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Lyons Farm Elementary

๐Ÿ“ 906 Scott King Rd, Durham, Durham County, 27713

448
Pupils
12.7
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Lyons Farm Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Durham, Durham County. The school has 448 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Durham Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in a rural setting. The school employs 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.

School details

School district
Durham Public Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Lyons Farm Elementary enrolls 448 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.

Male students
233 (52%)
Female students
215 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
35.3
Student-teacher ratio
12.7:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% White, 25% Black or African American and 8.9% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White23152%
Black or African American11025%
Hispanic or Latino408.9%
Two or more races347.6%
Asian337.4%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

128 of the school's 448 students (29%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 121 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.

School setting & status

Rural, FringeGrades Pre-Kโ€“5

Lyons Farm Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-40, state senate district 20, state house district 54.

School district: Durham Public Schools

Lyons Farm 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 448 students, Lyons Farm Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 569 students per school.

31,865
District students
56
Schools
2,368
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

9%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

Setting: Rural - Fringe

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