NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools NC

Best-Resourced Schools in Graham, NC

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11 public K-12 schools in Graham from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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11
Schools
6,241
Students
41.7/100
Avg Resource Index
15.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Graham has more public-school enrollment than 65% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Graham sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Graham's 11 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 54-point gap between Ray Street Academy and Southern Alamance Middle shows the range hidden by Graham's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 35%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
54th percentile
Teacher staffing
48th percentile

Southern Alamance High accounts for 18.4% of all Graham public-school enrollment

That concentration means Graham-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Graham school enrollment varies 32× across entities

Graham school enrollment ranges from 36 students (lowest) to 1,148 students (highest), a spread of 1,112 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Graham reports 59.7% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Graham student-teacher ratio is 15.5:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Graham is typically wider than the Graham-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Ray Street Academy 85
2. Abss Early College at Acc 50
3. Graham Middle 41
4. B. Everett Jordan Elementary 40
5. Graham High 39
6. Alexander Wilson Elementary 38
7. North Graham Elementary 37
8. Southern Alamance High 33
9. South Graham Elementary 33
10. River Mill Academy 32
11. Southern Alamance Middle 31

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Graham

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 North Graham Elementary 70.6/100
  2. 2 Abss Early College at Acc 69.2/100
  3. 3 South Graham Elementary 68.8/100
  4. 4 Graham High 65.8/100
  5. 5 Alexander Wilson Elementary 64.1/100

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Which Graham school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Ray Street Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Graham schools in this federal-data comparison at 85/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Graham, NC? ▼

Graham has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,241 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.