High · North Carolina

Discovery Charter

Charter

Discovery Charter, a public high school in Bahama, North Carolina: grades 6–11, 453 students, 15.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Discovery Charter School.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 453
Teachers (FTE): 29.4
Students per teacher: 15.4
Grades: 6–11; High

Fewer students per teacher than 75% of high schools in North Carolina

Median 18.4 · 604 schools compared

More students per teacher than 57% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 58% of high schools in North Carolina

Median 634 · 611 schools compared

Larger than 53% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 6–11
Type: Charter school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Area: Rural area near a city
Run by: Discovery Charter School

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Location

Address: 501 Orange Factory Road, Bahama, NC 27503
Phone: (984)888-5504
County: Durham County

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Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Northern High	9–12	1,281	18.3	4.7 mi
The School for Creative Studies	6–12	350	10.2	5.4 mi
Riverside High	9–12	1,900	20.3	5.5 mi
City of Medicine Academy	9–13	329	16.6	6.4 mi
Lakeview SchoolAlternative	6–12	52	2.8	6.4 mi
Durham School of the Arts	6–12	1,764	17.6	8.8 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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