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
Reading scores among the district's schools dropped to 31.5% compared to the previous school year, when 33.8% of students were considered ready for post-secondary education.
Middle College High School @ DTCC students stood out from schools in Durham Public Schools in reading, with almost 66% of the 12th-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 reading portion, and only 5.7% were considered ready for college.
For comparison, North Carolina saw 36% of its students meeting or exceeding the ACT benchmarks for reading during the 2022-23 school year.
Besides reading, 35.6% of Durham Public Schools 12th-graders met English 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% | 66% |
| J. D. Clement Early College High School | 59.6% | 62.5% |
| Durham School of the Arts | 51.1% | 55.8% |
| C. E. Jordan High School | 43.4% | 38.5% |
| City of Medicine Academy | 37.3% | 37.2% |
| Riverside High School | 42.7% | 35.3% |
| The School for Creative Studies | 25.9% | 25.7% |
| Hillside New Technology High School | 23% | 23.1% |
| Northern High School | 16.8% | 17.4% |
| Ignite Online Academy | <5% | 14.6% |
| Hillside High School | 13.6% | 13.8% |
| Southern School of Energy and Sustainabi | 10.4% | 12.3% |
| Durham's Performance Learning Center | <5% | 5.7% |
| Lakeview School | 0% | <5% |
| Durham Public Schools | 33.8% | 31.5% |
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