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Southern School Of Energy And Sustainabi

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
800 Clayton Road
Durham, NC 27703
Phone
(919) 560-3968
District
Durham Public Schools
County
DURHAM COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
Yes
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1283
Classroom Teachers
79

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

1

(10 is best)

Better than 7.9% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Southern School Of Energy And Sustainabi Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
22%
47%
29%
58%
14%
36%
22%
47%
29%
58%
14%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
13
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 521 40.6%
Grade 10 323 25.2%
Grade 11 237 18.5%
Grade 12 202 15.7%
Total 1283 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 2.8% 20.6% 46.6%
Black 44.0% 40.7% 26.2%
Hispanic 52.1% 36.2% 21.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 2.2% 4.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.2% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 99.8% 66.3% 59.0%
Free lunch eligible 99.8% 64.0% 56.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 2.3% 2.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 325,101 10,698,973
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,130.6 217
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.0% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.4% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 39.4% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.4% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 13.8% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 135,469 4,105,232
Single Parent Households With Children 8.7% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.7% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 51.9% 33.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 19.5% 15.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.6% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.9% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.2% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.7% 16.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.1% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 7.1% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,419 $265,452,000 59.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $800 $25,218,000 5.6%
Staff $461 $14,545,000 3.3%
General Administration $149 $4,702,000 1.1%
School Administration $827 $26,073,000 5.8%
Operation $952 $30,018,000 6.7%
Transportation $440 $13,869,000 3.1%
Other $436 $13,745,000 3.1%
Total Support $4,065 $128,170,000 28.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,700 $53,593,000 12.0%
Total Expenditures $14,183 $447,215,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,564 $10,129,255,000 56.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $623 $960,884,000 5.4%
Staff $394 $608,502,000 3.4%
General Administration $179 $276,069,000 1.5%
School Administration $651 $1,005,083,000 5.6%
Operation $803 $1,239,070,000 6.9%
Transportation $337 $520,307,000 2.9%
Other $350 $540,157,000 3.0%
Total Support $3,338 $5,150,072,000 28.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,737 $2,680,931,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $11,639 $17,960,258,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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