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Lee County Schools

PO Box 1010, Sanford, NC 27331

10.3K Students | 756 Teachers | 16 Schools

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Bragg Street Academy
Broadway Elementary
BT Bullock Elementary
Deep River Elementary
East Lee Middle
Floyd L Knight Children Center
Greenwood Elementary
J Glenn Edwards Elementary
J R Ingram Jr Elementary
Lee County High
Lee Early College
SanLee Middle School
Southern Lee High School
Tramway Elementary
Warren Williams Elementary Alternative
West Lee Middle

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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

3.7x

White students are 3.7 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as Black students.

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

Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students are 2.1 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as White students.

A comparison between students of Two or More Races and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

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

Discipline

3.2x

students of Two or More Races are 3.2 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 1.2 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.

A comparison between Native American or Alaska Native students and White student suspensions is not available.

Segregation Index

Low

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

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

Achievement Gap

2.1 grades

Black students are, on average, academically 2.1 grades behind White students.

Hispanic students are, on average, academically 1.4 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

This District

State

Students

60% Nonwhite Students

67% Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch

89% High School Graduation Rate

13% High School Students Taking at Least One AP Course

380 students

13% Students in a Gifted & Talented Program

1,383 students

23% Students Taking the SAT or ACT

690 students

1% Students Enrolled in Physics

33 students

29% Students Enrolled in Advanced Math

884 students

18% Students Enrolled in in Geometry

559 students

20% Students Enrolled in Biology

621 students

16% Students Enrolled in Chemistry

489 students

2% Students Enrolled in Calculus

55 students

< 1% Students Enrolled in 8th-Grade Algebra

22 students

Teachers & Resources

13.6 Students for Every Teacher

17% Inexperienced Teachers

25% Chronically Absent Teachers

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

13.5 Average Number of AP Courses per School

3.4 Social Workers, Psychologists & Counselors per 1000 students

4 Schools With Credit Recovery Programs

3 Schools With Dual Enrollment Programs

13 Schools With Gifted & Talented Programs

1 School With International Baccalaureates

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State

Discipline

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Out-of-School Suspension Composition

Expulsion Composition

This District

State

Students

1,009 Total Out-of-School Suspended Students

10% of all students in this district

1,621 Total In-School Suspended Students

16% of all students in this district

2 Total Expelled Students

< 1% of all students in this district

Outcomes & Resources

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

3.7Average Number of Days of an Out-of-School Suspension

89 Total Arrests

5 Average Arrests, per School

118 Total Referrals to Law Enforcement

7 Average Referrals to Law Enforcement, per School

0 Average Transfers to Alternative Schools, per School

1.7 Security Guard or Law Enforcement Officer per 1000 students

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State

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

John Conway
(919) 774-6226
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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)
Bragg Street Academy	Sanford	65%	94%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Broadway Elementary	Broadway	63%	79%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	2.8x
BT Bullock Elementary	Sanford	71%	76%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Deep River Elementary	Sanford	73%	82%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	3.1x
East Lee Middle	Sanford	56%	68%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	1.8x
Floyd L Knight Children Center	Sanford	45%	47%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Greenwood Elementary	Sanford	54%	80%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
J Glenn Edwards Elementary	Sanford	74%	83%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
J R Ingram Jr Elementary	Sanford	60%	67%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	3.4x
Lee County High	Sanford	54%	56%	91%	5.1x	3.5x
Lee Early College	Sanford	57%	53%	Greater than 95%	0 Not available	0 Not available
SanLee Middle School	Sanford	64%	70%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	2.9x
Southern Lee High School	Sanford	59%	58%	94%	1.9x	3x
Tramway Elementary	Sanford	39%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	3.3x
Warren Williams Elementary Alternative	Sanford	78%	98%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
West Lee Middle	Sanford	61%	61%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	4.8x

