Enrollment
278
Elementary
DISTRICT 450 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370126000554
Morehead Montessori
909 Cobb Street, Durham, NC 27707 · (919) 560-3954 · Durham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL278 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
275 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 32 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
68%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
67.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
67.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 Morehead Montessori
Morehead Montessori's state test result (70.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morehead Montessori this school | 278 | 98.9% | 70.7% |
| Page Street Elementary Troy | 248 | 98.8% | 48.4% |
| Oakwood Elementary Hickory | 336 | 99.1% | 72.4% |
| W M Jenkins Elementary Hickory | 276 | 98.9% | 61.9% |
| S Ray Lowder Elementary Lincolnton | 306 | 97.4% | 54.2% |
| Springfield Primary Stanley | 352 | 99.1% | N/A |
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 Morehead Montessori ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Durham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #216 of 1,297 | #4 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #400 of 1,296 | #5 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #175 of 1,300 | #4 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 278 | #1,231 of 1,485 | #37 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #527 of 1,377 | #25 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #303 of 1,379 | #13 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #688 of 1,414 | #31 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.1% | #280 of 369 | #4 of 7 |
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
278
+26 (+10%) vs 2020
+22% since 2000-01, when it was 228
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 278 | 19.6 | 14.2:1 | 99% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 226 | 21.6 | 10.5:1 | 36% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 227 | 19.1 | 11.9:1 | 36% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 252 | 21 | 12.0:1 | 18% (46) |
| 2017-18 | 267 | 19.3 | 13.8:1 | 32% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 261 | 17 | 15.3:1 | 34% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 244 | 17 | 14.3:1 | 32% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 228 | 26 | 8.8:1 | 43% (97) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morehead Montessori.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (267 to 278); teachers up 1% (19.3 to 19.6).
About Morehead Montessori
Morehead Montessori is a public elementary school in Durham, North Carolina. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 278 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Morehead Montessori is a school in Durham Public Schools. The district has 55 schools and 31,797 students.
The student body at Morehead Montessori has no majority group. White students lead at 49%. Other groups include 20% Black, 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
Morehead Montessori has 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. It is about the same as the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The school has 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Morehead Montessori holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 91% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
A school in North Carolina with Morehead Montessori's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 48.6%. Morehead Montessori scores 70.7%.
Census data for Durham County show median household income comes to about $82,316, about 55% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 74 public schools in the county, enrolling about 46,109, Morehead Montessori among them.
Durham Charter School, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Morehead Montessori ranks 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Morehead Montessori is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 10% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 14.2:1, from 12.0:1.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Morehead Montessori. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Durham Charter School0.5 mi · 1,010
- C C Spaulding Elementary0.8 mi · 247
- Lakewood Montessori Middle0.9 mi · 309
- Durham School of the Arts1.1 mi · 1,764
- J D Clement Early College HS1.2 mi · 380
- Lakewood Elementary1.3 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Morehead MontessoriWhat is the total enrollment at Morehead Montessori?
Morehead Montessori enrolls approximately 278 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Morehead Montessori serve?
Morehead Montessori serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Morehead Montessori?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Morehead Montessori.
What is the student diversity at Morehead Montessori?
Student demographics at Morehead Montessori are roughly 49% White, 17% Hispanic, 20% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Morehead Montessori in?
Morehead Montessori is part of Durham Public Schools.
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