📍 5207 Revere Road, Durham, Durham County, 27713
Parkwood Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Durham, Durham County. The school has 602 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Durham Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Parkwood Elementary enrolls 602 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% Black or African American, 22% Hispanic or Latino and 16% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 309 | 51% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 134 | 22% |
| White | 97 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 52 | 8.6% |
| Asian | 10 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
421 of the school's 602 students (70%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 412 qualify for free lunch and 9 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.
Parkwood 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 54.
Parkwood 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 602 students, Parkwood 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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