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Southern Lee High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
2301 Tramway Road
Sanford, NC 27332
Phone
(919) 718-2400
District
Lee County Schools
County
LEE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1185
Classroom Teachers
77

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

3

(10 is best)

Better than 28.2% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Southern Lee High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
37%
47%
43%
58%
31%
36%
37%
47%
43%
58%
31%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
14
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 301 25.4%
Grade 10 330 27.8%
Grade 11 309 26.1%
Grade 12 245 20.7%
Total 1185 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 33.0% 33.4% 46.6%
Black 19.7% 20.6% 26.2%
Hispanic 46.2% 45.1% 21.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.6% 4.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.3% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 63.4% 78.3% 59.0%
Free lunch eligible 59.8% 74.6% 56.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.5% 3.8% 2.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 64,565 10,835,491
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 253.1 220
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.2% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.9% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.6% 32.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.4% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 16.9% 16.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 24,659 4,186,924
Single Parent Households With Children 12.1% 8.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 85.1% 89.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 21.6% 34.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.6% 17.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.3% 16.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.3% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 21.7% 17.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.6% 16.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.4% 11.4%
$15,000 or less 9.1% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,242 $74,596,000 64.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $806 $7,298,000 6.3%
Staff $343 $3,108,000 2.7%
General Administration $116 $1,052,000 0.9%
School Administration $750 $6,787,000 5.8%
Operation $986 $8,924,000 7.7%
Transportation $336 $3,041,000 2.6%
Other $359 $3,247,000 2.8%
Total Support $3,696 $33,457,000 28.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $923 $8,356,000 7.2%
Total Expenditures $12,861 $116,409,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,564 $10,129,255,000 56.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $623 $960,884,000 5.4%
Staff $394 $608,502,000 3.4%
General Administration $179 $276,069,000 1.5%
School Administration $651 $1,005,083,000 5.6%
Operation $803 $1,239,070,000 6.9%
Transportation $337 $520,307,000 2.9%
Other $350 $540,157,000 3.0%
Total Support $3,338 $5,150,072,000 28.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,737 $2,680,931,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $11,639 $17,960,258,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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