Southeast Alamance High

Southeast Alamance High, a mid-tier four-year high school in Haw River, North Carolina, one of the schools within Alamance-Burlington Schools, teaches 1,079 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 42% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 761 students.

Alamance-Burlington Schools runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 22,661 students. Southeast Alamance High is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Southeast Alamance High logs that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 26% Hispanic, 23% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 60% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Alamance County (around 80%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Southeast Alamance High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Alamance County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,651 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Southeast Alamance High is one of 42 public schools in Alamance County (combined enrollment of about 25,737 students).

Alexander Wilson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Southeast Alamance High. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Southeast Alamance High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 55.8%.

The school occupies a residential site.

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