Regular local school district · Durham County
Durham Public Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Durham Public Schools runs 57 public schools with 31,865 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 15.0 students per teacher is 1.3 lower than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 57
- Students
- 31,865
- Teachers (FTE)
- 2,125
- Students per teacher
- 15.0
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 511 Cleveland Street, Durham, NC 27701
- Phone
- (919)560-3749
- County
- Durham County
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3701260
- State district ID
- NC-320
- School counselors (FTE)
- 103.0About 309 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district15.0
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (32,005), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $455.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $57.4 million
- State revenue
- $229.8 million
- Local revenue
- $168.4 million
- Total spending
- $447.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,973
- Salaries
- $255.4 million57.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $178.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 50.4%
- Local: 37.0%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,973
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Durham Public Schools
By level: 14 high, 9 middle, 32 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bethesda Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 442 | 14.3 |
| Brogden Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 753 | 17.1 |
| Burton Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 293 | 10.9 |
| C C Spaulding Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 247 | 10.3 |
| C E Jordan High | High | 9 to 12 | 2,189 | 21.0 |
| City of Medicine Academy | High | 9 to 13 | 329 | 17.3 |
| Club Boulevard Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 364 | 15.2 |
| Creekside Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 554 | 16.3 |
| DPS Hospital School | Other | PK to 12 | 0 | |
| Durham School of Technology | High | 9 to 13 | 219 | 13.7 |
| Durham School of the Arts | High | 6 to 12 | 1,764 | 17.8 |
| Durham's Performance Learning Center | High | 9 to 12 | 122 | 7.6 |
| E K Powe Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 454 | 13.0 |
| Easley Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 490 | 12.9 |
| Eastway Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 331 | 10.7 |
| Eno Valley Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 440 | 13.3 |
| Fayetteville Street Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 261 | 13.1 |
| Forest View Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 662 | 13.2 |
| George L Carrington Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 771 | 15.4 |
| George Watts Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 358 | 14.3 |
| Glenn Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 455 | 10.6 |
| Hillandale Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 586 | 15.0 |
| Hillside High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,433 | 17.5 |
| Holt Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 587 | 14.0 |
| Holton Career and Resource Center | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Hope Valley Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 539 | 11.2 |
| Ignite Online Academy | Other | K to 12 | 363 | 13.4 |
| J D Clement Early College High School | High | 9 to 13 | 380 | 27.1 |
| James E Shepard Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 423 | 14.6 |
| Lakeview School | High | 6 to 12 | 52 | 2.9 |
| Lakewood Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 439 | 11.6 |
| Lakewood Montessori Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 309 | 15.4 |
| Little River Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 326 | 11.6 |
| Lowe's Grove Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 564 | 20.1 |
| Lucas Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 400 | 17.4 |
| Lyons Farm Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 608 | 16.4 |
| Mangum Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 315 | 13.7 |
| Merrick-Moore Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 445 | 12.7 |
| Middle College High School @ DTCC | High | 11 to 13 | 164 | 23.4 |
| Morehead Montessori | Elementary | PK to 5 | 278 | 14.6 |
| Murray-Massenburg Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 517 | 17.2 |
| Neal Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 706 | 15.0 |
| Northern High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,281 | 18.6 |
| Oak Grove Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 395 | 11.6 |
| Parkwood Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 491 | 14.0 |
| Pearsontown Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 765 | 13.7 |
| R N Harris Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 313 | 14.9 |
| Riverside High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,900 | 20.4 |
| Rogers-Herr Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 660 | 16.9 |
| Sandy Ridge Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 589 | 18.4 |
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Nearby and related
Other districts in Durham County
- NC Virtual Academy 3,482 students
- North Carolina Cyber Academy 2,461 students
- Voyager Academy 1,360 students
- Excelsior Classical Academy 1,032 students
- Durham Charter School 1,010 students
- Research Triangle Charter 710 students
- Maureen Joy Charter 631 students
- Central Park School For Children 585 students
- Research Triangle High School 572 students
- Discovery Charter School 453 students
- Kestrel Heights School 421 students
- The Institute for the Development of You 419 students
- Reaching All Minds Academy 391 students
- KIPP Durham College Preparatory 380 students
- Community School of Digital and Visual A 204 students
More in North Carolina
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.