Pearsontown Elementary

Pearsontown Elementary, an expansive elementary school in Durham, North Carolina, one of the schools within Durham Public Schools, teaches 765 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Pearsontown Elementary sits 64% above that benchmark.

Durham Public Schools comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 31,797 students; Pearsontown Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Pearsontown Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 36% Black, 15% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Pearsontown Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pearsontown Elementary sits in the top 10% of North Carolina schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.4%; actual is 72.6%, +24.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Durham County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $82,316 per year, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Durham County runs 74 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,109 students), of which Pearsontown Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Southwest Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pearsontown Elementary at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 45.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Pearsontown Elementary's enrollment has shrank 7% since 2018, when it stood at 825 (now 765). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 41% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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