Charter agency · Durham County
Global Scholars Academy, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Global Scholars Academy runs 1 public school with 201 students in grades K to 8. Its ratio of 11.8 students per teacher is 4.5 lower than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 201
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17
- Students per teacher
- 11.8
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 311 Dowd St, Durham, NC 27701
- Phone
- (919)682-5903
- County
- Durham County
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 8
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 3700316
- State district ID
- NC-32M
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 101 students per counselor.
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district11.8
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 (206), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $3.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $392,000
- State revenue
- $1.6 million
- Local revenue
- $987,000
- Total spending
- $3.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,417
- Salaries
- $2.2 million66.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.2%
- State: 53.7%
- Local: 33.2%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,417
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Global Scholars Academy
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Global Scholars AcademyCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 201 | 11.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Durham County
- Durham Public Schools 31,865 students
- 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
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.