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George L Carrington Middle

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George L Carrington Middle ranks 556 th of 773 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

556^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 773 North Carolina Middle Schools

Better than 28% of North Carolina middle schools

Summary

George L Carrington Middle is a public middle school in Durham, North Carolina, serving 738 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Durham Public Schools district, which is ranked 163 out of 242 districts in the state.

Academically, George L Carrington Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom half of North Carolina middle schools, with proficiency rates in Math and Reading ranging from 28.5% to 46.5%, compared to 48.5% to 57.2% for the district and state. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic students, English Language Learners, and students with disabilities, who rank in the bottom 25-40% of schools statewide. However, the school's performance for Asian and White students is relatively stronger, ranking in the top 25-40% of schools.

Compared to nearby schools, both within the Durham Public Schools district and in the Orange County Schools district, George L Carrington Middle generally underperforms. Schools like Sherwood Githens Middle, Rogers-Herr Middle, and Orange Middle demonstrate stronger academic outcomes. The public magnet school Lakewood Montessori Middle stands out with exceptional performance, ranking in the top 5% of North Carolina middle schools.

771

Students ?

15.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,263

Per pupil spending ?

99.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

227 Milton Road
Durham, NC 27712-2223

(919) 560-3916

District: Durham Public Schools

Students who attend George L Carrington Middle usually attend:

High:

Northern High

Feeder schools for George L Carrington Middle:

Elementary:	Easley Elementary
	Holt Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

42.3%

African American:

37.7%

White:

12.1%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 30th percentile in 2015 → 28th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the North Carolina average (42% vs 54% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Mathematics scores 14 pts below the North Carolina average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school42%

District avg49%

North Carolina avg54%

556^th of 773

North Carolina public middle schools ?

Bottom 28%▼ down 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 9Middle Schools in the Durham Public Schools

163^rd of 242Durham Public Schools among North Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	29.0	556 of 773	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.5	611 of 793	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	35.7	501 of 784	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	28.0	579 of 786	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.0	533 of 741	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.8	584 of 737	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.3	556 of 691	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	20.2	571 of 694	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	17.9	580 of 692	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	33.4	491 of 705	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2014	24.9	478 of 627	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	37.1	429 of 673	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2012	43.2	444 of 662	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2011	37.8	462 of 648	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	40.2	446 of 640	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2009	40.6	437 of 630	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2008	49.0	356 of 620	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2007	51.3	349 of 606	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2006	54.3	315 of 598	47.3%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	46.3	261 of 546	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	49.4	238 of 560	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.2	204 of 559	63.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	43.0	287 of 550	47.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	33.2	366 of 533	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.6	368 of 519	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.8	358 of 494	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2024	8.0	104 of 110	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	87.2	8 of 99	91.9%	★★★★★

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	22.7	393 of 449	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	41.6	258 of 478	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	32.5	368 of 504	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	22.5	331 of 371	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.8	299 of 356	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.7	262 of 318	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.4	237 of 312	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.8	235 of 236	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	31.2	156 of 211	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.7	118 of 151	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	25.8	566 of 733	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.6	553 of 738	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	39.1	441 of 731	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.8	526 of 733	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	30.6	495 of 706	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	25.7	558 of 684	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.2	546 of 656	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	53.1	288 of 458	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	53.0	279 of 461	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	57.5	239 of 452	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.1	376 of 450	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	41.0	334 of 448	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.7	354 of 416	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	53.8	67 of 127	47.2%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	27.2	443 of 562	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.1	469 of 564	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.2	397 of 553	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.0	387 of 541	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.1	423 of 522	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.3	425 of 493	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.4	418 of 472	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2019	37.6	40 of 71	43.7%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	32.3	521 of 729	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.1	532 of 743	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	38.4	463 of 735	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.5	461 of 689	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	24.7	500 of 633	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.1	508 of 639	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.4	519 of 604	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	31.2	516 of 733	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.1	605 of 751	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.1	538 of 747	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.1	577 of 748	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.8	523 of 711	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.4	572 of 697	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.2	565 of 665	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	46.7	175 of 328	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	14.4	288 of 306	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	44.5	170 of 302	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	7.6	281 of 283	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.2	211 of 221	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	36.2	295 of 478	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	22.1	426 of 473	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	63.9	220 of 649	66.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	62.6	219 of 652	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	77.8	132 of 656	79.9%	★★★★☆
2022	60.1	241 of 658	63.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	48.3	308 of 632	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	64.4	218 of 624	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	59.4	234 of 596	60.7%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

