Glenn Elementary

Glenn Elementary operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in Durham, North Carolina, one of the schools within Durham Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 455 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, Glenn Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 29% Black, 7% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Durham County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Glenn Elementary logs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Glenn 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 50.2%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Durham County put the typical household earns roughly $82,316 per year, roughly 55% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Glenn Elementary is one of 74 public schools in Durham County (combined enrollment of about 46,109 students).

Merrick-Moore Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Glenn Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Glenn Elementary at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 44.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 31%: 660 students in 2018 compared to 455 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 46% to 29% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.