Dare Learning Academy
Kill Devil Hills · NC · Dare County Schools · Public
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H L Trigg Community → Ocracoke School → Mattamuskeet School → Tar River Academy → Washington Montessori → CS Brown High - STEM Program → Elizabeth City Pasquotank Early College → Halifax County Early College High →At a glance
- Gifted & talented program
- AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 13% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 54% in 2019 (Bottom 11% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Dare Learning Academy compares for families
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- ▸ LocallyNC sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: H L Trigg Community, Ocracoke School, Mattamuskeet School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 13% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 11% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $11,655/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H L Trigg Community Elizabeth City |
Public | 36.0 | 34 | — |
| Ocracoke School Ocracoke |
Public | 64.4 | 29 | — |
| Mattamuskeet School Swan Quarter |
Public | 50.0 | 70 | -56.0% |
| Tar River Academy Rocky Mount |
Public | 119.8 | 74 | — |
| Washington Montessori Washington |
Public · charter | 80.4 | 90 | +9.8% |
| CS Brown High - STEM Program Winton |
Public | 75.6 | 100 | +35.1% |
| Elizabeth City Pasquotank Early College Elizabeth City |
Public | 37.8 | 115 | +2.7% |
| Halifax County Early College High Weldon |
Public | 112.5 | 126 | +13.5% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantDare Learning Academy is a public high school in Kill Devil Hills, NC, enrolling 39 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
9 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 13% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 54% in the latest EDFacts release.
50% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
What is Dare Learning Academy's graduation rate? Dare Learning Academy's federal four-year graduation rate was about 54% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Dare Learning Academy? Dare Learning Academy is a public high school in Kill Devil Hills, NC, enrolling 39 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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