Allen Jay Elementary

Allen Jay Elementary is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in High Point, North Carolina, overseen by Guilford County Schools, educateing 467 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 123 schools in Guilford County Schools (68,535 students total), Allen Jay Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Allen Jay Elementary reports that the largest single group is Black at 30%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 28% Asian, 27% Hispanic, 10% White, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, Allen Jay Elementary lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at Allen Jay Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Guilford County (around 89%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Allen Jay Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 50.0%, a residual of +1.5 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Guilford County) reports that median household earnings sit near $68,642, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Guilford County runs 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students), of which Allen Jay Elementary is one.

Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Allen Jay Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Allen Jay Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 49.0%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Allen Jay Elementary's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 471 (now 467). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 19% to 10%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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