Eastway Elementary

As a tight-knit primary school in Durham, North Carolina, Eastway Elementary hosts 331 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Durham Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 29% leaner than the state mean of about 467.

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

Demographically, Eastway Elementary reports that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 39% Black, 4% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Durham County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Eastway Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Eastway Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 35.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Durham County indicate median household income runs about $82,316, roughly 55% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Durham County's 74 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,109 students), Eastway Elementary is one campus in the mix.

KIPP Durham College Preparatory is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 39%: 541 students in 2018 compared to 331 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 46% to 39%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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