Durant Road Middle

Durant Road Middle is a mid-tier 6-8 campus in Raleigh, North Carolina, run under Wake County Schools. The school teaches 649 students in grades 6 through 8.

Durant Road Middle is one of 198 schools operated by Wake County Schools, a district that hosts 163,176 students overall.

Demographically, Durant Road Middle logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 30% Black, 23% White, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Durant Road Middle has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Wake County's rate of about 42%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Durant Road Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.7%.

Around the school, Wake County reports that median household earnings sit near $105,768, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wake County's 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), Durant Road Middle is one campus in the mix.

Durant Road Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Durant Road Middle at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 57.1%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Durant Road Middle's enrollment has edged down 33% since 2018, when it stood at 971 (now 649). Hispanic enrollment moved from 23% to 39% across the same window.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.