Durham Charter School

Durham Charter School operates as a mid-tier multi-level school in Durham, North Carolina, overseen by Durham Charter School. Current enrollment sits at 1,010 students spanning grades K through 11. That puts it 38% larger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 731 students.

Durham Charter School is a school of Durham Charter School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Durham Charter School reports that 78% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 18% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Durham County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Durham Charter School has 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. The state averages around 16.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at Durham Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, Durham County reports that the typical household earns roughly $82,316 per year, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Durham Charter School is one of 74 public schools in Durham County (combined enrollment of about 46,109 students).

Nearest neighbor: Morehead Montessori, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Durham Charter School.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. Durham Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Durham Charter School has ticked up 172%, going from 372 students in 2018 to 1,010 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 79% to 18%.

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