Parkwood Elementary
Public · Grades Pre-K–5 · 491 students
Kestrel Heights School
4700 South Alston Ave., Durham, NC 27713
Grades
K–8
Elementary
Students
421
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
14.4 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Kestrel Heights School
Durham County
Schola Grade D · Below 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 Kestrel Heights School
Kestrel Heights School 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, 421 students were enrolled, with about 14.4 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is close to 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 D (below 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)
- 421 students
- Students per teacher
- 14.4 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- NC State Board of Education
- Magnet school
- No
- Virtual learning
- Offers virtual courses
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- Kestrel Heights School
- County
- Durham County
- NCES school ID
- 370005502376
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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.