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Revision as of 02:25, 6 January 2007 by NawlinWiki (talk | contribs) (→Elementary Schools (K-5): fix wlink)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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.
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 daily.
Demographics
- 55.1% "Black"
- 25.2% "White"
- 14.0% Hispanic
- 2.3% Asian
- 0.2% Native Indian
- 3.2% "Other"
Schools
High Schools (9-12)
- Josephine Dobbs Clement Early College
- Hillside High School
- Jordan High School
- Middle College High School@DTCC
- Northern High School
- Riverside High School
- Southern High School
Middle Schools (6-8)
- Brogden
- Carrington
- Chewning
- Githens
- Lowe’s Grove
- Neal
- Rogers-Herr
- Shepard
Elementary Schools (K-5)
- Bethesda
- Burton
- 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
Secondary Schools (6-12)
- Durham School of the Arts
- Lakeview School
Hospital Schools (K-12)
- Durham Hospital School