Brogden Middle

Brogden Middle, a middle-of-the-pack middle school in Durham, North Carolina, part of Durham Public Schools, caters to 753 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 605 students each, so Brogden Middle sits 24% above that benchmark.

Within Durham Public Schools, which oversees 55 schools and 31,797 students, Brogden Middle is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Brogden Middle records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% Black, 12% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Durham County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Brogden Middle has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Brogden Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Durham County indicate median household earnings sit near $82,316, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Durham County runs 74 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,109 students), of which Brogden Middle is one.

Club Boulevard Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brogden Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 68.0%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Brogden Middle's enrollment has rose 41% since 2018, when it stood at 533 (now 753). The Black share of enrollment fell from 43% to 34% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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