C E Jordan High
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Durham, North Carolina
C E Jordan High in Durham, North Carolina enrolled 2,189 students in 2024-25 with 104.7 full-time teachers, 20.9 students per teacher against the North Carolina high-school median of 18.4. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 83% (North Carolina: 86.5%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment rose 7% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 8%
2,040 students in 2022-23, 2,068 students in 2023-24, 2,189 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 114.0 to 104.7.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 2,040 | 114.0 | 17.9 |
| 2023-24 | 2,068 | 116.7 | 17.7 |
| 2024-25 | 2,189 | 104.7 | 20.9 |
20.9 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 68 of every 100 North Carolina high schools
Among the 588 North Carolina high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 18.4; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
19 AP courses and one counselor per 240 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection C E Jordan High enrolled 1,918 students and had 8.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 131 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses19
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)8.0, one per 240 of the 1,918 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions131
- Chronically absent58.9% (2022-23)
Who attends
30.2% of students were Hispanic, 29.8% Black, 28.7% White in 2024-25.
- Hispanic30.2%
- Black29.8%
- White28.7%
- Two or more races7.0%
- Asian4.1%
- American Indian0.1%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
83% of the 476 students in C E Jordan High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.5% across North Carolina. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | North Carolina | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 83% | 84% | 86.5% |
| Students in the class | 476 | 2,760 | 120,822 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
High schools in Durham
14 public high schools in Durham report 2024-25 enrollment; C E Jordan High is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| C E Jordan High | 2,189 | 20.9 | 99.9% |
| Riverside High | 1,900 | 20.3 | 99.8% |
| Durham School of the Arts | 1,764 | 17.6 | 99.2% |
| Hillside High | 1,433 | 17.4 | 99.8% |
| Southern School of Energy and Sustainabi | 1,384 | 21.2 | 99.8% |
| Northern High | 1,281 | 18.3 | 99.8% |
| Research Triangle High School | 572 | 13.3 | not reported |
| J D Clement Early College High School | 380 | 26.3 | 99.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about C E Jordan High
- Durham School of TechnologyThe nearest public high school, 3.9 miles away: 219 students, 13.5 per teacher (2024-25).3.9 mi
- Hillside HighThe next nearest public high school, 3.9 miles away: 1,433 students, 17.4 per teacher (2024-25).3.9 mi
- Compare C E Jordan High with Durham School of TechnologyStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Durham Public Schools spends per student$15,239 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$15,239
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaC E Jordan High is the number 20 by size of 601 North Carolina high schools open in 2024-25.#20 of 601
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher20.9 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 18.4 for high schools.20.9:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about C E Jordan High
How many students attend C E Jordan High?
2,189 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 2,040 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Durham, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at C E Jordan High?
20.9 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the North Carolina median for high schools is 18.4. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is C E Jordan High a Title I school?
C E Jordan High was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).What is the graduation rate at C E Jordan High?
83% of the 476 students in C E Jordan High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.5% across North Carolina. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is C E Jordan High in?
Durham Public Schools, NCES district ID 3701260. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370126000530 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.