Durham School Of The Arts
401 North Duke St
Durham NC, 27701, Durham County
Phone: 919-560-3926
| Ranking: | High School:  (3 out of 287, top 1%)Elementary/Middle School:  (724 out of 1,874, top 39%)* |
Type: Regular Other School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 12
School District: Durham Public Schools
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 104 | 102 | 95 | 94 | 93 | 98 | 97 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,564 | 1,554 | 1,505 | 1,412 | 1,403 | 1,455 | 1,368 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 214 | 13.7% | 210 | 13.5% | 206 | 13.7% | 209 | 14.8% | 203 | 14.5% | 211 | 14.5% | 188 | 13.7% |
| Grade 7: | 209 | 13.4% | 206 | 13.3% | 212 | 14.1% | 210 | 14.9% | 205 | 14.6% | 199 | 13.7% | 203 | 14.8% |
| Grade 8: | 211 | 13.5% | 222 | 14.3% | 220 | 14.6% | 210 | 14.9% | 206 | 14.7% | 238 | 16.4% | 229 | 16.7% |
| Grade 9: | 246 | 15.7% | 278 | 17.9% | 281 | 18.7% | 239 | 16.9% | 237 | 16.9% | 244 | 16.8% | 200 | 14.6% |
| Grade 10: | 255 | 16.3% | 262 | 16.9% | 226 | 15.0% | 216 | 15.3% | 220 | 15.7% | 202 | 13.9% | 206 | 15.1% |
| Grade 11: | 242 | 15.5% | 197 | 12.7% | 189 | 12.6% | 184 | 13.0% | 161 | 11.5% | 196 | 13.5% | 164 | 12.0% |
| Grade 12: | 187 | 12.0% | 179 | 11.5% | 171 | 11.4% | 144 | 10.2% | 171 | 12.2% | 165 | 11.3% | 178 | 13.0% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 609 | 38.9% | 614 | 39.5% | 616 | 40.9% | 574 | 40.7% | 587 | 41.8% | 628 | 43.2% | 572 | 41.8% |
| Female: | 955 | 61.1% | 940 | 60.5% | 889 | 59.1% | 838 | 59.3% | 808 | 57.6% | 819 | 56.3% | 729 | 53.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 5 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.3% | 6 | 0.4% | 6 | 0.4% |
| Asian: | 61 | 3.9% | 63 | 4.1% | 49 | 3.3% | 41 | 2.9% | 36 | 2.6% | 31 | 2.1% | 25 | 1.8% |
| Hispanic: | 294 | 18.8% | 282 | 18.1% | 262 | 17.4% | 219 | 15.5% | 180 | 12.8% | 159 | 10.9% | 118 | 8.6% |
| Black: | 600 | 38.4% | 611 | 39.3% | 616 | 40.9% | 597 | 42.3% | 688 | 49.0% | 712 | 48.9% | 579 | 42.3% |
| White: | 536 | 34.3% | 527 | 33.9% | 509 | 33.8% | 489 | 34.6% | 495 | 35.3% | 547 | 37.6% | 577 | 42.2% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 65 | 4.2% | 64 | 4.1% | 63 | 4.2% | 62 | 4.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 530 | 33.9% | 534 | 34.4% | 528 | 35.1% | 457 | 32.4% | 422 | 30.1% | 283 | 19.5% | 326 | 23.8% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 77 | 4.9% | 84 | 5.4% | 78 | 5.2% | 87 | 6.2% | 68 | 4.8% | 50 | 3.4% | 72 | 5.3% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.00 | 15.24 | 15.78 | 15.02 | 15.13 | 14.90 | 14.10 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOC | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 91.3% | 66.2% | 82.6% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 78.3% | 51.9% | 66.7% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 70.8% | 52.3% | 69% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 66.7% | 46.8% | 67.7% |
| 2010 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 80.9% | 59.2% | 77.8% |
| 2011 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 77.9% | 62.9% | 76.7% |
| 2012 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 85.1% | 67.1% | 78.7% |
| 2013 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 42.0% | 23.0% | 36.3% |
| 2006 | Algebra II | End of course | % met std | 81.8% | 63.2% | 80.3% |
| 2007 | Algebra II | End of course | % met std | 64.6% | 50.7% | 65.1% |
| 2008 | Algebra II | End of course | % met std | 68.2% | 45.2% | 67.2% |
| 2009 | Algebra II | End of course | % met std | 68.5% | 49% | 72.9% |
| 2010 | Algebra II | End of course | % met std | 93.8% | 70.8% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | Algebra II | End of course | % met std | 86.8% | 69.5% | 82.3% |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 80.6% | 55.8% | 63.4% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 84.6% | 59.7% | 68% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 81% | 61.2% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | > 95.0% | 71% | 81.2% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 93.5% | 67.8% | 79.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 94.8% | 75.4% | 83% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 72.2% | 41.4% | 45.6% |
| 2006 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 75.6% | 66.7% | 77.1% |
| 2008 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 35.3% | 55.7% | 71.8% |
| 2009 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 67.5% | 61.6% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Civics and Economics | End of course | % met std | 84.9% | 56.8% | 65.8% |
| 2008 | Civics and Economics | End of course | % met std | 82.4% | 54.8% | 68.5% |
| 2009 | Civics and Economics | End of course | % met std | 74.9% | 59.6% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Civics and Economics | End of course | % met std | 88.2% | 66.8% | 78.7% |
| 2011 | Civics and Economics | End of course | % met std | 93.4% | 67.2% | 80% |
| 2006 | English I | End of course | % met std | 91.4% | 76.1% | 82.8% |
| 2007 | English I | End of course | % met std | 75.8% | 61.9% | 72.1% |
| 2008 | English I | End of course | % met std | 78.1% | 61.1% | 73.1% |
| 2009 | English I | End of course | % met std | 80.3% | 61.3% | 73.8% |
| 2010 | English I | End of course | % met std | 87.2% | 71.3% | 82.4% |
| 2011 | English I | End of course | % met std | 94.4% | 68.4% | 80.6% |
| 2012 | English I | End of course | % met std | 94.5% | 75.7% | 82.9% |
| 2013 | English II | End of course | % met std | 82.2% | 44.2% | 51.2% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 66.9% | 48.8% | 68.8% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 67.7% | 45.3% | 63.3% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 73.6% | 45.4% | 67.9% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 72% | 51.6% | 73.3% |
