Middle · North Carolina

James E Shepard Middle

James E Shepard Middle, a public middle school in Durham, North Carolina: grades 6–8, 423 students, 14.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Durham Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 423
Teachers (FTE): 29.1
Students per teacher: 14.5
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 75% of middle schools in North Carolina

Median 16.2 · 475 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 50% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 76% of middle schools in North Carolina

Median 589 · 477 schools compared

Smaller than 61% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Area: Large city
Run by: Durham Public Schools

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Location

Address: 2401 Dakota Street, Durham, NC 27707
Phone: (919)560-3938
City or town: Durham
County: Durham County

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Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Rogers-Herr Middle	6–8	660	16.6	2.1 mi
Lakewood Montessori Middle	6–8	309	15.2	2.1 mi
Brogden Middle	6–8	753	16.9	4.1 mi
Lowe's Grove Middle	6–8	564	19.8	4.2 mi
Sherwood Githens Middle	6–8	878	17.1	4.7 mi
Neal Middle	6–8	706	14.7	6.7 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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