📍 923 Snow Hill Road, Durham, Durham County, 27704
Lucas Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Durham, Durham County. The school has 371 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Durham Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.3:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lucas Middle enrolls 371 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% Black or African American, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 13% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 177 | 48% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 124 | 33% |
| White | 49 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 5.1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
259 of the school's 371 students (70%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 252 qualify for free lunch and 7 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.
Lucas Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 22, state house district 30.
Lucas 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 371 students, Lucas Middle is smaller than the district average of about 569 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe