East Chapel Hill High School
| East Chapel Hill High School | |
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500 Weaver Dairy Road Chapel Hill, North Carolina United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | August 20, 1996 |
| School district | CHCCS |
| Principal | Eileen Tully |
| Faculty | 195 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Color(s) |
Black and silver |
| Mascot | Wildcats |
| Accreditation | SACS |
| National ranking | 88th (Newsweek) |
| Yearbook | Eurus |
| Website | http://echhs.chccs.k12.nc.us/ |
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Coordinates: 35°57′39″N 79°01′45″W / 35.9607°N 79.0292°W
East Chapel Hill High School ("East") 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.
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. In 2012, it ranked #88 in Newsweek's "America's Best High Schools 2012."
East is a highly competitive school in which students typically score above the national average on standardized tests. In the 2010 school year the median weighted GPA was 3.91, and the median SAT score was 1809, compared to the state average of 1485. Also, 614 students participated in Advanced Placement (AP) examinations with 79% of all scores above a 3. The school scored the 2nd highest average SAT score in the Raleigh Durham area (behind Raleigh Charter High) in 2012 with 141 students taking the test and scoring and average of 1858. In 2010, the average was also 1858.
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