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, 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.
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 | — | — |