Durham Public Schools

Durham Public Schools is a government school district located in Durham County, North Carolina.

Durham's government-owned schools are traditionally named after famous people (such as George Watts or Rogers-Herr) or the area they are built in (such as Bethesda or Eno Valley), with exceptions for a couple of the high schools.

There are currently 46 public schools in the system, consisting of 28 elementary (K-5), 8 middle (6-8), 1 secondary (6-12), 7 high (9-12), 1 alternative (6-12), and 1 hospital school. It is the 7th largest school system in the state.

Statistics

Durham Public Schools employs 4,600 people (2,300 of them teachers) and had 31,719 students as of the 20th day of school in 2005.

Pre-Kindergarten: 257
Grades K-5: 14,775
Grades 6-8: 7,206
Grades 9-12: 9,501

Teacher salaries range from $28,698 to $64,658.

32.6% of the government schools have made Adequate Yearly Progress toward No Child Left Behind's goals.

The government utilizes more than 300 school buses to transport over 16,000 students throughout Durham daily.

Demographics

55.1% "Black"
25.2% "White"
14.0% Hispanic
2.3% Asian
0.2% Native Indian
3.2% "Other"

Schools

High Schools (9-12)

Middle Schools (6-8)

Brogden
Carrington
Chewning
Githens
Lowe’s Grove
Neal
Rogers-Herr
Shepard

Elementary Schools (K-5)

Bethesda
Burton
Club Boulevard
Creekside
Easley
Eastway
Eno Valley
Fayetteville St.
Forest View
Glenn
R. N. Harris
Hillandale
Holt
Hope Valley
Lakewood
Little River
Mangum
Merrick-Moore
Morehead
Oak Grove
Parkwood
W.G Pearson
Pearsontown
E. K. Powe
Y. E. Smith
Southwest
C. C. Spaulding
George Watts

Secondary Schools (6-12)

Durham School of the Arts
Lakeview School

Hospital Schools (K-12)

Durham Hospital School