Enrollment
358
Elementary
DISTRICT 450 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370126000573
Y E Smith Elementary
2410 E Main Street, Durham, NC 27703 · (919) 560-3900 · Durham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL358 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
15.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
355 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 | 28 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
57%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
20.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
23.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Y E Smith Elementary
Y E Smith Elementary's state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Y E Smith Elementary this school | 358 | 99.2% | 22.0% |
| Eastway Elementary Durham | 331 | 99.1% | 35.5% |
| Diggs-Latham Elementary Winston Salem | 385 | 99.2% | 49.8% |
| KIPP Durham College Preparatory Durham | 380 | 99.2% | N/A |
| Highland Renaissance Academy Charlotte | 443 | 99.3% | 45.0% |
| Merrick-Moore Elementary Durham | 445 | 99.3% | 50.0% |
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 Y E Smith Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Durham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #1,291 of 1,297 | #32 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #1,283 of 1,296 | #32 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #1,283 of 1,300 | #32 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 358 | #1,025 of 1,485 | #30 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #926 of 1,377 | #34 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #789 of 1,379 | #29 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #536 of 1,414 | #25 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #720 of 937 | #26 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
358
+74 (+26%) vs 2020
+8% since 2000-01, when it was 331
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 358 | 22.8 | 15.7:1 | 99% (355) |
| 2023-24 | 265 | 24 | 11.1:1 | 99% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 27 | 10.6:1 | 99% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 284 | 27 | 10.5:1 | 99% (281) |
| 2017-18 | 384 | 29.5 | 13.0:1 | 99% (381) |
| 2015-16 | 422 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 98% (415) |
| 2010-11 | 356 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 93% (330) |
| 2000-01 | 331 | 29 | 11.4:1 | 75% (249) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Y E Smith Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (384 to 358); teachers down 23% (29.5 to 22.8).
About Y E Smith Elementary
Y E Smith Elementary is an elementary school in Durham, North Carolina, and it is part of Durham Public Schools. A total of 358 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 467-student average for elementary schools in North Carolina, enrollment here is 23% lower.
Y E Smith Elementary sits within Durham Public Schools, which has 55 schools and 31,797 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Y E Smith Elementary, with 51% of enrollment. Other groups include 41% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. The county population is about 16% Hispanic. Y E Smith Elementary's diversity index is 57%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Y E Smith Elementary, 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.7:1. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina have 14.9:1, compared with 15.7:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 99% of enrollment.
The allk12 Grade for Y E Smith Elementary is F. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 0% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with North Carolina schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Y E Smith Elementary scores 26.6 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 22.0%; the prediction is 48.6%.
Y E Smith Elementary is located in Durham County, where the median household income is $82,316, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 55%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Besides Y E Smith Elementary, Durham County has 73 other public schools.
The closest public school to Y E Smith Elementary is Maureen Joy Charter School, about 0.3 miles away. Y E Smith Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 22.0% average proficiency ranks 4th among 4 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 26% from 2020-21, when Y E Smith Elementary had 284 students, to 2024-25, when it had 358. Students per teacher rose from 10.5 in 2020-21 to 15.7 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Y E Smith Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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- 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
- Maureen Joy Charter School0.3 mi · 631
- Durham's Performance Learning Center0.4 mi · 122
- Eastway Elementary0.8 mi · 331
- KIPP Durham College Preparatory0.8 mi · 380
- Middle College HS @ DTCC0.8 mi · 164
- Burton Elementary0.9 mi · 293
Frequently asked questions
About Y E Smith ElementaryHow large is Y E Smith Elementary?
Y E Smith Elementary enrolls approximately 358 students in grades PK-05.
Is Y E Smith Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Y E Smith Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Y E Smith Elementary have?
Y E Smith Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Y E Smith Elementary?
Student demographics at Y E Smith Elementary are roughly 3% White, 51% Hispanic, 41% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Y E Smith Elementary in?
Y E Smith Elementary is part of Durham Public Schools.
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