Durham Nativity School
Private · Grades 5–8 · 44 students
Central Park School For Children
724 Foster Street, Durham, NC 27701
Grades
K–8
Elementary
Students
585
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
12.4 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Central Park School For Children
Durham County
Schola Grade B · Above average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 1,394 North Carolina elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other North Carolina elementary schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Central Park School For Children
Central Park School For Children is a charter elementary school in Durham, North Carolina, serving grades K–8. The school is located in a large city in Durham County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 585 students were enrolled, with about 12.4 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical North Carolina elementary school (14.5 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from NC State Board of Education. Its Schola Grade is B (above average), compared with 1,394 North Carolina elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades K–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 585 students
- Students per teacher
- 12.4 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- NC State Board of Education
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- Central Park School For Children
- County
- Durham County
- NCES school ID
- 370013002665
Schools near Central Park School For Children
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.