Emsley A Laney High School - Wilmington, North Carolina/NC

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Emsley A Laney High School

2700 N College Rd, Wilmington, NC, 28405-8816 -

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Definition of Terms

Emsley A Laney High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

New Hanover County, NC

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1938 students

% Male / % Female

50% / 50%

Total Classroom Teachers

106 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 594 students

Grade 10 - 504 students

Grade 11 - 440 students

Grade 12 - 400 students

This School

(NC) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:18

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NC) School Average

% American Indian	1%	1%
% Asian	1%	2%
% Hispanic	2%	5%
% Black	30%	31%
% White	67%	59%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NC) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

22%

27%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NC) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

New Hanover County s School District

This School's Agency

(NC) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	35	12
Number of Students Managed	24,522 students	6,210 students
District Total Revenue	$215,868,000	$47,973,000
District Expenditure	$206,943,000	$45,994,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,803	$7,725
District Expenditure / Student	$8,439	$7,406
District Graduation Rates	78%	74%

A tour of Michael Jordan's corporate-heavy Hall of Fame exhibit (Yahoo! Canada Sports)
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Ocker: Jim Thome's return is just a dream (Akron Beacon Journal)
posted on September 6, 2009 at 03:16:41 am
Ocker: Jim Thome's return is just a dream
Taylor wants ‘unity in the community' (New Bern Sun Journal)
posted on August 16, 2009 at 01:13:12 am
Victor Taylor will be the first to tell you that he isn’t a smooth operator. The man who drives the inmate-transfer bus for the Department of Correction is surprisingly shy when it comes to talking about himself.

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Emsley A. Laney High School is a high school just outside Wilmington, North Carolina, named in honor of a distinguished local businessman who served on the New Hanover County (NC) Board of Education 1941 - 1973.
It has been recognized as a North Carolina Hallmarks of Excellence School and, in 2002, won the Governor’s Business Partnership Award with General Electric.
Al O'Briant is the Principal of Laney High, succeeding Robert Grimes in 2007.
The school's gym was used in The CW's T.V. show One Tree Hill, due to the fact that it was the school in which Michael Jordan played his earlier days of basketball.
Athletics
The Laney High School "Buccaneers" have won state championships in wrestling (1992), gymnastics (2005, 2006) and softball (1994, 1997, and 1998). The Bucs have also earned the title of Conference Champions in the following sports (•�denotes Regional Champions):
Basketball (Boys) - 1984, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1998, 1999•, 2000
Basketball (Girls) - 2004, 2007
Football - 1997, 1999, 2001•
Golf (Boys) - 2005
Lacrosse (Boys) - 2003, 2004, 2005
Softball - 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005
Volleyball - 1984, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997
Wrestling - 1990, 1991•, 1992•, 1993, 1994, 1996•, 1997, 2000•, 2005•, 2006
Notable alumni
Athletics
Michael Jordan, former star basketball player for the UNC Tar Heels and Chicago Bulls, and named "Athlete of the Century" by ESPN.
Tamera Young, James Madison graduate and WNBA player for the Atlanta Dream.
External links
Official website
Emsley A. Laney High School Weather Forecast
Laney High School AFJROTC NC-802 article at JROTC Wiki The Official JROTC wiki

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