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Forest View Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Durham, Durham County. The school has 640 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Durham Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 51.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1. 53% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Forest View Elementary enrolls 640 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 51.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 36% Hispanic or Latino, 33% White and 20% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 231 | 36% |
| White | 210 | 33% |
| Black or African American | 127 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 5.8% |
| Asian | 32 | 5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
352 of the school's 640 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 334 qualify for free lunch and 18 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Forest View Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-40, state senate district 20, state house district 30.
Forest View Elementary is one of 56 schools in Durham Public Schools, based in Durham, North Carolina. The district serves 31,865 students district-wide and employs 2,368 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 640 students, Forest View Elementary is close to the district average of about 569 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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