White (2025)66th percentile+38 vs school

African American (2025)52nd percentile+24 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)47th percentile+19 vs school

Homeless (2019)44th percentile+23 vs school

Special Education (2025)38th percentile+10 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)37th percentile+9 vs school

Male (2025)30th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)29th percentile~ school

Female (2025)23rd percentile-5 vs school

Hispanic (2025)21st percentile-7 vs school

Disabled (2022)12th percentile-14 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)11th percentile-17 vs school

Asian (2024)5th percentile-17 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Science51%-10 vs state

Reading42%-11 vs state

Mathematics39%-14 vs state

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What people are saying

by a teacher
Monday, June 9, 2025

Honestly, DPS isn't great to work for. However, Carrington has THE BEST admin team I've ever worked for, including a great private school and several charter/public schools. I came in expecting to be pushed out after a year or two, but I've instead found a school staff that pursues the best in everyone and genuinely cares. Principal Cheek is phenomenal, values her staff, loves her students, and genuinely expects the best from everyone. She's an excellent leader and the team she's refined is mostly gems with a few rough ones rapidly working their way towards retirement. She has no time for BS and neither do her APs. She's realistic about our situation, identifies realistic steps to improve, and executes them while taking criticism gracefully. I rarely see the APs in their office unless in meetings- they spend as much time as possible on the halls supporting teachers. This is the best school in NC that I've worked at as far as taking discipline issues as seriously as the district will allow, so anticipate some salty parents. However, the APs make a HUGE effort to direct the worst of unreasonable parents off of us and instead advocate for us to only be in meaningful parent-teacher conferences. They also take teacher safety very seriously- if ya know ya know! Close Quote

