Carrboro High School

Fantastic, caring teachers and staff. Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools tend to be extremely competitive, and this high school is no exception.

More concerned with being PC than education. Lacks quality leadership

Less than optimal. As a transfer student, I was quite disappointed with the student body and and rigor/strength of teaching. There was a significant over-inflation of the egos of both faculty and students alike, in terms of both the academics and athletics of the school. While generous resources were allotted and students received more individual attention, the negative culture of the school detracted heavily from the school experience. Though this school may be a positive example of North Carolina schools, it leaves a lot to be desired in terms of diversity, actual college preparation, and character building. In one instance, when trying to skip a level for a language class I was already qualified for, I was told it would "be unfair to groups of kids who had been historically not given the same opportunities as others" implying that, due to my race, it was not fair for me to be put in a class that was academically a better fit simply because, apparently, the school had not done its job to accommodate other students at some point. Pretty crazy.

This school is amazing in many ways and fosters an environment of learning and openmindedness unlike I have seen anywhere else in my life. Unlike the other, technically better performing, high schools in the area Carrboro benefits from being significantly newer and having the physical benefits of the better and newer space, as well as the school itself, is much smaller (physically but more importantly in the number of students) which, combined with the hardworking teachers, have prevented the competitive atmosphere from forming that exists at the two other high schools in the area.

A wonderful school that cares about it's students and helps them to reach their full potential.