Northern High High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

117 Tom Wilkinson Rd

Durham NC, 27712, Durham County

Phone: 919-560-3956

Ranking:

(253 out of 287, bottom 12%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Durham Public Schools

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	84		90		84		90		96		107		103
Total Students:	1,368		1,415		1,422		1,484		1,625		1,651		1,604
Grade 9:	374	27.3%	436	30.8%	403	28.3%	383	25.8%	435	26.8%	509	30.8%	509	31.7%
Grade 10:	377	27.6%	374	26.4%	340	23.9%	346	23.3%	424	26.1%	435	26.3%	409	25.5%
Grade 11:	344	25.1%	327	23.1%	353	24.8%	403	27.2%	442	27.2%	395	23.9%	370	23.1%
Grade 12:	273	20.0%	278	19.6%	326	22.9%	352	23.7%	324	19.9%	312	18.9%	316	19.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	738	53.9%	768	54.3%	750	52.7%	787	53.0%	857	52.7%	858	52.0%	807	50.3%
Female:	630	46.1%	647	45.7%	672	47.3%	697	47.0%	760	46.8%	785	47.5%	755	47.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	16	1.2%	10	0.7%	12	0.8%	9	0.6%	4	0.2%	3	0.2%	1	0.1%
Asian:	15	1.1%	17	1.2%	17	1.2%	16	1.1%	17	1.0%	21	1.3%	23	1.4%
Hispanic:	250	18.3%	258	18.2%	202	14.2%	187	12.6%	150	9.2%	124	7.5%	109	6.8%
Black:	734	53.7%	773	54.6%	791	55.6%	821	55.3%	963	59.3%	944	57.2%	857	53.4%
White:	290	21.2%	319	22.5%	363	25.5%	414	27.9%	491	30.2%	559	33.9%	576	35.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	62	4.5%	38	2.7%	37	2.6%	37	2.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	742	54.2%	770	54.4%	640	45.0%	657	44.3%	621	38.2%	456	27.6%	570	35.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	76	5.6%	64	4.5%	71	5.0%	58	3.9%	84	5.2%	76	4.6%	98	6.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.30		15.76		16.92		16.54		16.91		15.40		15.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	63.6%	66.2%	N/A
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	39.1%	51.9%	N/A
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	36.4%	52.3%	N/A
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	33.7%	46.8%	N/A
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	43.4%	59.2%	N/A
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	55.3%	62.9%	N/A
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	58.2%	67.1%	N/A
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	7.4%	23.0%	N/A
2006	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	62.8%	63.2%	N/A
2007	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	42.2%	50.7%	N/A
2008	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	39.5%	45.2%	N/A
2009	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	37.4%	49%	N/A
2010	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	68.8%	70.8%	N/A
2011	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	71.8%	69.5%	N/A
2006	Biology	End of course	% met std	49.9%	55.8%	N/A
2007	Biology	End of course	% met std	55.8%	58.2%	N/A
2008	Biology	End of course	% met std	55.5%	59.7%	N/A
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	55.9%	61.2%	N/A
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	65.9%	71%	N/A
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	67.9%	67.8%	N/A
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	66.2%	75.4%	N/A
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	37.9%	41.4%	N/A
2006	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	67.2%	66.7%	N/A
2008	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	47.8%	55.7%	N/A
2009	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	47.7%	61.6%	N/A
2006	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	47.6%	50.4%	N/A
2007	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	45.9%	56.8%	N/A
2008	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	48%	54.8%	N/A
2009	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	52.7%	59.6%	N/A
2010	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	60.8%	66.8%	N/A
2011	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	55%	67.2%	N/A
2006	English I	End of course	% met std	75.2%	76.1%	N/A
2007	English I	End of course	% met std	57.5%	61.9%	N/A
2008	English I	End of course	% met std	54%	61.1%	N/A
2009	English I	End of course	% met std	58.9%	61.3%	N/A
2010	English I	End of course	% met std	61.4%	71.3%	N/A
2011	English I	End of course	% met std	64.2%	68.4%	N/A
2012	English I	End of course	% met std	66.8%	75.7%	N/A
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	32.3%	44.2%	N/A
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	44.3%	48.8%	N/A
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	41.1%	45.3%	N/A
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	35.3%	45.4%	N/A
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	41.4%	51.6%	N/A
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	55.1%	63.1%	N/A
2006	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	60.8%	44.7%	N/A
2008	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	33.8%	32.6%	N/A
2009	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	31.5%	38.2%	N/A
2010	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	38.6%	51.4%	N/A
2011	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	47.9%	54.7%	N/A
2006	Physics	End of course	% met std	> 95.0%	85.5%	N/A
2008	Physics	End of course	% met std	66.7%	78%	N/A
2009	Physics	End of course	% met std	72.1%	80.7%	N/A
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	54%	55.4%	N/A
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	53.5%	58.4%	N/A
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	41.4%	55.7%	N/A
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	47.6%	63.8%	N/A
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	66.8%	76.1%	N/A
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	69.4%	73.7%	N/A
EOG
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	< 5.0%	14.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	20%	27%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	< 5.0%	15.1%	N/A
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	39.9%	48.2%	N/A
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	44.3%	48.3%	N/A
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	61.5%	64.5%	N/A
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	57.3%	62.1%	N/A
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	55.2%	62.2%	N/A
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	45.5%	56.9%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Northern High High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.