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Enrollment
455
Elementary
DISTRICT 450 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370126000534
Glenn Elementary
2415 E Geer Street, Durham, NC 27704 · (919) 560-3920 · Durham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% 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.
- B-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
10.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
452 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 | 11 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
57%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
35.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
63.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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
50.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Glenn Elementary
Glenn Elementary's state test result (50.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Elementary this school | 455 | 99.3% | 50.2% |
| Walter Bickett Elementary Monroe | 444 | 99.3% | 31.5% |
| Haw River Elementary Haw River | 490 | 98.8% | 28.5% |
| Mineral Springs Elementary Winston Salem | 545 | 99.4% | 40.6% |
| Pinewood Elementary Charlotte | 521 | 99.4% | 39.1% |
| Belvoir Elementary Greenville | 405 | 99.3% | 44.7% |
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 Glenn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Durham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #808 of 1,297 | #14 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #524 of 1,296 | #10 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #1,088 of 1,300 | #26 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #735 of 1,485 | #17 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #16 of 1,377 | #3 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.7% | #813 of 1,379 | #33 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #348 of 1,414 | #14 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.1% | #80 of 937 | #7 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
455
-136 (-23%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 378
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 455 | 44 | 10.3:1 | 99% (452) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 53.8 | 10.6:1 | 99% (567) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 47.7 | 11.8:1 | 99% (560) |
| 2020-21 | 591 | 44 | 13.4:1 | 99% (588) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 46.6 | 14.2:1 | 98% (646) |
| 2015-16 | 697 | 42 | 16.6:1 | 100% (694) |
| 2010-11 | 655 | 44 | 14.9:1 | 92% (603) |
| 2000-01 | 573 | 40 | 14.3:1 | 78% (448) |
| 1990-91 | 378 | 25 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glenn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (660 to 455); teachers down 6% (46.6 to 44).
About Glenn Elementary
Glenn Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Durham, North Carolina, one of the schools in Durham Public Schools. The school had 455 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Durham Public Schools enrolls 31,797 students, and its 55 schools include Glenn Elementary.
At Glenn Elementary, Hispanic students make up 58% of the student body. The school is also 29% Black, 7% White, and 5% multiracial. That is higher than the 16% Hispanic share among all Durham County residents. Glenn Elementary's diversity index is 57%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 44 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 10.3:1. That is lower than the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Eligible students account for 99% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Glenn Elementary receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Glenn Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 50.2%, compared with a predicted 48.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Durham County, the median household income is $82,316, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 55% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. In all, Durham County has 74 public schools and roughly 46,109 students.
Nearest public school: Merrick-Moore Elementary, about 1.8 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Glenn Elementary ranks 2nd of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 50.2% against a local average of 44.8%.
For locale, NCES codes Glenn Elementary as Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 455, a 23% decrease from 591 in 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 13.4:1 to 10.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Glenn Elementary community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Glenn Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Glenn Elementary. Glenn Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Glenn Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 427 students
- Glenn Elementary SchoolNormal, IL · 272 students
Nearby schools
- Merrick-Moore Elementary1.8 mi · 445
- Southern School of Energy and Sustainabi2.1 mi · 1,384
- Lakeview School2.3 mi · 52
- Sandy Ridge Elementary2.7 mi · 589
- Reaching All Minds Academy2.9 mi · 391
- The School for Creative Studies3.1 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About Glenn ElementaryHow large is Glenn Elementary?
Glenn Elementary enrolls approximately 455 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Glenn Elementary serve?
Glenn Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Glenn Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Glenn Elementary is approximately 10.3:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Glenn Elementary?
At Glenn Elementary, the student body is approximately 7% White, 58% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Glenn Elementary public or private?
Glenn 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.