Western Alamance High

Set in Elon, North Carolina, Western Alamance High is an average-sized 9-12 campus, run under Alamance-Burlington Schools. It enrolls 1,138 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Western Alamance High sits 50% above that benchmark.

Western Alamance High is one of 37 schools operated by Alamance-Burlington Schools, a district that instructs 22,661 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Western Alamance High shows that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 23% Hispanic, 20% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 60% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Western Alamance High has 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 49% of students at Western Alamance High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Alamance County (around 80%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Western Alamance High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.5%.

Around the school, Alamance County reports that median household earnings sit near $65,651, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Alamance County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,737 students), of which Western Alamance High is one.

Western Alamance Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Western Alamance High. On composite proficiency, Western Alamance High comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.4%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 6%: 1,212 students in 2018 compared to 1,138 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 70% to 49%.

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