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Highlights and Accolades
Today, Broughton is a vibrant, multi-cultural, urban, and outstanding public high school. Serving approximately 2,100 students, Broughton is a Global Studies and Language Immersion Magnet school. It is a top-tier Nationally Certified Demonstration-Level Magnet School and a Magnet Schools of America School of Distinction. In addition to our standard and honors level graduation requirement courses, Broughton offers students the opportunity to take the following courses on a yearlong schedule, attending eight classes with four classes per day on an alternating A and B Day Schedule.
Dr. Elena Ashburn was selected as the “North Carolina 2021-2022 Principal of The Year”. She is the only principal from the Wake County Public School System to have achieved this honor.
Broughton High School was recently named 2024 "Top Magnet School of Excellence". This is the highest annual award given to magnet schools.
In the last seven years, Broughton has had 6 Morehead-Cain Scholars (UNC), 1 Benjamin Duke Scholar (Duke), 4 Park Scholars (NCSU), 1 Levine Scholar (UNC-Charlotte), and 1 Ingram Scholar (Vanderbilt).
The class of 2024 was offered over $8.2 million in scholarships and the following accolades:
- 460 Graduates
- 2 National Merit Finalists
- 4 Students will join the military
- 55 Service Club Members
- 73 International Baccalaureate Diploma Candidates
- 114 Presidential Scholars
- 164 National Honor Society Members
- 185 North Carolina Scholars
- 210 Students who earned Latin Honors Designation
- 381 Students who will venture off to 2 or 4 year colleges and universities
- 39,136 completed community service hours
Larger Scholarships for this year: 1 Wofford Merit Scholar, 1 Pogue Scholar (UNC-Ch), 1 William Holt Terry Scholarship (Full scholarship to Davidson), Full Rowing Athletic Scholarship
The class of 2024 attended the following colleges and universities: Appalachian State University, Auburn, Boston College, Brown, Campbell, Clemson, College of Charleston, Davidson, Dean, Drury, Duke, East Carolina University, Eckerd, Elon, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Hampden-Sydney, High Point, Howard, Indiana, Marymount, Meredith College, Mississippi State, NC State University, NC A&T University, NC Central University, Ole Miss, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Rochester Institute of Technology, Savannah College of Art & Design, Scripps, Stetson, Tulane, Vanderbilt, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Tech, UNC-Asheville, UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Charlotte, UNC-Greensboro, UNC-Pembroke, UNC-Wilmington, University of Alabama, University of Arizona, University of Georgia, University of South Florida, University of South Carolina, University of Tennessee, University of Virginia, University of Washington, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Western Carolina University, Western Michigan University, West Virginia University and Wofford.