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Black student results in Durham Public Schools

Across 54 schools in Durham Public Schools, 42.6% of Black students meet grade level proficient+. That is 0.8 points above the North Carolina average for Black students.

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50.4%
All students
42.6%
Black
41.2%
Hispanic
76.6%
White
54.3%
Asian

Average across the 54 schools in Durham Public Schools with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 53 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, City of Medicine Academy reports 94% of Black students meeting the standard. Lakeview School, in the same district, reports 5%. That is a 89-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Durham Public Schools

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting grade level proficient+. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
City of Medicine Academy 93.4% 94% 90.6% 95% 95%
J D Clement Early College HS 94% 92.7% 95%
Mangum Elementary 75.1% 86.5% 56.3% 81.7%
Durham School of Technology 73.5% 70.2% 81.3% 89.5%
Lakewood Montessori Middle Magnet 84.5% 66.9% 62.7% 95% 95%
Durham School of the Arts Magnet 76.6% 65% 63.1% 94.8% 94.1%
Middle College HS @ DTCC 78.9% 64.7% 90.9%
Burton Elementary Magnet 63.6% 60.6% 62.7% 95%
Easley Elementary Magnet 73% 59.7% 47.3% 91.8%
Rogers-Herr Middle Magnet 70.8% 58.9% 52.7% 95% 82.9%
Oak Grove Elementary 60.3% 58.3% 57.5% 87.5%
Pearsontown Elementary Magnet 71.9% 54.8% 58.2% 90.6% 80%
Fayetteville Street Elementary 39.5% 51% 28.6% 53.8%
James E Shepard Middle Magnet 52.2% 49.2% 53.7% 87%
Southwest Elementary 63.1% 47.4% 57.4% 87.7% 72.2%
Glenn Elementary 49.7% 46.8% 50.8% 50%
Lyons Farm Elementary 69.3% 46.4% 50.8% 88.8% 76.3%
Spring Valley Elementary 53.1% 45.7% 45.2% 85.7% 76.2%
Bethesda Elementary 42.5% 44.7% 34.4% 69.4%
W G Pearson Elementary Magnet 46.3% 43.3% 45.1%
Merrick-Moore Elementary 49.6% 42.9% 53.8% 69.6%
C E Jordan High 51.5% 42.7% 31.8% 84.5% 41%
Hope Valley Elementary 45.1% 41.6% 28.1% 83.1% 26.3%
Sandy Ridge Elementary Magnet 45.9% 41.5% 42.6% 82.8%
R N Harris Elementary Magnet 42.3% 41.1% 41.7%
The School for Creative Studies Magnet 46.9% 40.8% 48.8% 66.1%
Holt Elementary Magnet 41.7% 40.5% 38.9% 57.1% 55.9%
Little River Elementary 55.8% 40.3% 33.3% 78%
Eastway Elementary 36% 40.2% 34.9% 27.3% 17.6%
George Watts Elementary Magnet 66.6% 40% 30.1% 90.5%
Lucas Middle 41.1% 38.6% 36.4% 59.1% 87.5%
Sherwood Githens Middle 49.3% 38.3% 33.2% 84.5% 28.8%
George L Carrington Middle 41.8% 37.8% 34% 71.5% 60%
C C Spaulding Elementary 38.8% 37.7% 32.1% 83.3%
Eno Valley Elementary 40.4% 36.1% 41.5% 64.3%
Neal Middle Magnet 34.5% 36.1% 30.4% 66.7% 50%
Morehead Montessori Magnet 69.3% 35.3% 40% 89.3%
Hillside High Magnet 28.8% 31.8% 21.2% 55.3% 28.6%
Murray-Massenburg Elementary 43.1% 31.3% 33.3% 85.3%
Northern High 36.5% 30.6% 28.3% 65.9% 13.6%
Hillandale Elementary 35.9% 29.8% 29.1% 65.8% 72.2%
Club Boulevard Elementary Magnet 56.6% 28.3% 32.2% 92.5%
Forest View Elementary 48.8% 27.9% 26.3% 85.9% 51.5%
Lakewood Elementary 37.4% 27.1% 25.6% 78.4% 26.3%
Parkwood Elementary 33.8% 26.2% 22.6% 70.4%
Southern School of Energy and Sustainabi Magnet 24.5% 25.5% 21.7% 41.9%
Ignite Online Academy 35% 25% 22.3% 68.6%
Brogden Middle 33.6% 24.9% 23.6% 84.8% 53.2%
Riverside High 39.2% 24.2% 22.5% 89.6% 30.8%
Creekside Elementary 39.7% 23.4% 22.4% 74.4% 10.5%
Y E Smith Elementary 22.1% 22.9% 22.9% 21.4%
E K Powe Elementary 50.9% 20.4% 25.1% 91.8% 40%
Lowe's Grove Middle Magnet 24.1% 19.9% 20.2% 64.1% 47.1%
Lakeview School Alt 6.1% 5% 8%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. North Carolina suppresses results above 95% or below 5% to protect student privacy. Those schools are shown at the 95% or 5% boundary and are excluded from headline statistics. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, North Carolina figures should not be compared against another state's.

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