Y E Smith Elementary
Public · Grades Pre-K–5 · 358 students
Maureen Joy Charter School
107 South Driver Street, Durham, NC 27703
Grades
K–8
Elementary
Students
631
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
11.7 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Maureen Joy Charter
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 Maureen Joy Charter School
Maureen Joy Charter School is a charter elementary school in Durham, North Carolina, serving grades K–8. It is part of Maureen Joy Charter. The school is located in a large city in Durham County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 631 students were enrolled, with about 11.7 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 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)
- 631 students
- Students per teacher
- 11.7 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- NC State Board of Education
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- Maureen Joy Charter
- County
- Durham County
- NCES school ID
- 370002202089
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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.