Community School of Digital & Visual Art

Set in Durham, North Carolina, Community School of Digital & Visual Art is an intimate primary school, operated by Community School of Digital and Visual A. It hosts 204 students across grades K through 8. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Community School of Digital & Visual Art sits 56% below that benchmark.

Operationally, Community School of Digital & Visual Art answers to Community School of Digital and Visual A, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, Community School of Digital & Visual Art lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (83%); the rest looks like 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 32% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Community School of Digital & Visual Art has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 99% of students at Community School of Digital & Visual Art qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Durham County) reports that median household income runs about $82,316, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Community School of Digital & Visual Art is one of 74 public schools in Durham County (combined enrollment of about 46,109 students).

The closest other public school is Lakewood Elementary, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. As a public charter, Community School of Digital & Visual Art runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Community School of Digital & Visual Art's enrollment has edged down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 256 (now 204). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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