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)
Bragg Street Academy	Sanford	65%	94%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Broadway Elementary	Broadway	63%	79%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
BT Bullock Elementary	Sanford	71%	76%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Deep River Elementary	Sanford	73%	82%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
East Lee Middle	Sanford	56%	68%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Floyd L Knight Children Center	Sanford	45%	47%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Greenwood Elementary	Sanford	54%	80%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
J Glenn Edwards Elementary	Sanford	74%	83%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
J R Ingram Jr Elementary	Sanford	60%	67%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lee County High	Sanford	54%	56%	91%	2.8x	0 Not available
Lee Early College	Sanford	57%	53%	Greater than 95%	0 Not available	0 Not available
SanLee Middle School	Sanford	64%	70%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Southern Lee High School	Sanford	59%	58%	94%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Tramway Elementary	Sanford	39%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Warren Williams Elementary Alternative	Sanford	78%	98%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
West Lee Middle	Sanford	61%	61%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	2.3x

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)
Bragg Street Academy	Sanford	65%	94%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Broadway Elementary	Broadway	63%	79%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
BT Bullock Elementary	Sanford	71%	76%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Deep River Elementary	Sanford	73%	82%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
East Lee Middle	Sanford	56%	68%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Floyd L Knight Children Center	Sanford	45%	47%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Greenwood Elementary	Sanford	54%	80%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
J Glenn Edwards Elementary	Sanford	74%	83%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
J R Ingram Jr Elementary	Sanford	60%	67%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lee County High	Sanford	54%	56%	91%	.5Less likely	0 Not available
Lee Early College	Sanford	57%	53%	Greater than 95%	0 Not available	0 Not available
SanLee Middle School	Sanford	64%	70%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Southern Lee High School	Sanford	59%	58%	94%	.5Less likely	2.6x
Tramway Elementary	Sanford	39%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Warren Williams Elementary Alternative	Sanford	78%	98%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
West Lee Middle	Sanford	61%	61%	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)
Bragg Street Academy	Sanford	65%	94%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Broadway Elementary	Broadway	63%	79%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
BT Bullock Elementary	Sanford	71%	76%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Deep River Elementary	Sanford	73%	82%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
East Lee Middle	Sanford	56%	68%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	4.2x
Floyd L Knight Children Center	Sanford	45%	47%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Greenwood Elementary	Sanford	54%	80%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
J Glenn Edwards Elementary	Sanford	74%	83%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
J R Ingram Jr Elementary	Sanford	60%	67%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lee County High	Sanford	54%	56%	91%	0 Not available	0 Not available
Lee Early College	Sanford	57%	53%	Greater than 95%	0 Not available	0 Not available
SanLee Middle School	Sanford	64%	70%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Southern Lee High School	Sanford	59%	58%	94%	.5Less likely	0 Not available
Tramway Elementary	Sanford	39%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Warren Williams Elementary Alternative	Sanford	78%	98%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
West Lee Middle	Sanford	61%	61%	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)
Bragg Street Academy	Sanford	65%	94%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	1.4x
Broadway Elementary	Broadway	63%	79%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
BT Bullock Elementary	Sanford	71%	76%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Deep River Elementary	Sanford	73%	82%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	3.8x
East Lee Middle	Sanford	56%	68%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Floyd L Knight Children Center	Sanford	45%	47%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Greenwood Elementary	Sanford	54%	80%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
J Glenn Edwards Elementary	Sanford	74%	83%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
J R Ingram Jr Elementary	Sanford	60%	67%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	6.3x
Lee County High	Sanford	54%	56%	91%	0 Not available	5.4x
Lee Early College	Sanford	57%	53%	Greater than 95%	0 Not available	15.5x
SanLee Middle School	Sanford	64%	70%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	2.5x
Southern Lee High School	Sanford	59%	58%	94%	0 Not available	3.7x
Tramway Elementary	Sanford	39%	41%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
Warren Williams Elementary Alternative	Sanford	78%	98%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
West Lee Middle	Sanford	61%	61%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	4.2x

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 →