Research Triangle High School

Research Triangle High School is a small high school for students in Durham, North Carolina. In all, 572 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. The school is 25% below the average for high schools in North Carolina.

Research Triangle High School operates as its own local education agency.

White students account for 35% of enrollment at Research Triangle High School, more than any other group. Other students are 22% Asian, 16% Black, 15% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. By comparison, Durham County residents are about 43% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Research Triangle High School scores 77%.

Its staff includes 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.3 students per teacher. The gap from the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina is 6.3 students per teacher.

In Durham County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $82,316, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 55%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 74 public schools and about 46,109 students.

Research Triangle High School is about 0.9 miles from Kestrel Heights School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Research Triangle High School holds a charter, making it a public charter school.

Compared with 2020-21, when it had 586 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 572. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 13.3:1, from 16.3:1.

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