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Chatham County Schools

PO Box 128, Pittsboro, NC 27312

8,706 Students | 712 Teachers | 17 Schools

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Bennett School
Bonlee School
Chatham Central High
Chatham Middle
Horton Middle
Jordan Matthews High
J S Waters School
Margaret B. Pollard Middle
Moncure School
North Chatham Elementary
Northwood High
Perry W Harrison Elementary
Pittsboro Elementary
SAGE Academy
Siler City Elementary
Silk Hope School
Virginia Cross Elementary

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District Composition

The Racial Divide

ProPublica has found that in school districts across the country, Black and Hispanic students are, on average, less likely to be selected for gifted programs and take AP courses than their white peers. They are also more likely, on average, to be suspended and expelled. Another measure of disparities is how segregated schools are in a district. Explore if disparities exist at this school across all racial groups. The first scores shown below are for racial groups with the highest disparities.

Opportunity

2.6x

White students are 2.6 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as Hispanic students.

White students are 2.1 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as Black students.

A comparison between Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

White students are 1.7 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as students of Two or More Races.

A comparison between Native American or Alaska Native students and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

Discipline

5.1x

Native American or Alaska Native students are 5.1 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Black students are 2.9 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Hispanic students are 1.3 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

A comparison between Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students and White student suspensions is not available.

students of Two or More Races are 3.6 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Segregation Index

Medium

Segregation between Black students students and White students is Medium, indicating that the distribution of these two racial groups among schools in this district is relatively uneven

Segregation between White students and Hispanic students is High, indicating that the distribution of these two racial groups among schools in this district isrelatively uneven

Achievement Gap

2.7 grades

Black students are, on average, academically 2.7 grades behind White students.

Hispanic students are, on average, academically 2.5 grades behind White students.

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Opportunity

School districts offer a variety of curricula and enrichment programs. Explore what advanced courses and specialized staff members are available for students in this district.

AP Course Composition

Gifted & Talented Composition

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State

Students

48% Nonwhite Students

50% Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch

87% High School Graduation Rate

17% High School Students Taking at Least One AP Course

424 students

17% Students in a Gifted & Talented Program

1,504 students

22% Students Taking the SAT or ACT

558 students

3% Students Enrolled in Physics

64 students

25% Students Enrolled in Advanced Math

628 students

25% Students Enrolled in in Geometry

625 students

24% Students Enrolled in Biology

618 students

14% Students Enrolled in Chemistry

361 students

2% Students Enrolled in Calculus

58 students

2% Students Enrolled in 8th-Grade Algebra

163 students

Teachers & Resources

12.2 Students for Every Teacher

6% Inexperienced Teachers

14% Chronically Absent Teachers

(Missed more than 10 days in a 180-day school year)

8.3 Average Number of AP Courses per School

3.4 Social Workers, Psychologists & Counselors per 1000 students

3 Schools With Credit Recovery Programs

4 Schools With Dual Enrollment Programs

17 Schools With Gifted & Talented Programs

0 Schools With International Baccalaureates

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Discipline

School districts differ in how they discipline students. Explore how often this district punishes its students with suspensions, expulsions and corporal punishment.

Out-of-School Suspension Composition

Expulsion Composition

This District

State

Students

444 Total Out-of-School Suspended Students

5% of all students in this district

835 Total In-School Suspended Students

10% of all students in this district

4 Total Expelled Students

< 1% of all students in this district

Outcomes & Resources

105 Average Days Missed to Out-of-School Suspension, per School

3.5Average Number of Days of an Out-of-School Suspension

0 Total Arrests

4 Total Referrals to Law Enforcement

0 Average Transfers to Alternative Schools, per School

0.7 Security Guard or Law Enforcement Officer per 1000 students

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Civil Rights Coordinators

Districts are required to designate specific employees to ensure schools are in compliance with federal civil rights laws. Here are the designated civil rights coordinators for this district.

Civil Rights: All Forms of Discrimination

Tracy Fowler
(919) 542-3626
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All Schools

Explore the disparities in discipline and academic opportunities across all schools in this district.

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School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Black students)	Discipline (Black students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Bennett School	Bennett	13%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	16.8x
Bonlee School	Bear Creek	27%	54%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	8.1x
Chatham Central High	Bear Creek	26%	37%	Between 85% and 89%	0 Not available	3.6x
Chatham Middle	Siler City	87%	88%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Horton Middle	Pittsboro	41%	38%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	5.9x
Jordan Matthews High	Siler City	71%	70%	Between 85% and 89%	2x	2.9x
J S Waters School	Goldston	28%	56%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Margaret B. Pollard Middle	Chapel Hill	34%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	8.4x
Moncure School	Moncure	38%	51%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
North Chatham Elementary	Chapel Hill	45%	39%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	11.2x
Northwood High	Pittsboro	34%	29%	87%	2.3x	1.7x
Perry W Harrison Elementary	Pittsboro	27%	23%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Pittsboro Elementary	Pittsboro	41%	39%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
SAGE Academy	Siler City	45%	94%	Greater than 90%	0 Not available	.5 No White students suspended
Siler City Elementary	Siler City	82%	84%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Silk Hope School	Siler City	25%	42%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	10.5x
Virginia Cross Elementary	Siler City	93%	94%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Hispanic students)	Discipline (Hispanic students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Bennett School	Bennett	13%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Bonlee School	Bear Creek	27%	54%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Chatham Central High	Bear Creek	26%	37%	Between 85% and 89%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Chatham Middle	Siler City	87%	88%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	.5Less likely
Horton Middle	Pittsboro	41%	38%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	4.1x
Jordan Matthews High	Siler City	71%	70%	Between 85% and 89%	1.5x	0 Not available
J S Waters School	Goldston	28%	56%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Margaret B. Pollard Middle	Chapel Hill	34%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	5.5x
Moncure School	Moncure	38%	51%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
North Chatham Elementary	Chapel Hill	45%	39%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Northwood High	Pittsboro	34%	29%	87%	2.8x	2.2x
Perry W Harrison Elementary	Pittsboro	27%	23%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Pittsboro Elementary	Pittsboro	41%	39%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	3.5x
SAGE Academy	Siler City	45%	94%	Greater than 90%	0 Not available	.5 No White students suspended
Siler City Elementary	Siler City	82%	84%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	.5Less likely
Silk Hope School	Siler City	25%	42%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Virginia Cross Elementary	Siler City	93%	94%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	.5Less likely

