Chapel Hill Review

At Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, 515 out of 920 junior students taking the math portion of the ACT met the college readiness benchmark in the 2022-23 school year, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

Math scores among the district's schools rose to 56% compared to the previous school year, when 54.1% of students were considered ready for post-secondary education.

East Chapel Hill High School students stood out from schools in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools in math, with almost 60.8% of the 11th-graders hitting the ACT benchmark in the 2022-23 school year (202). Meanwhile, students from Carrboro High School struggled the most on the math portion, and only 51.3% were considered ready for college.

For comparison, North Carolina saw 25% of its students meeting or exceeding the ACT benchmarks for math during the 2022-23 school year.

Besides math, 75.3% of Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools 11th-graders met English college readiness benchmarks in the 2022-23 school year. In reading, 65.7% of students were ready for college, and science scores revealed 61.9% of juniors also met the standard. Overall, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools had an average college readiness of 49.8% across all ACT areas.

North Carolina's education system is still grappling with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the 2022-23 ACT results, college readiness among North Carolina students falls short of pre-pandemic levels, with only 17.1% meeting benchmarks.

Additionally, the state's performance is lagging behind the national average, which currently stands at 21%.

School	Met or Exceeded Benchmarks (2021-22)	Met or Exceeded Benchmarks (2022-23)
East Chapel Hill High School	61.4%	60.8%
Chapel Hill High School	51.4%	56%
Carrboro High School	50.3%	51.3%
Phoenix Academy High	<5%	<5%
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	54.1%	56%