Catherine Truitt North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction | North Carolina Department of Public Instruction website
Catherine Truitt North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction | North Carolina Department of Public Instruction website
English scores among the district's schools rose to 38.5% compared to the previous school year, when 36% of students were considered ready for post-secondary education.
Middle College High School @ DTCC students stood out from schools in Durham Public Schools in English, with almost 73.3% of the 11th-graders hitting the ACT benchmark in the 2022-23 school year (33). Meanwhile, students from Durham's Performance Learning Center struggled the most on the English portion, and only 9.4% were considered ready for college.
For comparison, North Carolina saw 41% of its students meeting or exceeding the ACT benchmarks for English during the 2022-23 school year.
Besides English, 33.8% of Durham Public Schools 11th-graders met reading college readiness benchmarks in the 2022-23 school year. In science, 24.3% of students were ready for college, and math scores revealed 23.9% of juniors also met the standard. Overall, Durham Public Schools had an average college readiness of 18.1% across all ACT areas.
North Carolina's education system is still grappling with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the 2022-23 ACT results, college readiness among North Carolina students falls short of pre-pandemic levels, with only 17.1% meeting benchmarks.
Additionally, the state's performance is lagging behind the national average, which currently stands at 21%.
| School | Met or Exceeded Benchmarks (2021-22) | Met or Exceeded Benchmarks (2022-23) |
|---|---|---|
| Middle College High School @ DTCC | 76% | 73.3% |
| J. D. Clement Early College High School | 70.5% | 69.1% |
| Durham School of the Arts | 66.2% | 67.2% |
| C. E. Jordan High School | 42.5% | 49.6% |
| City of Medicine Academy | 47.1% | 43.8% |
| Riverside High School | 37.2% | 41.7% |
| Hillside New Technology High School | 33.3% | 37.5% |
| The School for Creative Studies | 25.4% | 37% |
| Ignite Online Academy | 22.4% | 34.5% |
| Northern High School | 19.6% | 26.3% |
| Hillside High School | 17% | 16.1% |
| Southern School of Energy and Sustainabi | 13.2% | 10.5% |
| Durham's Performance Learning Center | 5.6% | 9.4% |
| Lakeview School | <5% | <5% |
| Durham Public Schools | 36% | 38.5% |
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