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Enrollment
878
Middle
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370126000549
Sherwood Githens Middle
4800 Chapel Hill Road, Durham, NC 27707 · (919) 560-3966 · Durham County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL878 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of North Carolina public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
875 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 307 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 289 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 282 | 32% |
Student demographics
73%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
49.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
49.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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
49.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% 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 Sherwood Githens Middle
Sherwood Githens Middle's state test result (49.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood Githens Middle this school | 878 | 99.7% | 49.3% |
| North Garner Middle Garner | 831 | 99.6% | 42.5% |
| Turrentine Middle Burlington | 739 | 99.6% | 33.8% |
| Southeast Middle Kernersville | 733 | 99.6% | 34.7% |
| Southwest Middle Gastonia | 832 | 99.6% | 31.7% |
| Kannapolis Middle School 7/8 Kannapolis | 782 | 99.6% | 32.3% |
Matched among North Carolina middle 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 Sherwood Githens Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Durham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #254 of 463 | #4 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #226 of 461 | #4 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #224 of 463 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 878 | #70 of 478 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #311 of 456 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.7% | #22 of 456 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #18 of 472 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #274 of 300 | #6 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
878
-56 (-6%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 1,025
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 878 | 51.2 | 17.1:1 | 100% (875) |
| 2023-24 | 811 | 57 | 14.2:1 | 55% (447) |
| 2022-23 | 763 | 51.5 | 14.8:1 | 57% (436) |
| 2020-21 | 934 | 68 | 13.7:1 | 38% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 908 | 61 | 14.9:1 | 62% (561) |
| 2015-16 | 897 | 61 | 14.7:1 | 66% (590) |
| 2010-11 | 960 | 59 | 16.3:1 | 61% (590) |
| 2000-01 | 1,130 | 70 | 16.1:1 | 33% (372) |
| 1990-91 | 1,025 | 68 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sherwood Githens Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (908 to 878); teachers down 16% (61 to 51.2).
About Sherwood Githens Middle
Sherwood Githens Middle is a middle school in Durham, North Carolina, according to federal school records. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 878 students. It has 45% more students than the average for middle schools in North Carolina (about 605).
Durham Public Schools enrolls 31,797 students in 55 schools, including Sherwood Githens Middle.
No group is above 50% at Sherwood Githens Middle; the largest is Hispanic, at 35%. The rest of enrollment is 27% Black, 27% White, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Durham County, the Hispanic share is about 16%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 73%.
With 51.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.1:1. Middle schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 15.9:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Sherwood Githens Middle, 100% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Sherwood Githens Middle earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 49% of North Carolina public middle schools.
Sherwood Githens Middle posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 49.3%, compared with a predicted 48.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
Durham County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $82,316 a year, roughly 55% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Sherwood Githens Middle shares Durham County with 73 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Creekside Elementary is about 1.3 miles from Sherwood Githens Middle. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Sherwood Githens Middle comes in 4th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 6%. The ratio was 13.7:1 in 2020-21 and 17.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Sherwood Githens MiddleHow large is Sherwood Githens Middle?
Sherwood Githens Middle enrolls approximately 878 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sherwood Githens Middle serve?
Sherwood Githens Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Sherwood Githens Middle have?
Sherwood Githens Middle employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
How diverse is Sherwood Githens Middle?
Sherwood Githens Middle reports a student body of 27% White, 35% Hispanic, 27% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Sherwood Githens Middle in?
Sherwood Githens Middle is part of Durham Public Schools.
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