimates describe Lee County this way: the median household income is $65,387, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Besides Lee County High, Lee County has 19 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Lee Early College, about 0.3 miles away. Lee County High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Lee County High's average proficiency of 27.1% compares with 53.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Lee County High is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
Enrollment is up 4% from 2020-21, when Lee County High had 1,398 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,459. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 14.7:1 to 19.8:1.
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Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,816
Census ACS
Median income
$65,387
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
10,641 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lee County Schools
- Southern Lee High SchoolHigh · 1,180 students
- SanLee Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
- WB Wicker ElementaryElementary · 588 students
- J Glenn Edwards ElementaryElementary · 587 students
- Greenwood ElementaryElementary · 571 students
- Tramway ElementaryElementary · 559 students
Other schools in Sanford
- Southern Lee High SchoolHigh · 1,180 students
- Benhaven ElementaryElementary · 1,065 students
- Highland ElementaryElementary · 854 students
- SanLee Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
- Highland MiddleMiddle · 762 students
- Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee CountyHigh · 628 students
Other Lee County High schools
One other US public school is named Lee County High. Lee County High is the largest of the 2.
- Lee County High SchoolLeesburg, GA · 1,356 students
Nearby schools
- Lee Early College0.3 mi · 272
- Floyd L Knight Children Center1.1 mi · 95
- Bragg Street Academy1.1 mi · 40
- Rising Leaders Academy1.1 mi · 282
- WB Wicker Elementary2.0 mi · 588
- J Glenn Edwards Elementary2.0 mi · 587
Frequently asked questions
About Lee County HighHow large is Lee County High?
Lee County High enrolls approximately 1,459 students in grades 09-12.
Is Lee County High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lee County High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lee County High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lee County High is approximately 19.8:1 (74 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lee County High?
Student demographics at Lee County High are roughly 29% White, 44% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Lee County High?
Lee County High is overseen by Lee County Schools in Lee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.