| 2010 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 88.3% | 63.1% | 82.3% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 68% | 44.7% | 69.1% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 41.2% | 32.6% | 58.4% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 56.3% | 38.2% | 62.7% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 75.5% | 51.4% | 76.4% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 86.7% | 54.7% | 76.5% |
| 2006 | Physics | End of course | % met std | 94.7% | 85.5% | 85.1% |
| 2008 | Physics | End of course | % met std | 90.1% | 78% | 81.5% |
| 2009 | Physics | End of course | % met std | 91.5% | 80.7% | 85.9% |
| 2006 | US History | End of course | % met std | 80.5% | 55.4% | 56.8% |
| 2007 | US History | End of course | % met std | 83.6% | 58.4% | 64.6% |
| 2008 | US History | End of course | % met std | 83.9% | 55.7% | 66.5% |
| 2009 | US History | End of course | % met std | 90.2% | 63.8% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | US History | End of course | % met std | 92.7% | 76.1% | 81.6% |
| 2011 | US History | End of course | % met std | > 95.0% | 73.7% | 81.5% |
| EOG | ||||||
| 2006 | Mathematics | 10th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 14.6% | 17.6% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 10th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 37.3% | 25.1% |
| 2006 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 73.4% | 48.2% | 54.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 73.7% | 48.3% | 51.8% |
| 2008 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 73.6% | 64.5% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 81% | 62.1% | 70.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 62.2% | 69.4% |
| 2011 | Writing | 10th Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 56.9% | 69.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 63.7% | 47% | 61.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.8% | 50.9% | 64.6% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 53.5% | 68.2% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 60.4% | 78.1% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 66% | 80.5% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 67.1% | 80.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 66.7% | 80.5% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.7% | 25.9% | 38.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 69.5% | 81.5% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.9% | 70.5% | 82.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.8% | 43.6% | 59.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 52.7% | 71% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 74.9% | 59.3% | 75.3% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.7% | 58.1% | 75.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 59% | 75.2% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 63.9% | 37.1% | 46.4% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.9% | 49.2% | 61.8% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.8% | 49.9% | 63.5% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 52.5% | 67.3% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.8% | 64.6% | 78.4% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 62.5% | 80.2% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 67.7% | 81.1% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 88% | 70.7% | 81.1% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 49.8% | 22.6% | 38.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 79.8% | 86.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 77.6% | 86.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.8% | 35.7% | 51.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.6% | 51.5% | 65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.6% | 48.5% | 66.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.7% | 52% | 67.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 54% | 68.2% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.2% | 34.9% | 47.8% |
| 2006 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.8% | 40% | 46% |
| 2007 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.3% | 41.8% | 50.4% |
| 2008 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.2% | 43.5% | 57.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.3% | 50.9% | 60.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.5% | 48.9% | 65.1% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 50.1% | 68.2% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 62.9% | 80.4% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 77% | 68.8% | 83.9% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 71.8% | 84.4% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 77.1% | 85.2% |
| 2013 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 38.7% | 24.0% | 34.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 80.2% | 86.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 80.4% | 87.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 62.8% | 40.9% | 54.2% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 71.1% | 49.4% | 66.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.4% | 53.2% | 69.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.9% | 53.3% | 69.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 57.8% | 71.1% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.4% | 31.0% | 41.0% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.3% | 43.9% | 51.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.9% | 54.5% | 67.6% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 71.9% | 59.2% | 72.8% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 60% | 74.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 66.4% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.8% | 48.4% | 59.1% |
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* Durham School Of The Arts was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.