C C Spaulding Elementary

C C Spaulding Elementary is a close-knit primary school in Durham, North Carolina, run under Durham Public Schools. The school enrolls 247 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so C C Spaulding Elementary sits 47% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 55 schools in Durham Public Schools (31,797 students total), C C Spaulding Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, C C Spaulding Elementary lists that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 36% Black, 9% White, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Durham County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting C C Spaulding Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at C C Spaulding Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), C C Spaulding Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.7%; this one delivers 40.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Durham County) shows that median household earnings sit near $82,316, roughly 55% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 C C Spaulding Elementary is one.

J D Clement Early College HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, C C Spaulding Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 63.2%.

C C Spaulding Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 263 students in 2018 compared to 247 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 78% to 36% across the same window.

On the community side, members of the C C Spaulding Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.