Jimmy C Draughn High School

Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Valdese, North Carolina

Jimmy C Draughn High School in Valdese, North Carolina enrolled 661 students in 2024-25 with 24.2 full-time teachers, 27.3 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 95% or more (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 3% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 33%

682 students in 2022-23, 656 students in 2023-24, 661 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 36.3 to 24.2.

Students enrolled at Jimmy C Draughn High School by school year2022-23: 682, 2023-24: 656, 2024-25: 66102004006008002022-236822023-246562024-25661
Students enrolled at Jimmy C Draughn High School by school year2022-23: 682, 2023-24: 656, 2024-25: 66102004006008002022-236822023-246562024-25661
Students enrolled at Jimmy C Draughn High School by school year2022-23: 682, 2023-24: 656, 2024-25: 66102004006008002022-236822023-246562024-25661
Students enrolled at Jimmy C Draughn High School by school year2022-23: 682, 2023-24: 656, 2024-25: 66102004006008002022-236822023-246562024-25661
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2368236.318.8
2023-2465634.918.8
2024-2566124.227.3

27.3 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 90 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.

Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; This school 27.3; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherThis school 27.3state median 18.4U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; This school 27.3; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherThis school 27.3state median 18.4U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; This school 27.3; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherThis school 27.3state median 18.4U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; This school 27.3; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherThis school 27.3state median 18.4U.S. 14.5

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).

14 AP courses and one counselor per 317 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Jimmy C Draughn High School enrolled 633 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 36 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement courses14
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 317 of the 633 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions36
  • Chronically absent25.4% (2022-23)

Who attends

74.9% of students were White, 10.4% Hispanic, 6.5% Asian in 2024-25.

  1. White74.9%
  2. Hispanic10.4%
  3. Asian6.5%
  4. Two or more races5.4%
  5. Black2.0%
  6. Pacific Islander0.8%

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

95% or more of the 159 students in Jimmy C Draughn High School'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.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This schoolIts districtNorth Carolina
Four-year graduation rate95% or more88%86.5%
Students in the class159994120,822

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.

What to look at next about Jimmy C Draughn High School

  1. Hallyburton AcademyThe nearest public high school, 3.5 miles away: 73 students, 8.5 per teacher (2024-25).3.5 mi
  2. East Burke HighThe next nearest public high school, 4.7 miles away: 874 students, 23.1 per teacher (2024-25).4.7 mi
  3. Compare Jimmy C Draughn High School with Hallyburton AcademyStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Burke County Public Schools spends per student$12,261 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,261
  5. The largest public schools in North CarolinaJimmy C Draughn High School is the number 290 by size of 601 North Carolina high schools open in 2024-25.#290 of 601
  6. North Carolina schools by students per teacher27.3 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 18.4 for high schools.27.3:1
  7. 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 Jimmy C Draughn High School

  1. How many students attend Jimmy C Draughn High School?
    661 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 682 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Valdese, NC.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Jimmy C Draughn High School?
    27.3 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.
  3. Is Jimmy C Draughn High School a Title I school?
    Jimmy C Draughn High School 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).
  4. What is the graduation rate at Jimmy C Draughn High School?
    95% or more of the 159 students in Jimmy C Draughn High School'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.
  5. What district is Jimmy C Draughn High School in?
    Burke County Public Schools, NCES district ID 3700480. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370048002836 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.

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