East Chapel Hill High
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Chapel Hill, North Carolina
East Chapel Hill High in Chapel Hill, North Carolina enrolled 1,419 students in 2024-25 with 87.0 full-time teachers, 16.3 students per teacher against the North Carolina high-school median of 18.4. It was not a Title I school in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 97% (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 fell 2% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 4%
1,447 students in 2022-23, 1,411 students in 2023-24, 1,419 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 90.2 to 87.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,447 | 90.2 | 16.0 |
| 2023-24 | 1,411 | 88.4 | 16.0 |
| 2024-25 | 1,419 | 87.0 | 16.3 |
16.3 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 70 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).
32 AP courses and one counselor per 296 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection East Chapel Hill High enrolled 1,481 students and had 5.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 39 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses32
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)5.0, one per 296 of the 1,481 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions39
- Chronically absent29.7% (2022-23)
Who attends
46.5% of students were White, 20.7% Asian, 13.2% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- White46.5%
- Asian20.7%
- Hispanic13.2%
- Black11.1%
- Two or more races8.4%
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
97% of the 348 students in East Chapel Hill 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 | 97% | 95% | 86.5% |
| Students in the class | 348 | 943 | 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 Chapel Hill
4 public high schools in Chapel Hill report 2024-25 enrollment; East Chapel Hill High is number 2 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Hill High | 1,608 | 15.9 | 21.1% |
| East Chapel Hill High | 1,419 | 16.3 | 21.1% |
| Virtual Academy School | 39 | not reported | 56.4% |
| Phoenix Academy High | 27 | 2.7 | 85.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about East Chapel Hill High
- Chapel Hill HighThe nearest public high school, 3.0 miles away: 1,608 students, 15.9 per teacher (2024-25).3.0 mi
- Phoenix Academy HighThe next nearest public high school, 4.5 miles away: 27 students (2024-25).4.5 mi
- Compare East Chapel Hill High with Chapel Hill HighStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools spends per student$16,963 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$16,963
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaEast Chapel Hill High is the number 102 by size of 601 North Carolina high schools open in 2024-25.#102 of 601
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher16.3 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 18.4 for high schools.16.3:1
- 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 East Chapel Hill High
How many students attend East Chapel Hill High?
1,419 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,447 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Chapel Hill, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at East Chapel Hill High?
16.3 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 East Chapel Hill High a Title I school?
East Chapel Hill High was not a Title I school in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What is the graduation rate at East Chapel Hill High?
97% of the 348 students in East Chapel Hill 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 East Chapel Hill High in?
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, NCES district ID 3700720. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370072001942 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.