Creekside Elementary

As a mid-sized K-5 school in Durham, North Carolina, Creekside Elementary caters to 554 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Durham Public Schools.

Creekside Elementary is one of 55 schools operated by Durham Public Schools, a district that teaches 31,797 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Creekside Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 35%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 28% White, 22% Black, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at Creekside Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Creekside Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 40.2%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Durham County indicate median household income runs about $82,316, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Creekside Elementary is one of 74 public schools in Durham County (combined enrollment of about 46,109 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ignite Online Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Creekside Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Creekside Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 65.2%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Creekside Elementary has decreased 38%, going from 891 students in 2018 to 554 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 37% to 28%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.