Lowe's Grove Middle
Public middle school, grades 6 to 8 · Durham, North Carolina
Lowe's Grove Middle in Durham, North Carolina enrolled 564 students in 2024-25 with 28.6 full-time teachers, 19.8 students per teacher against the North Carolina middle-school median of 16.2. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 17-21% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2021-22 (North Carolina: 50%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 19% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 39%
700 students in 2022-23, 624 students in 2023-24, 564 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 46.5 to 28.6.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 700 | 46.5 | 15.1 |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 35.7 | 17.5 |
| 2024-25 | 564 | 28.6 | 19.8 |
19.8 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 95 of every 100 North Carolina middle schools
Among the 467 North Carolina middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 16.2; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 163 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Lowe's Grove Middle enrolled 653 students and had 4.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 192 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)4.0, one per 163 of the 653 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions192
- Chronically absent45.1% (2022-23)
Who attends
47.7% of students were Black, 36.0% Hispanic, 7.1% White in 2024-25.
- Black47.7%
- Hispanic36.0%
- White7.1%
- Two or more races7.1%
- Asian2.1%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22
In 2021-22, the students tested at Lowe's Grove Middle scored proficient or above: 17-21% in math, against 50% in math across North Carolina. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within North Carolina, not across states. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.
| Subject | This school | Its district | North Carolina |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math | 17‑21% | 41% | 50% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive): ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Middle schools in Durham
9 public middle schools in Durham report 2024-25 enrollment; Lowe's Grove Middle is number 6 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood Githens Middle | 878 | 17.1 | 99.7% |
| George L Carrington Middle | 771 | 15.2 | 99.6% |
| Brogden Middle | 753 | 16.9 | 99.5% |
| Neal Middle | 706 | 14.7 | 99.6% |
| Rogers-Herr Middle | 660 | 16.6 | 99.5% |
| Lowe's Grove Middle | 564 | 19.8 | 99.5% |
| James E Shepard Middle | 423 | 14.5 | 98.6% |
| Lucas Middle | 400 | 16.9 | 99.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Lowe's Grove Middle
- James E Shepard MiddleThe nearest public middle school, 4.2 miles away: 423 students, 14.5 per teacher (2024-25).4.2 mi
- Rogers-Herr MiddleThe next nearest public middle school, 5.3 miles away: 660 students, 16.6 per teacher (2024-25).5.3 mi
- Compare Lowe's Grove Middle with James E Shepard MiddleStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Durham Public Schools spends per student$15,239 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$15,239
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaLowe's Grove Middle is the number 255 by size of 472 North Carolina middle schools open in 2024-25.#255 of 472
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher19.8 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 16.2 for middle schools.19.8:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Lowe's Grove Middle
How many students attend Lowe's Grove Middle?
564 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 700 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Durham, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at Lowe's Grove Middle?
19.8 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the North Carolina median for middle schools is 16.2. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Lowe's Grove Middle a Title I school?
Lowe's Grove Middle ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Lowe's Grove Middle do on state tests?
In 2021-22, the students tested at Lowe's Grove Middle scored proficient or above: 17-21% in math, against 50% in math across North Carolina. North Carolina's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Lowe's Grove Middle in?
Durham Public Schools, NCES district ID 3701260. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370126000540 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.