Northern High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 1,281 students
Discovery Charter
501 Orange Factory Road, Bahama, NC 27503
Grades
6–11
Secondary
Students
453
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
15.4 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Discovery Charter School
Durham County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 532 North Carolina high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other North Carolina high schools; the line marks the middle. Some measures aren't reported for this school, so the grade uses the ones available. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Discovery Charter
Discovery Charter is a charter high school in Bahama, North Carolina, serving grades 6–11. It is part of Discovery Charter School. The school is located in a rural area near a town in Durham County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 453 students were enrolled, with about 15.4 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical North Carolina high school (18.0 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from NC State Board of Education. Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 532 North Carolina high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 6–11
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Secondary
- Grades offered
- 6–11
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 453 students
- Students per teacher
- 15.4 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- NC State Board of Education
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Rural — Fringe
- School district
- Discovery Charter School
- County
- Durham County
- NCES school ID
- 370041803428
Schools near Discovery Charter
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Lakeview School
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Durham School of the Arts
Magnet · Grades 6–12 · 1,764 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.