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Enrollment
660
Middle
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370126000570
Rogers-Herr Middle
911 Cornwallis Road, Durham, NC 27707 · (919) 560-3970 · Durham County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL660 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
657 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
71.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
69.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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
70.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
660
+32 (+5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 14.7:1
% White
30%
was 22%
% Hispanic
23%
was 24%
% Black
38%
was 47%
% Asian
3%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Rogers-Herr Middle
Rogers-Herr Middle is a middle-of-the-pack junior high in Durham, North Carolina, operated by Durham Public Schools. The school caters to 660 students in grades 6 through 8.
Durham Public Schools comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 31,797 students; Rogers-Herr Middle is among them.
On demographics, Rogers-Herr Middle records that 38% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 30% White, 23% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Rogers-Herr Middle has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Rogers-Herr Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rogers-Herr Middle is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 48.4%; this one delivers 70.9%, a residual of +22.4 points.
Across the wider county, census data for Durham County shows median household income runs about $82,316, roughly 55% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Durham County runs 74 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,109 students), of which Rogers-Herr Middle is one.
The closest other public school is Hope Valley Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Rogers-Herr Middle comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 52.4%.
The campus sits in a downtown setting.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 5%: 628 students in 2018 compared to 660 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 47% to 38%. Class-load math has widened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.
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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
Nearby schools
- Hope Valley Elementary0.4 mi · 539
- Lakewood Elementary0.7 mi · 439
- Lakewood Montessori Middle0.9 mi · 309
- Community School of Digital & Visual Art1.3 mi · 204
- Morehead Montessori1.6 mi · 278
- C C Spaulding Elementary1.7 mi · 247
Frequently asked questions
About Rogers-Herr MiddleHow many students attend Rogers-Herr Middle?
Rogers-Herr Middle enrolls approximately 660 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Rogers-Herr Middle serve?
Rogers-Herr Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Rogers-Herr Middle?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Rogers-Herr Middle.
How diverse is Rogers-Herr Middle?
Rogers-Herr Middle reports a student body of 30% White, 23% Hispanic, 38% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Rogers-Herr Middle?
Rogers-Herr Middle is overseen by Durham Public Schools in Durham County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.