George Watts Elementary

George Watts Elementary operates as a tight-knit K-5 school in Durham, North Carolina, one of the schools within Durham Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 358 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so George Watts Elementary sits 23% below that benchmark.

Durham Public Schools runs 55 schools in total, collectively educating 31,797 students. George Watts Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, George Watts Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 25% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, George Watts Elementary sits in the top 10% of North Carolina schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.6%; actual is 66.9%, +18.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, Durham County reports that median household earnings sit near $82,316, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Durham County's 74 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,109 students), George Watts Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Durham School of the Arts is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, George Watts Elementary comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 57.4%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. George Watts Elementary's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 409 (now 358). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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