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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Merrick-Moore Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 450 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370126000543
Merrick-Moore Elementary
2325 Cheek Road, Durham, NC 27704 · (919) 560-3952 · Durham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% 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
12.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
442 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 | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
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
37.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
58.7%
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 59 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
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 Merrick-Moore Elementary
Merrick-Moore Elementary's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrick-Moore Elementary this school | 445 | 99.3% | 50.0% |
| Highland Renaissance Academy Charlotte | 443 | 99.3% | 45.0% |
| Belvoir Elementary Greenville | 405 | 99.3% | 44.7% |
| Diggs-Latham Elementary Winston Salem | 385 | 99.2% | 49.8% |
| Y E Smith Elementary Durham | 358 | 99.2% | 22.0% |
| North Hills Elementary Winston-Salem | 453 | 99.3% | 20.9% |
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 Merrick-Moore Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Durham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #815 of 1,297 | #15 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #648 of 1,296 | #11 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #1,022 of 1,300 | #21 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #766 of 1,485 | #19 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #162 of 1,377 | #14 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.1% | #801 of 1,379 | #32 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #366 of 1,414 | #16 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.6% | #135 of 937 | #8 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
445
-99 (-18%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 581
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 445 | 35.3 | 12.6:1 | 99% (442) |
| 2023-24 | 535 | 43.1 | 12.4:1 | 99% (532) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 47.6 | 11.3:1 | 99% (537) |
| 2020-21 | 544 | 50 | 10.9:1 | 99% (541) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 46.5 | 13.0:1 | 100% (603) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 40 | 17.3:1 | 97% (674) |
| 2010-11 | 706 | 47 | 15.0:1 | 87% (612) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 44 | 13.2:1 | 52% (302) |
| 1990-91 | 581 | 44 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Merrick-Moore Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (606 to 445); teachers down 24% (46.5 to 35.3).
About Merrick-Moore Elementary
Merrick-Moore Elementary, located in Durham, North Carolina, is a medium-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 445 students.
Durham Public Schools includes 55 schools. Together they enroll 31,797 students.
Roughly 52% of students at Merrick-Moore Elementary are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 39% Black, 4% White, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Durham County, the Hispanic share is about 16%. Merrick-Moore Elementary's diversity index is 57%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 35.3 full-time positions, a ratio of 12.6:1. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina have 14.9:1, compared with 12.6:1 here. Around 99% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Merrick-Moore 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.
In North Carolina, Merrick-Moore Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 50.0% actual against a predicted 48.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Durham County show that the median household income is $82,316, about 55% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Besides Merrick-Moore Elementary, Durham County has 73 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Reaching All Minds Academy, about 1.1 miles away. Merrick-Moore Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Merrick-Moore Elementary's average proficiency of 50.0% compares with 32.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 445 students in 2024-25, 99 fewer than the 544 it had in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.6:1) than in 2020-21 (10.9:1).
Community posts for Merrick-Moore Elementary can cover 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
Nearby schools
- Reaching All Minds Academy1.1 mi · 391
- Southern School of Energy and Sustainabi1.3 mi · 1,384
- Glenn Elementary1.8 mi · 455
- KIPP Durham College Preparatory1.8 mi · 380
- Y E Smith Elementary1.8 mi · 358
- Durham's Performance Learning Center1.9 mi · 122
Frequently asked questions
About Merrick-Moore ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Merrick-Moore Elementary?
Merrick-Moore Elementary enrolls approximately 445 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Merrick-Moore Elementary serve?
Merrick-Moore Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Merrick-Moore Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Merrick-Moore Elementary is approximately 12.6:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Merrick-Moore Elementary?
Student demographics at Merrick-Moore Elementary are roughly 4% White, 52% Hispanic, 39% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Merrick-Moore Elementary in?
Merrick-Moore Elementary is part of Durham Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.