📍 201 Baptist Road, Durham, Durham County, 27704
Neal Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Durham, Durham County. The school has 789 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Durham Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 56.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. 19% of students are proficient in reading. 6% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Neal Middle enrolls 789 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 56.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Hispanic or Latino, 40% Black or African American and 4.4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 398 | 50% |
| Black or African American | 316 | 40% |
| White | 35 | 4.4% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 3.4% |
| Asian | 12 | 1.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
786 of the school's 789 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 786 qualify for free lunch and 0 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.
Neal Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. 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 31.
Neal Middle 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 789 students, Neal Middle is larger than the district average of about 569 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large