Best High Schools in Bear Creek, NC

Summary:

The city of Bear Creek, North Carolina is home to two high schools: Chatham Central High and Chatham County Schools Virtual Academy. Chatham Central High is the more prominent and established high school in the area, with a larger student population of 326 students compared to the 28 students at the virtual academy.

Chatham Central High has a mixed academic performance, with strengths in certain subject areas like Math III but weaker results in others like Biology. The school's statewide ranking has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 209 out of 641 high schools in 2024-2025 to 325 out of 626 in 2022-2023. Its SchoolDigger rating has also varied, ranging from 3 stars out of 5 in 2024-2025 to 2 stars out of 5 in the previous two years. In contrast, Chatham County Schools Virtual Academy does not have any statewide ranking or rating history provided.

Both schools had a 87.7% four-year graduation rate for the 2024-2025 school year. Chatham Central High had a relatively high free and reduced lunch rate of 59.82% in 2023-2024, indicating a significant population of economically disadvantaged students, while Chatham County Schools Virtual Academy had a lower rate of 32.14%. The lack of detailed information on the virtual academy makes it difficult to fully assess its standing and effectiveness compared to Chatham Central High, but the overall analysis suggests that Chatham Central High is the more prominent high school serving the Bear Creek community.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOC Biology (2025)	EOC English II (2025)	EOC Math I (2025)	EOC Math III (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOC Biology End of Course	EOC English II End of Course	EOC Math I End of Course	EOC Math III End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Chatham Central High	Public	9-12	14950 NC Hwy 902 W	Bear Creek	27207	Chatham County	Chatham County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 837-2251	320	31	10.3	99.1%	208 (65.0%)	20 (6.3%)	76 (23.8%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.8%)	63.6	209^th of 641 public high schools	67.4%		45.9	324^th of 640 public high schools	49.4%	115	51.5	65.7	59.5	73.2	$12,606	$549	$12,058

Cities Near Bear Creek

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Siler City	2.18 mi	9	219^th
Ramseur	7.12 mi	4	451^st
Bennett	9.66 mi	2	47^th
Franklinville	10.92 mi	2	143^rd
Liberty	11.39 mi	3	343^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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