Durham Public Schools
Public school district based in Durham, North Carolina. NCES district ID 3701260; state ID NC-320.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
57
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
31,797
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
2,100.8
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
Not shown: incomplete reporting
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
A district ratio is shown only when every school reported both enrollment and teachers. School-level ratios are in the table below.
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 632 | |
| Kindergarten | 2,285 | |
| Grade 1 | 2,337 | |
| Grade 2 | 2,306 | |
| Grade 3 | 2,384 | |
| Grade 4 | 2,295 | |
| Grade 5 | 2,252 | |
| Grade 6 | 2,117 | |
| Grade 7 | 2,144 | |
| Grade 8 | 2,185 | |
| Grade 9 | 3,307 | |
| Grade 10 | 2,750 | |
| Grade 11 | 2,496 | |
| Grade 12 | 2,301 | |
| Grade 13 | 6 | |
| Ungraded | 0 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.1% | |
| Asian | 2.5% | |
| Black or African American | 36.1% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 35.1% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.1% | |
| Two or more races | 6.3% | |
| White | 19.8% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 49.1% | |
| Male | 50.9% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: City 47, Suburb 5, Rural 5.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C E Jordan High Durham | 9–12 | Regular | 2,189 | 104.7 | 20.9 | City: Large |
| Riverside High Durham | 9–12 | Regular | 1,900 | 93.6 | 20.3 | City: Large |
| Durham School of the Arts Durham | 6–12 | Regular | 1,764 | 100.0 | 17.6 | City: Large |
| Hillside High Durham | 9–12 | Regular | 1,433 | 82.4 | 17.4 | City: Large |
| Southern School of Energy and Sustainabi Durham | 9–12 | Regular | 1,384 | 65.3 | 21.2 | City: Large |
| Northern High Durham | 9–12 | Regular | 1,281 | 70.0 | 18.3 | City: Large |
| Sherwood Githens Middle Durham | 6–8 | Regular | 878 | 51.2 | 17.1 | City: Large |
| George L Carrington Middle Durham | 6–8 | Regular | 771 | 50.8 | 15.2 | City: Large |
| Pearsontown Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 765 | 56.4 | 13.6 | City: Large |
| Brogden Middle Durham | 6–8 | Regular | 753 | 44.7 | 16.9 | City: Large |
| Neal Middle Durham | 6–8 | Regular | 706 | 47.9 | 14.7 | Suburb: Large |
| Forest View Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 662 | 50.9 | 13 | City: Large |
| Rogers-Herr Middle Durham | 6–8 | Regular | 660 | 39.7 | 16.6 | City: Large |
| Southwest Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 639 | 44.7 | 14.3 | City: Large |
| Lyons Farm Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 608 | 38.0 | 16 | Rural: Fringe |
| Sandy Ridge Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 589 | 32.9 | 17.9 | City: Large |
| Holt Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 587 | 42.3 | 13.9 | City: Large |
| Hillandale Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 586 | 39.7 | 14.7 | City: Large |
| Lowe's Grove Middle Durham | 6–8 | Regular | 564 | 28.6 | 19.8 | City: Large |
| Creekside Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 554 | 34.8 | 15.9 | Suburb: Large |
| Spring Valley Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 543 | 32.8 | 16.5 | City: Large |
| Hope Valley Elementary Durham | K–5 | Regular | 539 | 48.5 | 11.1 | City: Large |
| Murray-Massenburg Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 517 | 30.2 | 17.1 | City: Large |
| Parkwood Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 491 | 35.4 | 13.9 | City: Large |
| Easley Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 490 | 38.0 | 12.9 | City: Large |
| Glenn Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 455 | 44.0 | 10.3 | Suburb: Large |
| E K Powe Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 454 | 35.5 | 12.8 | City: Large |
| Merrick-Moore Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 445 | 35.3 | 12.6 | City: Large |
| Bethesda Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 442 | 31.9 | 13.9 | City: Large |
| Eno Valley Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 440 | 33.7 | 13.1 | City: Large |
| Lakewood Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 439 | 38.9 | 11.3 | City: Large |
| James E Shepard Middle Durham | 6–8 | Regular | 423 | 29.1 | 14.5 | City: Large |
| Lucas Middle Durham | 6–8 | Regular | 400 | 23.6 | 16.9 | Rural: Fringe |
| Oak Grove Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 395 | 34.0 | 11.6 | Suburb: Large |
| J D Clement Early College HS Durham | 9–13 | Regular | 380 | 14.5 | 26.3 | City: Large |
| Club Boulevard Elementary Durham | K–5 | Regular | 364 | 24.8 | 14.7 | City: Large |
| Ignite Online Academy Durham | K–12 | Regular | 363 | 27.9 | 13 | Suburb: Large |
| George Watts Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 358 | 25.1 | 14.3 | City: Large |
| Y E Smith Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 358 | 22.8 | 15.7 | City: Large |
| The School for Creative Studies Durham | 6–12 | Regular | 350 | 34.2 | 10.2 | Rural: Fringe |
| Eastway Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 331 | 31.5 | 10.5 | City: Large |
| City of Medicine Academy Durham | 9–13 | Regular | 329 | 19.8 | 16.6 | City: Large |
| Little River Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 326 | 28.7 | 11.4 | Rural: Fringe |
| W G Pearson Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 319 | 32.0 | 10 | City: Large |
| Mangum Elementary Bahama | PK–5 | Regular | 315 | 23.2 | 13.6 | Rural: Fringe |
| R N Harris Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 313 | 21.5 | 14.6 | City: Large |
| Lakewood Montessori Middle Durham | 6–8 | Regular | 309 | 20.3 | 15.2 | City: Large |
| Burton Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 293 | 27.2 | 10.8 | City: Large |
| Morehead Montessori Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 278 | 19.6 | 14.2 | City: Large |
| Fayetteville Street Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 261 | 20.6 | 12.7 | City: Large |
| C C Spaulding Elementary Durham | PK–5 | Regular | 247 | 24.1 | 10.2 | City: Large |
| Durham School of Technology Durham | 9–13 | Regular | 219 | 16.2 | 13.5 | City: Large |
| Middle College HS @ DTCC Durham | 11–13 | Regular | 164 | 7.0 | 23.4 | City: Large |
| Durham's Performance Learning Center Durham | 9–12 | Alternative | 122 | 16.7 | 7.3 | City: Large |
| Lakeview School Durham | 6–12 | Alternative | 52 | 18.6 | 2.8 | City: Large |
| DPS Hospital School Durham | PK–12 | Regular | 0 | 15.4 | — | City: Large |
| Holton Career and Resource Center Durham | 9–12 | Career and Technical | 0 | Not reported | — | City: Large |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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