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What's one thing Durant Road Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
577
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472000075
Durant Road Elementary
9901 Durant Rd, Raleigh, NC 27614 · (919) 870-4220 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL577 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
338 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 13 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from Wake County Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
47.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
62.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Durant Road Elementary
Durant Road Elementary's state test result (54.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durant Road Elementary this school | 577 | 58.6% | 54.4% |
| Wakefield Elementary Raleigh | 520 | 62.5% | 53.8% |
| Dillard Drive Elementary Raleigh | 648 | 56.5% | 46.6% |
| Lake Myra Elementary Wendell | 722 | 55.4% | 52.5% |
| Lynn Road Elementary Raleigh | 486 | 57.2% | 53.7% |
| Adams Elementary Cary | 655 | 61.2% | 56.4% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Durant Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #690 of 1,297 | #86 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #544 of 1,296 | #73 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #701 of 1,300 | #91 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 577 | #403 of 1,485 | #76 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #108 of 1,377 | #15 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.7% | #100 of 1,379 | #11 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.6% | #1,117 of 1,414 | #37 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.4% | #76 of 937 | #7 of 91 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
577
-88 (-13%) vs 2020
-43% since 2000-01, when it was 1,011
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 577 | 47.4 | 12.2:1 | 59% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 552 | 45.8 | 12.0:1 | 62% (342) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 48 | 13.3:1 | 59% (378) |
| 2020-21 | 665 | 50 | 13.3:1 | 43% (287) |
| 2017-18 | 841 | 50.7 | 16.6:1 | 43% (363) |
| 2015-16 | 847 | 54 | 15.7:1 | 40% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 982 | 68 | 14.4:1 | 42% (408) |
| 2000-01 | 1,011 | 59 | 17.1:1 | 6% (63) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Durant Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (841 to 577); teachers down 7% (50.7 to 47.4).
About Durant Road Elementary
The public elementary school Durant Road Elementary is located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has 577 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Wake County Schools counts 163,176 students in its 198 schools, and Durant Road Elementary is one of them.
The largest group at Durant Road Elementary is White students, at 34%. Other students are 30% Hispanic, 28% Black, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. That is lower than the 58% White share among all Wake County residents. The diversity index for Durant Road Elementary is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Durant Road Elementary, there are about 12.2 students; the school has 47.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 59%. For comparison, public schools in Wake County average 42%.
Durant Road Elementary holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 35% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Durant Road Elementary would be expected to post about 61.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 54.4%.
In the surrounding county, Wake County, median household income comes to about $105,768, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 237 public schools and about 184,790 students.
Durant Road Elementary is about 0.2 miles from Abbotts Creek Elementary, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Durant Road Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 13% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 13.3 in 2020-21 to 12.2 in 2024-25.
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Wake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,178,653
Census ACS
Median income
$105,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
237
184,790 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wake County Schools
- Apex Friendship HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Panther Creek HighHigh · 2,609 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Apex HighHigh · 2,449 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
Other schools in Raleigh
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
- Athens Drive HighHigh · 2,156 students
- Needham Broughton HighHigh · 2,153 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,065 students
Nearby schools
- Abbotts Creek Elementary0.2 mi · 805
- Durant Road Middle0.5 mi · 649
- Wildwood Forest Elementary1.7 mi · 551
- Raleigh Oak Charter2.0 mi · 373
- Fox Road Elementary2.4 mi · 430
- Endeavor Charter School2.7 mi · 799
Frequently asked questions
About Durant Road ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Durant Road Elementary?
Durant Road Elementary enrolls approximately 577 students in grades PK-05.
Is Durant Road Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Durant Road Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Durant Road Elementary have?
Durant Road Elementary employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Durant Road Elementary?
Student demographics at Durant Road Elementary are roughly 34% White, 30% Hispanic, 28% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Durant Road Elementary in?
Durant Road Elementary is part of Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.