📍 2200 N Mebane Street, Burlington, Alamance County, 27217
Hugh M Cummings High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Burlington, Alamance County. The school has 981 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Alamance-Burlington Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 58.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 75%. The school offers 7 AP courses, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Hugh M Cummings High enrolls 981 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 58.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Hispanic or Latino, 35% Black or African American and 5.5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 545 | 56% |
| Black or African American | 342 | 35% |
| White | 54 | 5.5% |
| Two or more races | 34 | 3.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
786 of the school's 981 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 747 qualify for free lunch and 39 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Hugh M Cummings High is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 24, state house district 63.
Hugh M Cummings High is one of 37 schools in Alamance-Burlington Schools, based in Burlington, North Carolina. The district serves 22,661 students district-wide and employs 1,478 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 981 students, Hugh M Cummings High is larger than the district average of about 612 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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