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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Allen Jay Elementary?
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Enrollment
467
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000817
Allen Jay Elementary
1311 East Springfield Road, High Point, NC 27263 · (336) 434-8490 · Guilford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL467 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
464 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 71% larger than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
39.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
53.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Allen Jay Elementary
Allen Jay Elementary's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Jay Elementary this school | 467 | 99.4% | 50.0% |
| Trent Park Elementary New Bern | 390 | 96.2% | 56.3% |
| Charles H. Parker Academic Center Charlotte | 472 | 99.4% | 54.7% |
| Archdale Elementary School Archdale | 355 | 99.2% | 50.1% |
| Lyle Creek Elementary Conover | 458 | 99.3% | 53.8% |
| Southwest Elementary High Point | 808 | 99.6% | 82.4% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Allen Jay Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #814 of 1,297 | #32 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #795 of 1,296 | #31 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #949 of 1,300 | #43 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 467 | #704 of 1,485 | #43 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #101 of 1,377 | #5 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.4% | #28 of 1,379 | #4 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #328 of 1,414 | #33 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #913 of 937 | #48 of 49 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
467
+31 (+7%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 451
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 467 | 38.7 | 12.1:1 | 99% (464) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 42 | 11.4:1 | 99% (475) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 37.6 | 13.0:1 | 99% (487) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 35 | 12.5:1 | 99% (433) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 30.5 | 15.4:1 | 99% (468) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 31 | 14.4:1 | 97% (434) |
| 2010-11 | 461 | 33 | 14.0:1 | 85% (394) |
| 2000-01 | 517 | 37 | 14.0:1 | 62% (320) |
| 1990-91 | 451 | 34 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Allen Jay Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (471 to 467); teachers up 27% (30.5 to 38.7).
About Allen Jay Elementary
Allen Jay Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in High Point, North Carolina, administered by Guilford County Schools. The school counted 467 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
Allen Jay Elementary is part of Guilford County Schools, where 123 schools serve 68,535 students.
Black students make up 30% of enrollment at Allen Jay Elementary, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 28% Asian, 27% Hispanic, 10% White, and 5% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 74, compared with 70 nationally.
Allen Jay Elementary has 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1. At Allen Jay Elementary, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Guilford County averages 89%, lower than here.
A school with Allen Jay Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in North Carolina is predicted to score 48.5%. Allen Jay Elementary scores 50.0%, 1.5 points above that line.
In Guilford County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $68,642, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 143 public schools and about 79,539 students.
Measured in a straight line, Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy is about 0.6 miles from Allen Jay Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 50.0% is above the 49.0% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school grew from 436 students in 2020-21 to 467 in 2024-25.
People who know Allen Jay Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Guilford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,940
Census ACS
Median income
$68,642
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
79,539 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Guilford County Schools
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Other schools in High Point
- Phoenix Academy - Primary Elem UpperCombined · 1,583 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- Southwest Guilford MiddleMiddle · 1,032 students
- High Point Central HighHigh · 1,005 students
- Southwest ElementaryElementary · 808 students
- T Wingate Andrews HighHigh · 753 students
Nearby schools
- