Alexander Wilson Elementary

Alexander Wilson Elementary operates as an average-sized K-5 school in Graham, North Carolina, part of Alamance-Burlington Schools. Current enrollment sits at 609 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 30% larger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Alamance-Burlington Schools runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 22,661 students. Alexander Wilson Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Alexander Wilson Elementary logs that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 25% Hispanic, 13% Black, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Alamance County as a whole is about 60% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Alexander Wilson Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Alamance County (around 80%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Alexander Wilson Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.9%, the actual is 54.9%, a residual of -7.0 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Alamance County put the typical household earns roughly $65,651 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Alexander Wilson Elementary is one of 42 public schools in Alamance County (combined enrollment of about 25,737 students).

The closest other public school is Southeast Alamance High, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Alexander Wilson Elementary comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 61.0%.

Alexander Wilson Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alexander Wilson Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 597 students in 2018 to 609 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 57% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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