Neighborhoods in Northern Durham? (Raleigh, Cary: low income, section 8, for sale)
Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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My family is looking for a nice neighborhood in Durham. We stumbled upon Eno Trace and like it a lot just from looking around. However, we have noticed, there are a lot of houses for sale in the neighborhood. We hope that this isn't a sign of something bad. Does anyone have any information about Eno Trace, the area, and the schools?
We have a few friends at Eno Trace. Don't know of any problems there. The schools aren't the best, but that's most places now. Madison Glen is on our street, at Lakeview and Milton. They are selling as fast as they build them. Ashfield Place, at other end of Lakeview, is selling fast too. MG is about 150/175, Ashfield probably about 200/400. Both are nice neighborhoods.
Northern Durham real estate tends to move a bit more slowly than the Triangle market in general. Combine this with the increased supply throughout the market and you have more homes listed in the area than is typical.
I believe northern Durham offers one of the best values in Triangel real estate, where homes sell for 10-20% less than comparable homes in other parts of Triangle like Cary and north Raleigh. There is also a lot less congestion and easy access to both rural and urban settings within 10 minutes. While not all the public schools are top tier, there are some very good ones.
We moved to northern Durham from north Raleigh 3 years ago and couldn't be happier with the decision. We are in public schools, live in a wonderful neighborhood and enjoy everything that Durham has to offer.
Other neighborhoods you might consider are Fieldstone on the Eno & Buckwater Creek in the 200-330k price range. There are other neighborhoods near those with higher price points, too, like Eno Forest & River's Edge.
look at the homes for sale...some are foreclosures. upside is, you might get a deal. downside is, i know of 2 houses that were in foreclosure last year. the owners of those houses simply walked away. the schools for the n'hood dont have a great reputation, although the middle school (carrington) has a better one now compared to a few years ago. the improvement was the result of alot of kids not getting into the local charter school - voyager. those kids have parents who care about their education & when they went to carrington, test scores shot up. the high school & elementary school...lets just say, if your kid has a really good head on his/her shoulders/isnt easily led astray/is interested in education & makes an effort to steer clear of trouble, they will be fine. if you want better schools, go further north on the 501....then go more north & look into orange county schools to see a big difference (in the areas of test scores, class size, etc. etc.).
We are moving to North Durham area in the fall after much research ourselves. That neighborhood you are looking at is zoned for Eno Valley, Chewning, & Northern for elementary thru high school. I have heard good & bad things about Eno Valley but all good from people I know & trust with children as opposed to the mixed to bad info on the forums & reviews on greatschools. Chewning has a bad reputation as someone else said I think & I have heard the same from coworkers.
That being said, you can transfer schools within Durham or apply for a magnet school but if you aren't zoned for that school you would have to transport your child.
I think the best thing you can do is visit the schools, drive around the area as much as possible, & even ask some of the people out & about in the neighborhood what they think of it. We did that & got some honest feedback.
Good luck..we deliberated for about a month before our decision & are so so happy about it!
I really love North Durham. I would suggest you look into Country Club Heights. Do your research on schools. Easley, Hillandale, Magnum, and Little River are all very good. Carrington is good as well. Good luck!
Eno Valley used to be a good school, but is is now a slum. Our older daughter went there K-4. It was declining every year. Teachers there sent their kids elsewhere, and a lot of teachers left when they could. We got her into Mangum, in Bahama for 5th grade, much better school. Started our younger daughter out there. They both go to Voyager now. Still some good teachers at EV & we liked the principal a lot. But the kids are a rougher bunch every year, largely from 1 of the few bad neighborhoods nearby, largely section 8 housing. They come to school with no discipline at all & ruin it for other kids.
Northern used to be one of the better high schools in the county but it has declined badly too. We knew 1 teacher who left there when her life was threatened and hear of a couple of others.
Carrington is OK, last I heard. We've known a few families with kids there. I never heard anything good about Chewning. Haven't heard much recently.
But the neighborhoods are mostly good in north Durham. Crime is fairly low, some stuff here and there.
Eno Valley used to be a good school, but is is now a slum. Our older daughter went there K-4. It was declining every year. Teachers there sent their kids elsewhere, and a lot of teachers left when they could. We got her into Mangum, in Bahama for 5th grade, much better school. Started our younger daughter out there. They both go to Voyager now. Still some good teachers at EV & we liked the principal a lot. But the kids are a rougher bunch every year, largely from 1 of the few bad neighborhoods nearby, largely section 8 housing. They come to school with no discipline at all & ruin it for other kids.
Northern used to be one of the better high schools in the county but it has declined badly too. We knew 1 teacher who left there when her life was threatened and hear of a couple of others.
Carrington is OK, last I heard. We've known a few families with kids there. I never heard anything good about Chewning. Haven't heard much recently.
But the neighborhoods are mostly good in north Durham. Crime is fairly low, some stuff here and there.
I would encourage you to check out Carrington for unruly students as well. The school dumps off busloads of students at the nearby public library every day after school. Apparently, these students are bussed in from low income neighborhoods to attend school at Carrington but instead of bussing them home, the parents want them left at the library. Not sure what the behavior management approach is at Carrington, but the library needs an armed guard to keep things under control. Occasionally, police intervention is required.
I would encourage you to check out Carrington for unruly students as well. The school dumps off busloads of students at the nearby public library every day after school. Apparently, these students are bussed in from low income neighborhoods to attend school at Carrington but instead of bussing them home, the parents want them left at the library. Not sure what the behavior management approach is at Carrington, but the library needs an armed guard to keep things under control. Occasionally, police intervention is required.
I didn't know that. I've seen lots of kids around the library most days. Do they make problems there too?
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