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If you had an hour of school board time for Parkwood Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
491
Elementary
DISTRICT 450 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370126000547
Parkwood Elementary
5207 Revere Road, Durham, NC 27713 · (919) 560-3962 · Durham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
488 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 | 14 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
63%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
32.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
31.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 Parkwood Elementary
Parkwood Elementary's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkwood Elementary this school | 491 | 99.4% | 34.0% |
| Morganton Road Elementary Fayetteville | 491 | 99.4% | 43.4% |
| Loyd E Auman Elementary Fayetteville | 495 | 99.2% | 47.9% |
| West Oxford Elementary Oxford | 520 | 97.5% | 37.8% |
| Brentwood Elementary Fayetteville | 494 | 96.8% | 45.1% |
| Benjamin J Martin Elementary Fayetteville | 522 | 97.7% | 38.2% |
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 Parkwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Durham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,205 of 1,297 | #31 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #1,238 of 1,296 | #31 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #1,128 of 1,300 | #28 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #638 of 1,485 | #15 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #430 of 1,377 | #22 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #581 of 1,379 | #20 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #300 of 1,414 | #12 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #652 of 937 | #22 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
491
-104 (-17%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 711
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 491 | 35.4 | 13.9:1 | 99% (488) |
| 2023-24 | 576 | 45.4 | 12.7:1 | 99% (573) |
| 2022-23 | 602 | 45.5 | 13.2:1 | 70% (421) |
| 2020-21 | 595 | 43 | 13.8:1 | 45% (269) |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 40 | 13.4:1 | 69% (370) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 39 | 14.0:1 | 71% (386) |
| 2010-11 | 613 | 36 | 17.0:1 | 65% (398) |
| 2000-01 | 779 | 58 | 13.4:1 | 26% (200) |
| 1990-91 | 711 | 41 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (537 to 491); teachers down 11% (40 to 35.4).
About Parkwood Elementary
Parkwood Elementary is a public mid-sized elementary school in Durham, North Carolina. The school counted 491 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
The 55 schools of Durham Public Schools, including Parkwood Elementary, enroll 31,797 students.
At Parkwood Elementary, 55% of students are Black. Other students are 20% Hispanic, 12% White, and 11% multiracial. That is higher than the 32% Black share among all Durham County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
There are about 13.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Parkwood Elementary, which has 35.4. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Parkwood Elementary is about 99%.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Parkwood Elementary outscored 7%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 48.5% for a school in North Carolina with Parkwood Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Parkwood Elementary posts 34.0%.
In Durham County, the median household earns about $82,316 a year, about 55% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Durham County, 74 public schools serve about 46,109 students.
The closest school to Parkwood Elementary is Kestrel Heights School, located about 1.0 miles away. Parkwood Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Parkwood Elementary's average proficiency of 34.0% compares with 61.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 17%, from 595 to 491.
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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 Parkwood Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Parkwood Elementary. Parkwood Elementary is the 6th largest of the 10.
- Parkwood ElementaryJacksonville, NC · 457 students
- Parkwood Elementary SchoolWarner Robins, GA · 683 students
- Parkwood ElementaryMadera, CA · 635 students
- Parkwood Elementary SchoolPASADENA, TX · 619 students
- Parkwood Elementary SchoolClarksville, IN · 561 students
Nearby schools
- Kestrel Heights School1.0 mi · 421
- Lowe's Grove Middle1.3 mi · 564
- Lyons Farm Elementary1.5 mi · 608
- North Carolina Cyber Academy1.6 mi · 2,461
- NC Virtual Academy1.7 mi · 3,482
- Research Triangle High School1.8 mi · 572
Frequently asked questions
About Parkwood ElementaryHow many students attend Parkwood Elementary?
Parkwood Elementary enrolls approximately 491 students in grades PK-05.
Is Parkwood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Parkwood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Parkwood Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Parkwood Elementary is approximately 13.9:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Parkwood Elementary?
At Parkwood Elementary, the student body is approximately 12% White, 20% Hispanic, 55% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Parkwood Elementary public or private?
Parkwood 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.