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students)	Discipline (Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Bennett School	Bennett	13%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Bonlee School	Bear Creek	27%	54%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Chatham Central High	Bear Creek	26%	37%	Between 85% and 89%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Chatham Middle	Siler City	87%	88%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Horton Middle	Pittsboro	41%	38%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Jordan Matthews High	Siler City	71%	70%	Between 85% and 89%	0 Not available	0 Not available
J S Waters School	Goldston	28%	56%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Margaret B. Pollard Middle	Chapel Hill	34%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	9x
Moncure School	Moncure	38%	51%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
North Chatham Elementary	Chapel Hill	45%	39%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Northwood High	Pittsboro	34%	29%	87%	.5Less likely	0 Not available
Perry W Harrison Elementary	Pittsboro	27%	23%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Pittsboro Elementary	Pittsboro	41%	39%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
SAGE Academy	Siler City	45%	94%	Greater than 90%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Siler City Elementary	Siler City	82%	84%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Silk Hope School	Siler City	25%	42%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Virginia Cross Elementary	Siler City	93%	94%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Native American or Alaska Native students)	Discipline (Native American or Alaska Native students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Bennett School	Bennett	13%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Bonlee School	Bear Creek	27%	54%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Chatham Central High	Bear Creek	26%	37%	Between 85% and 89%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Chatham Middle	Siler City	87%	88%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Horton Middle	Pittsboro	41%	38%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Jordan Matthews High	Siler City	71%	70%	Between 85% and 89%	0 Not available	0 Not available
J S Waters School	Goldston	28%	56%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Margaret B. Pollard Middle	Chapel Hill	34%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	Over 20x
Moncure School	Moncure	38%	51%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
North Chatham Elementary	Chapel Hill	45%	39%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Northwood High	Pittsboro	34%	29%	87%	0 Not available	8x
Perry W Harrison Elementary	Pittsboro	27%	23%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Pittsboro Elementary	Pittsboro	41%	39%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
SAGE Academy	Siler City	45%	94%	Greater than 90%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Siler City Elementary	Siler City	82%	84%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Silk Hope School	Siler City	25%	42%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Virginia Cross Elementary	Siler City	93%	94%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Two or More Races students)	Discipline (Two or More Races students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
Bennett School	Bennett	13%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Bonlee School	Bear Creek	27%	54%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	4.6x
Chatham Central High	Bear Creek	26%	37%	Between 85% and 89%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Chatham Middle	Siler City	87%	88%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Horton Middle	Pittsboro	41%	38%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	10.3x
Jordan Matthews High	Siler City	71%	70%	Between 85% and 89%	0 Not available	3.6x
J S Waters School	Goldston	28%	56%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	6.6x
Margaret B. Pollard Middle	Chapel Hill	34%	25%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	5.3x
Moncure School	Moncure	38%	51%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	6.4x
North Chatham Elementary	Chapel Hill	45%	39%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	14.2x
Northwood High	Pittsboro	34%	29%	87%	0 Not available	2.3x
Perry W Harrison Elementary	Pittsboro	27%	23%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Pittsboro Elementary	Pittsboro	41%	39%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	3.7x
SAGE Academy	Siler City	45%	94%	Greater than 90%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Siler City Elementary	Siler City	82%	84%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Silk Hope School	Siler City	25%	42%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	6.2x
Virginia Cross Elementary	Siler City	93%	94%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

Sources & Notes

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, Stanford University's Center for Education Policy Analysis, EDFacts, U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data. Maps courtesy of Mapbox Community. Read our methodology →

Notes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights occasionally updates the underlying dataset. ProPublica may update the interactive’s data in response.

Disparity scores are not available if there are too few students in a specific racial group to make a statistically significant calculation. They are also not available if data about a particular racial group was not reported. Some schools or districts reported an overcount of students in a disparity category (such as suspensions or AP courses) when compared with the total enrollment of that particular student group. In such cases, we also omit the disparity score.

Due to rounding, demographic breakdowns in composition charts may add up to more than 100 percent.

The racial categories we show data for are: Black, Hispanic, White, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, Two or More Races, and Native American or Alaska Native. In some cases, we abbreviate the last three of these racial groups to Asian, Two+ Races, and Native Am.

Due to a technical issue with the Office for Civil Rights’ collection of data on sworn law enforcement officers in schools, the data for security staff may be an undercount.

As with any self-reported data, there may be errors in the federal Civil Rights Data Collection. Though districts are required to ensure the accuracy of their data, some may still report incorrect figures. Additionally, for some variables, the CRDC rounds the number of students for privacy reasons. In these cases, groups of students may represent a slight undercount or overcount.

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Data specific to high school testing or high school level courses (including geometry, biology, calculus, AP enrollment, SAT testing rates, etc.) is calculated out of total high school enrollment, while data for other classes (such as eighth-grade algebra) is calculated out of total student enrollment. Read more about our data in our methodology →