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Enrollment
1,148
High
DISTRICT 764 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS·NCES 370003000016
Southern Alamance High
631 Southern High Road, Graham, NC 27253 · (336) 570-6400 · Alamance County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,148 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of North Carolina public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
18.8:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
572 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 | 302 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 275 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 318 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 253 | 22% |
Student demographics
60%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
45.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
20.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-27.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 64% 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 Southern Alamance High
Southern Alamance High's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Alamance High this school | 1,148 | 49.8% | 36.3% |
| Orange High Hillsborough | 1,161 | 46.3% | 44.5% |
| Western Alamance High Elon | 1,138 | 49.5% | 48.5% |
| Hendersonville High Hendersonville | 794 | 44.3% | 53.3% |
| Ledford Senior High Thomasville | 776 | 51.3% | 50.3% |
| Parkwood High Monroe | 1,082 | 43.7% | 58.4% |
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 Southern Alamance High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Alamance County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #339 of 468 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #379 of 464 | #5 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #330 of 448 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,148 | #149 of 598 | #2 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #248 of 473 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #257 of 474 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.8% | #384 of 527 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #26 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
1,148
-197 (-15%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 804
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 1,148 | 61.1 | 18.8:1 | 50% (572) |
| 2023-24 | 1,178 | 67.3 | 17.5:1 | 46% (538) |
| 2022-23 | 1,360 | 74.9 | 18.2:1 | 43% (585) |
| 2020-21 | 1,345 | 76 | 17.7:1 | 21% (288) |
| 2017-18 | 1,499 | 80.3 | 18.7:1 | 33% (491) |
| 2015-16 | 1,546 | 84 | 18.4:1 | 36% (553) |
| 2010-11 | 1,475 | 83 | 17.8:1 | 32% (476) |
| 2000-01 | 1,070 | 70 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 804 | 57 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southern Alamance High.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (1,499 to 1,148); teachers down 24% (80.3 to 61.1).
About Southern Alamance High
Southern Alamance High is a public high school in Graham, North Carolina. It enrolled 1,148 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 51% higher than the average for high schools in North Carolina, which is about 761.
The district, Alamance-Burlington Schools, has 22,661 students enrolled across 37 schools.
Southern Alamance High is 58% White by enrollment. Next come 22% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, about 60% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 60%, meaning two students picked at random have a 60% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 61.1 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 18.8:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina. The school's lunch program data list 50% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Alamance County averages 80%, higher than here.
Southern Alamance High is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 15% of North Carolina public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Southern Alamance High posts 36.3% against a 63.6% prediction, a bottom-10% result in North Carolina.
Southern Alamance High is located in Alamance County, where the median household income is $65,651, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Southern Alamance High, Alamance County has 41 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Southern Alamance Middle, about 0.2 miles away. Southern Alamance High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Southern Alamance High at 5th of 6.
Locale data from NCES put Southern Alamance High in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (Suburb: Mid-size).
Enrollment has fallen by 197 students since 2020-21, to 1,148. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 18.8:1, from 17.7:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Southern Alamance High. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Western Alamance HighHigh · 1,138 students
- Southeast Alamance HighHigh · 1,079 students
- Eastern Alamance HighHigh · 952 students
- Hawfields MiddleMiddle · 864 students
- Western Alamance MiddleMiddle · 837 students
Other schools in Graham
- Graham HighHigh · 828 students
- Southern Alamance MiddleMiddle · 822 students
- River Mill AcademyCombined · 780 students
- Alexander Wilson ElementaryElementary · 609 students
- Graham MiddleMiddle · 553 students
- South Graham ElementaryElementary · 518 students
Nearby schools
- Southern Alamance Middle0.2 mi · 822
- River Mill Academy3.0 mi · 780
- South Graham Elementary3.6 mi · 518
- Alexander Wilson Elementary3.8 mi · 609
- Ray Street Academy4.2 mi · 36
- Alamance Virtual School4.2 mi · 203
Frequently asked questions
About Southern Alamance HighWhat is the total enrollment at Southern Alamance High?
Southern Alamance High enrolls approximately 1,148 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Southern Alamance High serve?
Southern Alamance High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southern Alamance High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southern Alamance High is approximately 18.8:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southern Alamance High?
At Southern Alamance High, the student body is approximately 58% White, 22% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Southern Alamance High public or private?
Southern Alamance High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alamance-Burlington Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.