by a citizen
Thursday, February 4, 2016

The 8th grade math teachers are wonderful! And the principal is supportive and wants the best for the students. This school has smilar challenges when faced with a diverse student population with many who arrive at the school with low reading level as well as family challenges. With that said, there are many wonderful students and teachers who are thriving at this school! It is hard for any school in NC to get great teachers and keep them due to NC's unwillingness to offer a competitive salary to our teiachers who are highly educated and expected to continue their education for life at their own expemse! When will NC recognize that the problem is NOT with the teachers but rather with NC's lack of support of education. This school may be big but those who work here are dedicated! I am not a parent or a teacher but I am concerned about NC and our children. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOG Mathematics (2025)			EOG Reading (2025)			EOG Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
George L Carrington Middle	Public	6-8	227 Milton Road	Durham	27712	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 560-3916	771	51	15.1	99.6%	93 (12.1%)	291 (37.7%)	326 (42.3%)	18 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (5.6%)	29	556^th of 773 public middle schools	28.1%		25.5	611^th of 793 public middle schools	23.0%	55	46.5	28.5	42.3	45.6	36.6	43.4	50.6	$10,263	$957	$9,306
Lucas Middle	Public	6-8	923 Snow Hill Road	Durham	27704	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 560-3843	400	24	16.9	99.3%	47 (11.8%)	182 (45.5%)	150 (37.5%)	8 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.3%)	26.9	574^th of 773 public middle schools	25.7%		22.6	637^th of 793 public middle schools	19.7%	63	40.7	41.2	26.0	43.6	40.0	48.5	45.4	$11,258	$1,302	$9,956
Brogden Middle	Public	6-8	1001 Leon Street	Durham	27704	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 560-3906	753	45	16.8	99.5%	94 (12.5%)	253 (33.6%)	344 (45.7%)	21 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (5.4%)	17.1	671^st of 773 public middle schools	13.2%		17.2	686^th of 793 public middle schools	13.5%	15	35.0	52.4	25.4	33.1	27.7	31.3	32.3	$12,887	$1,406	$11,481
Lakewood Montessori Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	2119 Chapel Hill Rd	Durham	27707	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 560-2894	309	20	15.2	99.0%	179 (57.9%)	51 (16.5%)	59 (19.1%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.5%)	95.7	31^st of 773 public middle schools	96.0%		93.4	42^nd of 793 public middle schools	94.7%	11	83.0	88.2	84.7	80.2	83.3	83.7	88.8	$14,182	$1,909	$12,273
Rogers-Herr Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	911 Cornwallis Road	Durham	27707	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 560-3970	660	40	16.6	99.5%	195 (29.5%)	250 (37.9%)	155 (23.5%)	17 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	41 (6.2%)	83.8	104^th of 773 public middle schools	86.5%		79.7	134^th of 793 public middle schools	83.1%	30	68.6	77.7	63.9	70.5	71.0	73.4	72.4	$11,594	$781	$10,812
James E Shepard Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	2401 Dakota Street	Durham	27707	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(919) 560-3938	423	29	14.5	98.6%	10 (2.4%)	263 (62.2%)	129 (30.5%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.8%)	48.3	401^st of 773 public middle schools	48.1%		47.7	416^th of 793 public middle schools	47.5%	15	41.9	53.2	65.0	43.1	51.1	50.0	60.0	$11,998	$1,606	$10,392
A L Stanback Middle	Public	6-8	3700 NC 86 South	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 644-3200	648	45	14.4	57.7%	238 (36.7%)	69 (10.6%)	284 (43.8%)	12 (1.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (6.5%)	51.9	371^st of 773 public middle schools	52.0%		49	405^th of 793 public middle schools	48.9%	34	49.5	50.3	55.9	42.9	52.3	54.5	69.2	$11,425	$789	$10,636
Butner-Stem Middle	Public	6-8	501 East D St	Butner	27509	Granville County	Granville County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 575-9429	391	23	17.0	99.2%	114 (29.2%)	83 (21.2%)	168 (43.0%)	5 (1.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.9%)	32.5	525^th of 773 public middle schools	32.1%		30.6	560^th of 793 public middle schools	29.4%	35	42.0	38.5	36.2	39.5	35.9	60.3	51.1	$9,853	$996	$8,857
Orange Middle	Public	6-8	308 Orange High Rd	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 732-6121	514	38	13.4	43.4%	300 (58.4%)	69 (13.4%)	104 (20.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.4%)	68.2	219^th of 773 public middle schools	71.7%		65	249^th of 793 public middle schools	68.6%	30	60.8	75.6	49.4	62.9	62.8	57.1	64.1	$10,665	$408	$10,256
Sherwood Githens Middle	Public	6-8	4800 Chapel Hill Road	Durham	27707	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 560-3966	878	51	17.1	99.7%	235 (26.8%)	238 (27.1%)	305 (34.7%)	37 (4.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (7.1%)	42.4	456^th of 773 public middle schools	41.0%		42.8	463^rd of 793 public middle schools	41.6%	7	50.7	52.1	43.3	49.5	49.0	49.4	48.5	$10,235	$1,013	$9,222

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What district is George L Carrington Middle in?

Durham Public Schools

Is George L Carrington Middle a good school?

George L Carrington Middle ranks 556^th of 773 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of George L Carrington Middle?

Students at George L Carrington Middle are 42% Hispanic, 38% African American, 12% White, 6% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

How many students attend George L Carrington Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 771 students attended George L Carrington Middle.

What high school do graduates of George L Carrington Middle attend?

Students who attend George L Carrington Middle usually go on to attend Northern High

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