Durham
Durham, NC schools & districts: ratings, enrollment, map
$2,283 left/mo
3 bd $1,987/mo in Durham. North Carolina charges a 4.25% flat income tax.
Public-school students
81,617
NCES 2024-2025
Pupils per teacher
14.7
5,561 teachers
Districts / schools
29 / 146
Public districts and schools
Beds
1
Usual: studio
Childcare
$0
No kids under 5
Left / mo
$2,283
NCES counts 146 public schools here. 145 are filed under a level. 1 is not in that split, so the two counts are not the same list.
Largest public school districts
12 largest districts in Durham.
- Durham Public Schools
Durham
- Students
- 31,865
- Schools
- 57
- Pupil–teacher
- 15
- Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
Chapel Hill
- Students
- 11,353
- Schools
- 20
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.7
- Chatham County Schools
Pittsboro
- Students
- 8,987
- Schools
- 21
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.9
- Orange County Schools
Hillsborough
- Students
- 6,982
- Schools
- 13
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.4
- Person County Schools
Roxboro
- Students
- 4,361
- Schools
- 11
- Pupil–teacher
- 17.6
- NC Virtual Academy
Durham
- Students
- 3,482
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 18.7
- North Carolina Cyber Academy
Durham
- Students
- 2,461
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 17.1
- Voyager Academy
Durham
- Students
- 1,360
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.4
- Excelsior Classical Academy
Durham
- Students
- 1,032
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 24.8
- Durham Charter School
Durham
- Students
- 1,010
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.9
- Eno River Academy
Hillsborough
- Students
- 828
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.3
- Roxboro Community School
Roxboro
- Students
- 727
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.9
NCES 2024–25.
Schools by level
Primary
79
Elementary grades
Middle
21
Middle or junior high
High
33
Secondary grades
Other
12
K–12, ungraded, alternative
145 public schools. NCES 2024–25.
Where the Durham metro sits
Roughly the core of the Durham, NC metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
Family of four
2 adults, 2 kids, 3 bd. −$86 left/mo. Childcare $1,106. Durham paycheck
NCES 2024-2025. How we figure this
Moving from Durham
Take-home by job in Durham
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
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