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Enrollment
1,206
High
DISTRICT 764 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS·NCES 370003000207
Walter M Williams High
1307 S Church Street, Burlington, NC 27215 · (336) 570-6161 · Alamance County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,206 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of North Carolina public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
20.3:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,203 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 | 352 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 325 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 301 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 228 | 19% |
Student demographics
73%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
50.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
19.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Walter M Williams High
Walter M Williams High's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter M Williams High this school | 1,206 | 99.8% | 34.9% |
| Concord High Concord | 1,128 | 99.1% | 40.1% |
| Mount Tabor High School Winston Salem | 1,426 | 99.8% | 38.6% |
| Durham School of the Arts Durham | 1,764 | 99.2% | 74.8% |
| New Hanover High Wilmington | 1,437 | 98.5% | 30.9% |
| Triton High Erwin | 1,274 | 99.5% | 32.9% |
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 Walter M Williams High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Alamance County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #358 of 468 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #388 of 464 | #6 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #284 of 448 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,206 | #138 of 598 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #311 of 473 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.7% | #21 of 474 | #1 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #43 of 527 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #271 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
1,206
+11 (+1%) vs 2020
+1% since 2000-01, when it was 1,192
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 1,206 | 59.5 | 20.3:1 | 100% (1,203) |
| 2023-24 | 1,215 | 67.5 | 18.0:1 | 54% (662) |
| 2022-23 | 1,343 | 72.5 | 18.5:1 | 58% (778) |
| 2020-21 | 1,195 | 68 | 17.6:1 | 35% (415) |
| 2017-18 | 1,214 | 66.3 | 18.3:1 | 55% (665) |
| 2015-16 | 1,185 | 65 | 18.2:1 | 53% (632) |
| 2010-11 | 1,169 | 67 | 17.4:1 | 40% (473) |
| 2000-01 | 1,192 | 68 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walter M Williams High.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (1,214 to 1,206); teachers down 10% (66.3 to 59.5).
About Walter M Williams High
Walter M Williams High is a large high school in Burlington, North Carolina, under Alamance-Burlington Schools. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,206 students. High schools in North Carolina average about 761 students, which makes this school 58% larger than average.
Alamance-Burlington Schools oversees Walter M Williams High and 36 other schools, with 22,661 students in total.
The largest group at Walter M Williams High is Black students, at 32%. It is also 31% Hispanic, 26% White, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Alamance County is roughly 20% Black. The diversity index for Walter M Williams High is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 59.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Walter M Williams High has a ratio of 20.3:1. The gap from the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina is 0.7 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 100%. The gap from the 80% average for public schools in Alamance County is 20 points.
Walter M Williams High earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of North Carolina public high schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 34.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 48.4%.
Alamance County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $65,651, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 42 public schools in the county, enrolling about 25,737, Walter M Williams High among them.
Of the public schools around it, Walter M Williams High is closest to Turrentine Middle, about 0.6 miles away. Walter M Williams High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Walter M Williams High ranks 4th of 9 nearby schools, at 34.9% versus a 38.2% average.
The NCES locale for Walter M Williams High is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,206, close to the 1,195 recorded in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 17.6 to 20.3 over 4 years.
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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
- Southern Alamance HighHigh · 1,148 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 Burlington
- Clover GardenCombined · 963 students
- Hugh M Cummings HighHigh · 807 students
- Turrentine MiddleMiddle · 739 students
- Highland ElementaryElementary · 661 students
- Hillcrest ElementaryElementary · 556 students
- Marvin B Smith ElementaryElementary · 556 students
Nearby schools
- Turrentine Middle0.6 mi · 739
- Grove Park Elementary0.7 mi · 437
- Hillcrest Elementary1.2 mi · 556
- Marvin B Smith Elementary1.6 mi · 556
- Harvey R Newlin Elementary2.1 mi · 491
- Eastlawn Elementary2.7 mi · 528
Frequently asked questions
About Walter M Williams HighHow large is Walter M Williams High?
Walter M Williams High enrolls approximately 1,206 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Walter M Williams High serve?
Walter M Williams High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Walter M Williams High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Walter M Williams High is approximately 20.3:1 (59 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Walter M Williams High?
Walter M Williams High reports a student body of 26% White, 31% Hispanic, 32% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Walter M Williams High?
Walter M Williams High is overseen by Alamance-Burlington Schools in Alamance County.
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