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Sanderson High School

5500 Dixon Drive, Raleigh, NC, 27609-4202 -

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Definition of Terms

Sanderson High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Wake County, NC

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1894 students

% Male / % Female

50% / 50%

Total Classroom Teachers

123 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 640 students

Grade 10 - 447 students

Grade 11 - 420 students

Grade 12 - 387 students

This School

(NC) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:15

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NC) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	1%
% Asian	3%	2%
% Hispanic	7%	5%
% Black	34%	31%
% White	56%	59%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NC) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

20%

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

Wake County s School District

This School's Agency

(NC) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	138	12
Number of Students Managed	122,735 students	6,210 students
District Total Revenue	$1,116,863,000	$47,973,000
District Expenditure	$1,019,010,000	$45,994,000
District Revenue / Student	$9,100	$7,725
District Expenditure / Student	$8,303	$7,406
District Graduation Rates	84%	74%

Schools offer free seasonal flu shots for Wake students (The News & Observer)
posted on October 9, 2009 at 06:03:37 am
All school-age children in Wake County can receive free seasonal flu shots at any one of 21 clinics being held at public and private schools in coming weeks.
Track stars chase that big score (The News & Observer)
posted on October 4, 2009 at 06:01:32 am
Plaques line the walls of the Hollywood recording studio where Chris Saleh and Matt Battle work, which they share with the hip-hop radio program "The Wakeup Show." It's an impressive array, gold and platinum awards for big-selling albums by Lauryn Hill, Mos Def, Arrested Development and others.
Group targets Blue Cross in Beltline billboard (WRAL.com Raleigh)
posted on September 22, 2009 at 11:06:08 pm
The national debate over health care reform reached new heights in Raleigh Tuesday when a group put up a billboard blasting Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina.
Recreational Calendar (The News & Observer)
posted on September 22, 2009 at 06:02:34 am
PARKS AND REC
Wake and state trade blame (The News & Observer)
posted on September 2, 2009 at 06:04:45 am
Jam-packed Wake County classrooms with up to 40 or more students have sparked a blame game between leaders of North Carolina's largest school district and state officials and educators.

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Jesse O. Sanderson High School (also called Sanderson High School, Sanderson High, and SHS), is one of the flagship co-educational 9-12 public high schools in the Wake County Public School System. The school was founded in 1968 and is named after a former superintendent of WCPSS, Jesse O. Sanderson. It is located at 5500 Dixon Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Sanderson runs on a 4x4 block schedule and is one of the few in Wake County to do so. It is known for its large stadium (known as Gregson Stadium), and for being located inside Raleigh's Greenway Trail System, near the luxurious North Hills neighborhood in the county's House Creek Township outside Interstate 440.
Academics
As of 2006, the school has approximately 1,894 enrolled students and approximately 100 hired educators. 86 percent of its educators are fully licensed. Sanderson students are known for performing below their grade level and an achievement gap exists between white and black students.
Demographics
In the period 2003-2006, the school's student body was 62% Anglo American, 30% African American, 3% Hispanic American, 2% Asian American, 0% Native American, 0% other ethnicities, and 0% economically disadvantaged.
Sports
Sanderson's sports team play under the Spartan identity. The school's motto is "Sumus Spartani. Sumus Optimi." which is Latin for "We are the Spartans. We are the best."
Sanderson's men's soccer team has won eleven 4A state soccer championships. They also once held the national record for most consecutive wins at 103.
Clubs
Student publications are Grains of Sand, the literary magazine; Lakonikos, the yearbook and Sandscript, the student newspaper.
Sanderson offers a variety of student clubs, including a handful of national organizations as well as a series of local organizations. Some of the national organizations Sanderson offers are Academy of Finance, Air Force JROTC, Amnesty International, DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, Key Club, National Honor Society, PETA, GSA, Red Team, Young Democrats, Science Olympiad, and SADD.
Sanderson in society
Sanderson is a major sponsor of the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina's Food Drive. In its 2008 food drive, the school collected 176,496.5 pounds of food.
In the 1990s, Sanderson High School was noted to be frequently and heavily vandalized by outsiders travelling through the city's greenway parks.
Principal
Gregory Decker became principal in the fall of 2008 after his predecessor, Cathy Moore, was promoted to assistant superintendent.
Notable alumni
Steve Dobrogosz, pianist and composer (1974)
David Sedaris, noted author and humorist (1975)
Amy Sedaris, author, humorist and actress; creator and star of the "Strangers with Candy" television series on Comedy Central and the 2006 major motion picture release of the same title (1979)
Caleb Norkus, Professional Soccer Player, UNC Varsity Soccer, Carolina Railhawks (1997)
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