Excelsior Classical Academy
Durham · NC · Excelsior Classical Academy · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Voyager Academy → Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies → Holton Career and Resource Center → Falls Lake Academy → The Hawbridge School → Eno River Academy → River Mill Academy → UNC Hospital School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 1 AP courses offered — Limited
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Excelsior Classical Academy compares for families
What families should know about Excelsior Classical Academy.
- ▸ 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: Voyager Academy, Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies, Holton Career and Resource Center and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Limited — narrow advanced curriculum
Bottom 18% of US high schools
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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.
👩🏫 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.
🏛️ 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 strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +4.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,032 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $10,564 per student in district revenue, the 264 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $2,788,896/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voyager Academy Durham |
Public · charter | 0.3 | 421 | +0.5% |
| Wake EC of Information & Biotechnologies Morrisville |
Public | 13.8 | 260 | +108.0% |
| Holton Career and Resource Center Durham |
Public | 4.2 | — | — |
| Falls Lake Academy Creedmoor |
Public · charter | 10.2 | 354 | +6.9% |
| The Hawbridge School Saxapahaw |
Public · charter | 24.4 | 210 | +11.1% |
| Eno River Academy Hillsborough |
Public · charter | 11.9 | 394 | +13.5% |
| River Mill Academy Graham |
Public · charter | 27.6 | 178 | -9.6% |
| UNC Hospital School Chapel Hill |
Public | 12.9 | — | — |