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Enrollment
649
Middle
DISTRICT 887 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472000942
Durant Road Middle
10401 Durant Rd, Raleigh, NC 27614 · (919) 870-4098 · Wake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL649 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of North Carolina public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
445 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 197 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 216 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 236 | 36% |
Student demographics
71%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
Durant Road Middle→Millbrook High
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
39.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
43.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Middle
Durant Road Middle's state test result (42.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durant Road Middle this school | 649 | 68.6% | 42.7% |
| Carroll Middle Raleigh | 898 | 61.1% | 45.5% |
| Harold E. Winkler Middle Concord | 1,094 | 62.2% | 51.7% |
| C C Griffin Middle Concord | 792 | 54.8% | 52.7% |
| Highland Middle Sanford | 762 | 63.9% | 46.9% |
| A L Stanback Middle Hillsborough | 648 | 57.7% | 53.7% |
Matched among North Carolina middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #323 of 463 | #32 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #289 of 461 | #27 of 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #341 of 463 | #34 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 649 | #190 of 478 | #35 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #194 of 456 | #18 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #48 of 456 | #6 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.6% | #349 of 472 | #9 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.2% | #15 of 300 | #4 of 28 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
649
-236 (-27%) vs 2020
-55% since 2000-01, when it was 1,458
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 649 | 41.1 | 15.8:1 | 69% (445) |
| 2023-24 | 678 | 51.5 | 13.2:1 | 67% (455) |
| 2022-23 | 764 | 48 | 15.9:1 | 65% (495) |
| 2020-21 | 885 | 57 | 15.5:1 | 44% (393) |
| 2017-18 | 971 | 63.1 | 15.4:1 | 43% (414) |
| 2015-16 | 1,221 | 76 | 16.1:1 | 40% (483) |
| 2010-11 | 1,371 | 78 | 17.6:1 | 33% (452) |
| 2000-01 | 1,458 | 111 | 13.1:1 | 9% (127) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Durant Road Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (971 to 649); teachers down 35% (63.1 to 41.1).
About Durant Road Middle
The public middle-grades school Durant Road Middle is located in Raleigh, North Carolina. Enrollment is 649 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8.
Wake County Schools counts 163,176 students in its 198 schools, and Durant Road Middle is one of them.
Enrollment at Durant Road Middle is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 39%. The rest of enrollment is 30% Black, 23% White, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Wake County's population at about 12%. Durant Road Middle has a diversity index of 71%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Durant Road Middle is 41.1 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.8:1. Middle schools in North Carolina average about 15.9:1, a similar figure. The school counts 445 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 69%. For comparison, public schools in Wake County average 42%.
The allk12 Grade for Durant Road Middle is C-. Compared with North Carolina public middle schools, the school scored higher than 22% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 57.9% for Durant Road Middle. The school posts 42.7%, 15.2 points below the prediction.
County data help place the school in context: in Wake County, median household income is about $105,768, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The public schools of Wake County number 237 and enroll about 184,790.
Durant Road Elementary is located about 0.5 miles from Durant Road Middle. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Durant Road Middle ranks 6th on proficiency.
Durant Road Middle has an NCES locale of City: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 27%, from 885 to 649.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Durant Road Elementary0.5 mi · 577
- Abbotts Creek Elementary0.5 mi · 805
- Raleigh Oak Charter2.2 mi · 373
- Wildwood Forest Elementary2.2 mi · 551
- North Ridge Elementary2.5 mi · 730
- West Millbrook Middle2.5 mi · 1,164
Frequently asked questions
About Durant Road MiddleHow many students attend Durant Road Middle?
Durant Road Middle enrolls approximately 649 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Durant Road Middle serve?
Durant Road Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Durant Road Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Durant Road Middle is approximately 15.8:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Durant Road Middle?
At Durant Road Middle, the student body is approximately 23% White, 39% Hispanic, 30% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Durant Road Middle?
Durant Road Middle is overseen by Wake County Schools in Wake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.