E K Powe Elementary

Set in Durham, North Carolina, E K Powe Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary school, part of Durham Public Schools. It works with 454 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Durham Public Schools comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 31,797 students; E K Powe Elementary is among them.

On demographics, E K Powe Elementary shows that the most-represented group is White (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 35% Hispanic, 18% Black, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian.

On the resource side, On paper, E K Powe Elementary has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting E K Powe Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at E K Powe Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), E K Powe 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 51.0%.

Across the wider county, Durham County reports that median household income runs about $82,316, roughly 55% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. E K Powe Elementary is one of 74 public schools in Durham County (combined enrollment of about 46,109 students).

Nearest neighbor: George Watts Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around E K Powe Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts E K Powe Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 60.6%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 7%: 488 students in 2018 compared to 454 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 25% to 35% over that span.

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