Seaforth High

Seaforth High is a senior high of mid-sized scale in Pittsboro, North Carolina, overseen by Chatham County Schools, hosting 1,088 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 761 students per school, that is 43% larger than typical.

Chatham County Schools runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 8,987 students. Seaforth High is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Seaforth High records that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 20% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Seaforth High has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.1:1. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 20% of students at Seaforth High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Chatham County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Seaforth High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.7%, the actual is 60.0%, a residual of -12.7 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Chatham County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $94,317 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Seaforth High is one of 25 public schools in Chatham County (combined enrollment of about 10,374 students).

Nearest neighbor: North Chatham Elementary, around 6.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Seaforth High at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 68.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

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