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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Forest View Elementary?
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Enrollment
662
Elementary
DISTRICT 450 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370126000537
Forest View Elementary
3007 Mount Sinai Road, Durham, NC 27705 · (919) 560-3932 · Durham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL662 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
659 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 13 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 116 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
45.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
49.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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
49.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Forest View Elementary
Forest View Elementary's state test result (49.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest View Elementary this school | 662 | 99.5% | 49.4% |
| Saint Stephens Elementary Conover | 711 | 99.6% | 37.7% |
| Creekside Elementary Durham | 554 | 99.5% | 40.2% |
| West Clayton Elementary Clayton | 742 | 98.5% | 55.9% |
| Pineville Elementary Pineville | 742 | 99.6% | 61.8% |
| Efland Cheeks Elementary Efland | 532 | 99.4% | 61.3% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary 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 Forest View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Durham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #832 of 1,297 | #16 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #920 of 1,296 | #19 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #779 of 1,300 | #14 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 662 | #231 of 1,485 | #3 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #225 of 1,377 | #18 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.9% | #61 of 1,379 | #2 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #88 of 1,414 | #3 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #478 of 937 | #15 of 32 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
662
-52 (-7%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 771
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 662 | 50.9 | 13.0:1 | 100% (659) |
| 2023-24 | 650 | 49.1 | 13.2:1 | 58% (380) |
| 2022-23 | 640 | 51.5 | 12.4:1 | 55% (352) |
| 2020-21 | 714 | 60 | 11.9:1 | 30% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 762 | 56.1 | 13.6:1 | 57% (437) |
| 2015-16 | 733 | 52 | 14.1:1 | 63% (462) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | 42 | 14.7:1 | 52% (321) |
| 2000-01 | 825 | 59 | 14.0:1 | 46% (382) |
| 1990-91 | 771 | 43 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (762 to 662); teachers down 9% (56.1 to 50.9).
About Forest View Elementary
Forest View Elementary is a public elementary school run by Durham Public Schools in Durham, North Carolina. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 662 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students, which makes this school 42% larger than average.
Durham Public Schools is the district for Forest View Elementary. It has 55 schools and 31,797 students.
Of every 100 students at Forest View Elementary, about 34 are Hispanic, the largest group. Other students are 31% White, 23% Black, 6% Asian, and 6% multiracial. That is higher than the 16% Hispanic share among all Durham County residents. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at Forest View Elementary are from different groups.
Forest View Elementary lists 50.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.0 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1. About 100% of students at Forest View Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Forest View Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 38% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Compared with North Carolina schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Forest View Elementary's results are within a point of predicted: 49.4% against 48.4%.
In the surrounding county, Durham County, the median household earns about $82,316 a year, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Forest View Elementary, Durham County has 74 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Community School of Digital & Visual Art, is about 2.1 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 60.7%; Forest View Elementary's is 49.4%, ranking 5th of 8.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 714 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 662 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 13.0:1, from 11.9:1.
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Durham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
332,353
Census ACS
Median income
$82,316
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
74
46,109 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Durham Public Schools
- C E Jordan HighHigh · 2,189 students
- Riverside HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Durham School of the ArtsHigh · 1,764 students
- Hillside HighHigh · 1,433 students
- Southern School of Energy and SustainabiHigh · 1,384 students
- Northern HighHigh · 1,281 students
Other schools in Durham
- NC Virtual AcademyCombined · 3,482 students
- North Carolina Cyber AcademyCombined · 2,461 students
- C E Jordan HighHigh · 2,189 students
- Riverside HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Durham School of the ArtsHigh · 1,764 students
- Hillside HighHigh · 1,433 students
Other Forest View Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Forest View Elementary. Forest View Elementary is the largest of the 6.
- Forest View Elementary SchoolEverett, WA · 634 students
- Forest View ElemOlathe, KS · 419 students
- Forest View ElementaryFOREST LAKE, MN · 345 students
- Forest View Elementary SchoolMount Prospect, IL · 339 students
- Forest View Elementary SchoolBOON, MI · 257 students
Nearby schools
- Community School of Digital & Visual Art2.1 mi · 204
- East Chapel Hill High2.9 mi · 1,419
- Sherwood Githens Middle3.1 mi · 878
- Lakewood Elementary3.2 mi · 439
- Rogers-Herr Middle3.4 mi · 660
- Hope Valley Elementary3.4 mi · 539
Frequently asked questions
About Forest View ElementaryHow large is Forest View Elementary?
Forest View Elementary enrolls approximately 662 students in grades PK-05.
Is Forest View Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Forest View Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Forest View Elementary have?
Forest View Elementary employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Forest View Elementary?
At Forest View Elementary, the student body is approximately 31% White, 34% Hispanic, 23% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Forest View Elementary public or private?
Forest View Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Durham Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.