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Ray Street Academy

Q: How many students attend Ray Street Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 36 students attended Ray Street Academy.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Ray Street Academy?

Students at Ray Street Academy are 47% African American, 33% White, 19% Hispanic.

Public Grades 6-12

Summary

Ray Street Academy is a very small public school in Graham, NC, serving just 36 students in grades 6–12 as part of Alamance-Burlington Schools. Rather than a traditional neighborhood high school, it functions like an alternative or special-purpose program for students with high needs, and nearly 92% of its students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school is academically among the lowest-performing in North Carolina: in 2024–2025 it ranked 623rd out of 641 high schools statewide, placing it in the 3rd percentile with a 0-star rating, a level it has never risen above since 2011.

Test scores are far below district and state averages in every subject. In 2024–2025, Math I proficiency was 5.6% at Ray Street Academy, versus 25.5% for the district and 34.4% statewide; English II proficiency was 14.3%, compared to 48.9% and 59.6% respectively. Chronic absenteeism is the school's most serious challenge, with 74.7% of students missing at least 10% of the academic year—more than double the district rate of 30.0% and well above nearby Southeast Alamance High (20.5%), Walter M Williams High (32.8%), and Hugh M Cummings High (51.7%). Among district high schools, Ray Street Academy is also the lowest ranked, below Graham High, Alamance Virtual School, and Hugh M Cummings High.

Despite an unusually supportive environment—a 2.4-to-1 student-teacher ratio and per-pupil spending near $33,251, roughly three to five times higher than traditional high schools nearby—grade-level proficiency remains rare. A striking contrast is ABSS Early College at ACC, just over two miles away, which ranked 4th in the state, though that selective program serves a very different population. The broader data point to absenteeism as the central barrier: when about three-quarters of students are chronically absent, even high staffing and funding cannot consistently deliver instruction. Understanding the school's alternative mission matters, but the academic outcomes remain a serious concern for families.

Students ?

2.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

91.7%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

609 Ray Street
Graham, NC 27253

(336) 570-6644

District: Alamance-Burlington Schools

Racial breakdown:

African American:

47.2%

White:

33.3%

Hispanic:

19.4%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 1st percentile in 2012 → 3rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 2 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the North Carolina average (15% vs 57% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (75% vs 24% North Carolina)

!Mathematics scores 46 pts below the North Carolina average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school15%

District avg49%

North Carolina avg57%

766^th of 778

North Carolina public middle schools ?

Bottom 2%▼ down 1 pts since 2016

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SchoolDigger rating ?

179^th of 246Alamance-Burlington Schools among North Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2012	0.5	1383 of 1388	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	2.3	1353 of 1363	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	2.1	766 of 778	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	1.2	766 of 773	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.6	736 of 793	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	1.3	778 of 784	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	0.9	785 of 786	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	0.9	729 of 737	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	1.7	679 of 694	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	1.6	676 of 692	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	4.8	669 of 705	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	3.5	671 of 673	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	0.5	652 of 662	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	2.7	620 of 648	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	6.8	601 of 640	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	3.6	597 of 630	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	2.2	604 of 620	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	4.8	582 of 606	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	1.0	594 of 598	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	7.6	544 of 553	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.8	513 of 560	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	5.8	714 of 725	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	3.0	723 of 729	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.2	727 of 743	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	2.7	730 of 735	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.3	630 of 639	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	2.1	733 of 736	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	1.3	729 of 733	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.4	713 of 751	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	2.7	734 of 747	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	1.6	745 of 748	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	1.5	688 of 697	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	4.5	623 of 641	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.6	600 of 626	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.1	601 of 621	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.5	501 of 514	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	2.7	451 of 469	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	2.7	455 of 476	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	3.6	467 of 507	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	4.1	485 of 531	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	5.6	483 of 505	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	0.0	499 of 502	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	4.0	473 of 506	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	5.2	464 of 499	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	4.9	461 of 490	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	2.1	457 of 477	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	13.9	406 of 453	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	7.1	405 of 431	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	8.9	590 of 606	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	5.8	585 of 601	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.3	571 of 585	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	1.4	486 of 488	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Middle school

African American (2026)2nd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)2nd percentile~ school

Male (2026)<1st percentile~ school

High school

Male (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)3rd percentile~ school

By subject vs North Carolina (2025-2026) ?

