East Chapel Hill High School

East Chapel Hill High School
Address
Map
500 Weaver Dairy Road

27514

United States
Coordinates35°57′39″N 79°01′45″W / 35.9607°N 79.0292°W / 35.9607; -79.0292
Information
TypePublic
Motto"Loved, Respected & Connected"
EstablishedAugust 20, 1996 (28 years ago) (August 20, 1996)
School districtChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
CEEB code340646
PrincipalJesse Casey[1]
Faculty86.53 (FTE)[2]
Grades9–12
GenderCo-educational
Enrollment1,475 (2023–24)[2]
Student to teacher ratio17.28[2]
Color(s)Black, silver, and Carolina Blue
   
MascotWildcat
RivalChapel Hill High School
AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools
National ranking88th (Newsweek)[3]
NewspaperECHO
YearbookEurus
Websitewww.chccs.org/echhs
All data from school website/handbook.[4]

East Chapel Hill High School is a public high school in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It is the second high school of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district, which also contains Chapel Hill High School and Carrboro High School. The total enrollment in the 2013–2014 school year was 1,409 with 48% minority students.[5]

Although East previously ranked within the top 100 of American public high schools on U.S. News, reaching as high as #23, it has not appeared on the list since the 2009–2010 school year due to being disqualified by achievement gaps.[6] In 2012, it ranked #88 in Newsweek's "America's Best High Schools 2012."[7]

  1. ^ "Administration / Overview". www.chccs.org. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "East Chapel Hill High School". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  3. ^ America's Best High Schools Archived October 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. The Daily Beast (June 19, 2011). Retrieved on 2011-10-18.
  4. ^ "2007–2008 Profile" (PDF). East Chapel Hill High School. Retrieved June 4, 2008.[dead link]
  5. ^ "East Chapel Hill High". US News. 2014. Archived from the original on August 21, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
  6. ^ East Chapel Hill High School | Best High Schools Archived September 19, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. U.S. News (January 31, 2011). Retrieved on 2011-10-18.
  7. ^ America's Best High Schools Archived May 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. The Daily Beast (May 20, 2012). Retrieved on 2012-5-27.