Lowe's Grove Middle

Set in Durham, North Carolina, Lowe's Grove Middle is a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school, one of the schools within Durham Public Schools. It teaches 564 students across grades 6 through 8.

Lowe's Grove Middle is one of 55 schools operated by Durham Public Schools, a district that educates 31,797 students overall.

On demographics, Lowe's Grove Middle lists that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 7% White, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 32%.

In terms of school funding signals, Lowe's Grove Middle lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lowe's Grove Middle is in the bottom 10% of North Carolina public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 48.5%; Lowe's Grove Middle posts 24.2%, -24.3 points below that line.

In the area at large, census data for Durham County shows the typical household earns roughly $82,316 per year, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Durham County's 74 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,109 students), Lowe's Grove Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kestrel Heights School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lowe's Grove Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 56.6%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Lowe's Grove Middle's enrollment has shrank 4% since 2018, when it stood at 588 (now 564). The Black share of enrollment decreased from 60% to 48% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 today.

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