Summary:
Zip code 27244, covering the Elon, North Carolina area, contains exactly one public high school — Western Alamance High — which serves grades 9 through 12 with an enrollment of 1,138 students in the Alamance-Burlington Schools district. Because this zip code has only one high school, the analysis focuses on how the school compares with its district and the state of North Carolina rather than with neighboring schools.
Western Alamance High demonstrates a clear academic strength in Math III, with 77.6% proficiency in the most recent year — well above the district's 59.8% and the state's 68.9%. It also outperforms the state in Math I (47.3% vs. 42.1%) and comes close to the state average in English II (63.2% vs. 64.6%). Biology, however, is a significant weakness, with just 45.1% proficiency compared to 58.5% statewide. The largest red flag is chronic absenteeism: 38.2% of students are chronically absent, dramatically higher than the district's 30.0% and the state's 24.2%. This attendance problem likely contributes to the school's ranking decline from the 58th percentile in 2024–25 to the 48th percentile in 2025–26.
The graduation rate at Western Alamance High is 85.5%, slightly below the district's 85.9% and the state's 88.8%. Nearly half of the student body (49.47%) qualifies for free or reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 18.2 to 1. Proficiency rates also show notable year-over-year swings — Math I jumped from 34.6% to 47.3%, while Biology fell from 50.7% to 45.1%. Overall, this mid-ranking school exceeds its district average in most tested subjects and shows genuine strength in advanced math, but reducing chronic absenteeism will be essential to improving graduation rates and stabilizing its statewide standing.
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