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Durham's Performance Learning Center is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Durham, Durham County. The school has 155 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Durham Public Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.5:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 72%. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Durham's Performance Learning Center enrolls 155 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 45% male and 55% female. A teaching staff of 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Black or African American, 43% Hispanic or Latino and 6.5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 69 | 45% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 67 | 43% |
| White | 10 | 6.5% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 5.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
152 of the school's 155 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 152 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.
Durham's Performance Learning Center is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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.
Durham's Performance Learning Center 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 155 students, Durham's Performance Learning Center is smaller than 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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