📍 501 Orange Factory Road, Bahama, Durham County, 27503
Discovery Charter is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Bahama, Durham County. The school has 332 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Discovery Charter School school district. It serves grades 6–9 in a rural setting. The school employs 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. It operates as a public charter school. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Discovery Charter enrolls 332 students across grades 6–9. The student body is 58% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% White, 33% Black or African American and 10% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 162 | 49% |
| Black or African American | 110 | 33% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 34 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 6.3% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Discovery Charter is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). It operates as a public charter school. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-40, state senate district 22, state house district 30.
Discovery Charter is one of 1 schools in Discovery Charter School, based in Bahama, North Carolina. The district serves 453 students district-wide and employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 332 students, Discovery Charter is smaller than the district average of about 453 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe