Catherine Truitt North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://x.com/ctruittnc?lang=en
Catherine Truitt North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction | https://x.com/ctruittnc?lang=en
English scores among the district's schools dropped to 35.6% compared to the previous school year, when 40.1% 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 78% of the 12th-graders hitting the ACT benchmark in the 2022-23 school year (39). Meanwhile, students from Durham's Performance Learning Center struggled the most on the English portion, and only 5.7% 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, 31.5% of Durham Public Schools 12th-graders met reading college readiness benchmarks in the 2022-23 school year. In science, 21.3% of students were ready for college, and math scores revealed 19.3% of seniors also met the standard. Overall, Durham Public Schools had an average college readiness of 14.4% 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 | 62.9% | 78% |
| J. D. Clement Early College High School | 71.2% | 65.6% |
| Durham School of the Arts | 62.6% | 65.5% |
| City of Medicine Academy | 45.3% | 44.2% |
| C. E. Jordan High School | 51% | 41.7% |
| Riverside High School | 46.7% | 37.9% |
| Hillside New Technology High School | 29.5% | 32.7% |
| The School for Creative Studies | 27.8% | 24.3% |
| Ignite Online Academy | <5% | 22.9% |
| Northern High School | 25.2% | 20.6% |
| Hillside High School | 16.6% | 17.5% |
| Southern School of Energy and Sustainabi | 12.3% | 12.3% |
| Durham's Performance Learning Center | <5% | 5.7% |
| Lakeview School | 0% | <5% |
| Durham Public Schools | 40.1% | 35.6% |
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