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Durham Sch Of The Arts

400 North Duke Street, Durham, NC, 27701-2048 -

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Definition of Terms

Durham Sch Of The Arts

School Type

Magnet School

Grades Offered

Grades 6 - 12

County

Durham County, NC

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1370 students

% Male / % Female

44% / 56%

Total Classroom Teachers

74 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 6 - 215 students

Grade 7 - 203 students

Grade 8 - 202 students

Grade 9 - 199 students

Grade 10 - 210 students

Grade 11 - 168 students

Grade 12 - 173 students

This School

( NC ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:19

1:15

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( NC ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	2%
% Asian	1%	2%
% Hispanic	5%	10%
% Black	47%	33%
% White	46%	54%
% Unknown	1 %	3%

Additional Student Information

This School

( NC ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

19%

39%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

( NC ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Durham Public s School District

This School's Agency

( NC ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	46	4
Number of Students Managed	32,459 students	1,837 students
District Total Revenue	$287,793,000	$15,601,000
District Expenditure	$292,801,000	$15,623,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,866	$8,493
District Expenditure / Student	$9,021	$8,505

Durham School of the Arts (DSA) is a secondary (middle and high) magnet school located in downtown Durham, North Carolina.
Its focus is on the visual and performing arts. Offerings include extensive 3D and 2D art, dance, guitar, strings, band, piano, acting, technical theatre, and computer classes. Test scores are the best in its school district, and either excel or are on par with the state average. Students are enrolled by a lottery system and can enroll as early as the sixth grade.
Background: DSA is the result of the combination of the campuses of the former Durham High School and the former Carr Middle School. It opened for the first time in 1996 as Durham Magnet Center, a middle school. Every year for four years after a grade was added until the school was grades six through twelve. DSA had its first graduating class in 2000.
Teachers of all subjects try to incorporate the Arts into their teaching to engage students.
The only way to get into DSA is through the school lottery. Students living near the school do not automatically gain enrollment, although many have made it into the school through the official lottery. Most students are admitted in 6th grade, though there are no rules prohibiting entrance after that age, and there is some turnover in other grades. The primary year for turnover is 9th grade, when many students move to other area high schools. Approximately 200 students are in each grade.
The campus consists of six semiconnected buildings-the Julian S. Carr Building, the Black Box Theater, formerly the Durham High School auto shop, the Media Center, the Weaver Auditorium, the Main Building, the Gymnasium, and the Science and Math Academy Building.
Classes: DSA is the only high school in the DPS system that hasn't switched to a block schedule as of the 2006-2007 school year. This means that while other high schools offer eight classes a year, four per semester, DSA offers seven yearlong classes, along with semester-long classes for middle school and a limited selection for high school.
Unlike many other schools in the area, DSA follows the integrated math system, consisting of Integrated Algebra and Geometry (IAG) I through III, as well as IAG IV Social and Quantitative. IAG IV Quantitative (IAG IV Q) is pre-calculus.
Middle School: At DSA 6th and 7th graders are divided into 'teams.' In sixth grade you are either a 'Knight,' or a 'Dragon.' Both teams have their own spaces in the basement. These areas contain all of a teams' core classes-mathematics, language arts, social studies and science, along with the lockers of the members of the teams. They are separated by a hallway.
In 7th grade, interteam communication is encouraged. The two teams, the 'Navigators' and the 'Explorers,' are both on the 2nd floor of the main building. No physical boundry separates the areas, but students are not allowed to go onto the other team's hallway during their core class hours--1st period through 4th period.
Eighth graders are allowed freedom similar to that of high schoolers and are not divided into teams. They have lunch with and take electives with high schoolers, unlike the 6th and 7th graders who eat lunches with their classes. They also take P.E. as a semester long class, rather than a year long class alternated with a study hall period.
High School: High schoolers have the option of taking Advanced Placement (AP) courses. These include AP English IV (Literature and Composition), AP Statistics, AP Physics, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB, AP US History, AP European History, and AP Psychology. They are also offered the opportunity to take Independent Study classes to study subjects not offered there.
Recent Events: In May 2005, Durham School of the Arts performed The Laramie Project, about a homosexual being beaten and killed. Ten members of Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church came from Topeka, Kansas to protest. They were met by over 200 counter-protesters. In fact, counter protesters out showed the protesters 10 to 1. The actors and producers were given the Independent Weekly's Valor Award for ignoring protests by Phelp's group.
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About This Zip Code (27701)

School Zip (27701)

(NC) State Average

Population (Approximate)

25,096 people

7,780,958 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

28%

24%

Population Average Age

28 years old

35.3 years old

Average Household size

2.4 persons

2.4 persons

Median Household Income

$23,871

$39,693

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

4.3 rooms

5.3 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

51 years old

32 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

27% / 73%

66% / 34%

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