Science24%-45 vs state

Reading17%-39 vs state

Mathematics11%-46 vs state

Math I7%-35 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOC Biology (2026)	EOC English II (2026)	EOC Math I (2026)	EOC Math III (2026)	EOG Mathematics (2026)			EOG Reading (2026)			EOG Science (2026)	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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ray Street Academy	Public	6-12	609 Ray Street	Graham	27253	Alamance County	Alamance-Burlington Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 570-6644	36	15	2.4	91.7%	12 (33.3%)	17 (47.2%)	7 (19.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)	340.6	539.4	7.1		535.7	5.9	14.3	26.7	539.2	9.5	23.8	$33,251	$3,956	$29,295
Alamance Virtual School	Public, Virtual	6-12	631 Southern High Road	Graham	27253	Alamance County	Alamance-Burlington Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(336) 570-6134	203	18	11.3	62.1%	89 (43.8%)	60 (29.6%)	28 (13.8%)	4 (2.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (10.3%)	20.9	546^th of 662 public high schools	17.5%		15.1	559^th of 641 public high schools	12.8%	13	56.5	46.4	14.8	41.7	35.7	39.1	27.6	42.9	47.8	58.6	75.9
Graham High	Public	9-12	903 Trollinger Road	Graham	27253	Alamance County	Alamance-Burlington Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 570-6440	828	45	18.4	—	109 (13.2%)	292 (35.3%)	367 (44.3%)	8 (1.0%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (5.6%)	14.3	586^th of 662 public high schools	11.5%		12.7	580^th of 641 public high schools	9.5%	6	36.6	40.6	26.9	36.0								$10,422	$935	$9,487
Hugh M Cummings High	Public	9-12	2200 N Mebane Street	Burlington	27217	Alamance County	Alamance-Burlington Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 570-6100	807	39	20.4	—	36 (4.5%)	234 (29.0%)	503 (62.3%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (3.7%)	18	567^th of 662 public high schools	14.4%		11.3	594^th of 641 public high schools	7.3%	27	37.7	38.3	36.8	41.2								$9,437	$1,037	$8,400
ABSS Early College at ACC	Public	9-12	1247 Jimmie Kerr Road	Graham	27253	Alamance County	Alamance-Burlington Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 506-4001	247	8	29.9	36.4%	108 (43.7%)	35 (14.2%)	74 (30.0%)	12 (4.9%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.5%)	95	6^th of 662 public high schools	99.1%		96.9	4^th of 641 public high schools	99.4%	2	362.5	99.9	100.0	565.6								$6,280	$165	$6,115
Career and Technical Education Center	Public	9-12	2550 Buckingham Road	Burlington	27217	Alamance County	Alamance-Burlington Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 570-6092	0	12	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Walter M Williams High	Public	9-12	1307 S Church Street	Burlington	27215	Alamance County	Alamance-Burlington Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 570-6161	1,206	59	20.2	—	317 (26.3%)	383 (31.8%)	375 (31.1%)	42 (3.5%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	86 (7.1%)	28.3	491^st of 662 public high schools	25.8%		29.5	459^th of 641 public high schools	28.4%	32	47.2	54.8	35.3	49.8								$8,479	$604	$7,875
Southeast Alamance High	Public	9-12	3400 S Hwy 119	Haw River	27258	Alamance County	Alamance-Burlington Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(336) 513-4780	1,079	55	19.4	54.9%	423 (39.2%)	244 (22.6%)	281 (26.0%)	40 (3.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	90 (8.3%)	58.6	265^th of 662 public high schools	60.0%		44.1	345^th of 641 public high schools	46.2%	80	63.9	70.1	53.8	73.1
Southern Alamance High	Public	9-12	631 Southern High Road	Graham	27253	Alamance County	Alamance-Burlington Schools	No	No	No	No	(336) 570-6400	1,148	61	18.7	49.8%	668 (58.2%)	143 (12.5%)	250 (21.8%)	22 (1.9%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (5.3%)	32.2	464^th of 662 public high schools	29.9%		32.9	425^th of 641 public high schools	33.7%	39	54.0	51.1	39.0	55.1								$8,061	$590	$7,471
Eastern Alamance High	Public	9-12	4040 Mebane Rogers	Mebane	27302	Alamance County	Alamance-Burlington Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 563-5991	952	57	16.7	—	337 (35.4%)	276 (29.0%)	254 (26.7%)	3 (0.3%)	6 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (8.0%)	36.1	432^nd of 662 public high schools	34.7%		35.5	408^th of 641 public high schools	36.3%	24	45.6	47.4	61.7	57.5								$7,777	$653	$7,124

Frequently Asked Questions about Ray Street Academy

What district is Ray Street Academy in?

Alamance-Burlington Schools

What is the racial makeup of Ray Street Academy?

Students at Ray Street Academy are 47% African American, 33% White, 19% Hispanic.

How many students attend Ray Street Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 36 students attended Ray Street Academy.

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