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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Central Park School For Children, Durham, NC

Charter schoolCentral Park School For Children is a public elementary school in Durham, part of Central Park School For Children. It enrolled 585 students in 2024-25, with 12.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
585
Teachers (FTE)
47.0
Students per teacher
12.4
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 12.4. The North Carolina average across schools is 16.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.4
District12.4
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3

School details

Address
724 Foster Street, Durham, NC 27701
Phone
(919)682-1200
District
Central Park School For Children
County
Durham County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
370013002665
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
202
Reduced-price lunch
6
Free or reduced-price lunch
20835.6% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Durham

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.