Southern Alamance High

Southern Alamance High, an expansive senior high in Graham, North Carolina, operated by Alamance-Burlington Schools, educates 1,148 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 51% larger than the state mean of about 761.

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

Looking at the student body, Southern Alamance High lists that White students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Alamance County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Southern Alamance High tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Alamance County's rate of about 80%.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Southern Alamance High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 63.6%; actual is 36.3%, a gap of -27.4 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Alamance County shows median household income runs about $65,651, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Alamance County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,737 students), Southern Alamance High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Southern Alamance Middle, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Southern Alamance High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 40.7%.

Southern Alamance High operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Southern Alamance High's enrollment has contracted 23% since 2018, when it stood at 1,499 (now 1,148). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 73% to 58%.

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