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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Holt Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
587
Elementary
DISTRICT 450 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370126000536
Holt Elementary
4019 Holt School Road, Durham, NC 27704 · (919) 560-3928 · Durham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL587 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% 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
13.9:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
584 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 | 21 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
59%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
37.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
45.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% 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 Holt Elementary
Holt Elementary's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holt Elementary this school | 587 | 99.5% | 42.0% |
| Wilburn Elementary Raleigh | 593 | 99.5% | 35.6% |
| Briarwood Academy Charlotte | 649 | 99.5% | 45.0% |
| Esperanza Global Academy Charlotte | 538 | 99.4% | 32.6% |
| J. H. Gunn Elementary Charlotte | 616 | 99.5% | 45.3% |
| Lawrence Orr Elementary Charlotte | 751 | 99.6% | 44.1% |
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 Holt Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Durham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,047 of 1,297 | #23 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #1,027 of 1,296 | #24 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #1,036 of 1,300 | #23 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 587 | #380 of 1,485 | #8 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #435 of 1,377 | #24 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #751 of 1,379 | #27 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #164 of 1,414 | #7 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #365 of 937 | #13 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
587
-116 (-17%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 707
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 587 | 42.3 | 13.9:1 | 99% (584) |
| 2023-24 | 618 | 57 | 10.8:1 | 100% (615) |
| 2022-23 | 636 | 54.3 | 11.7:1 | 83% (527) |
| 2020-21 | 703 | 56 | 12.6:1 | 50% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 704 | 51.4 | 13.7:1 | 83% (585) |
| 2015-16 | 671 | 49 | 13.7:1 | 87% (583) |
| 2010-11 | 600 | 43 | 13.9:1 | 82% (494) |
| 2000-01 | 578 | 46 | 12.6:1 | 48% (276) |
| 1990-91 | 707 | 45 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holt Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (704 to 587); teachers down 18% (51.4 to 42.3).
About Holt Elementary
Holt Elementary, located in Durham, North Carolina, is a medium-sized elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 587 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in North Carolina is roughly 467 students; this school is 26% above that.
Durham Public Schools enrolls 31,797 students in 55 schools, including Holt Elementary.
At 59%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Holt Elementary combined. The remaining students are 25% Black, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 4% White. Among people living in Durham County, the Hispanic share is about 16%. Holt Elementary has a diversity index of 59%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Holt Elementary was 13.9:1. Among elementary schools in North Carolina, the typical ratio is 14.9:1. Holt Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 99%.
The allk12 Grade for Holt Elementary is C-. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 19% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Holt Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in North Carolina is predicted to score 48.5%. Holt Elementary scores 42.0%, 6.5 points below that line.
In the county around the school, Durham County, median household income is about $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%. Holt Elementary is among the 74 public schools in Durham County.
The closest public school, Northern High, is about 0.5 miles from Holt Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Holt Elementary is 4th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Holt Elementary as City: Large.
Enrollment was 703 in 2020-21 and 587 in 2024-25, a decrease of 116 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.6:1 to 13.9:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Holt Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Holt Elementary. Holt Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Holt Elementary SchoolEugene, OR · 469 students
- Holt Elementary SchoolTuscaloosa, AL · 448 students
Nearby schools
- Northern High0.5 mi · 1,281
- Excelsior Classical Academy0.7 mi · 1,032
- Voyager Academy0.9 mi · 1,360
- City of Medicine Academy1.3 mi · 329
- Hillandale Elementary1.5 mi · 586
- Easley Elementary1.8 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Holt ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Holt Elementary?
Holt Elementary enrolls approximately 587 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Holt Elementary serve?
Holt Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Holt Elementary have?
Holt Elementary employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
How diverse is Holt Elementary?
Holt Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 59% Hispanic, 25% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Holt Elementary public or private?
Holt 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.