Durham Public Schools

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Durham Public Schools is a government school district located in Durham County, North Carolina, created in 1992 with the merger of the former Durham City Schools and Durham County Schools.

Durham's schools are traditionally named after notable members of the local community (such as George Watts or Rogers-Herr) or the area they are built in (such as Bethesda or Eno Valley), with exceptions for Jordan High and the Josephine Dobbs Clement Early 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 8th largest school system in the state.

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[edit] Statistics

Durham Public Schools employs 4,600 people (2,300 of them teachers) and had 31,130 students as of the 20th day of school in 2006.

  • 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 every day.

[edit] Demographics

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

[edit] Schools

[edit] High Schools (9-12)

[edit] Middle Schools (6-8)

[edit] Elementary Schools (K-5)

  • Bethesda
  • Burton Geo-World
  • Club Boulevard
  • Creekside
  • Easley
  • Eastway
  • Eno Valley
  • Fayetteville St.
  • Forest View Elementary School
  • 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

[edit] Secondary Schools (6-12)

[edit] Hospital Schools (K-12)

  • Durham Hospital School
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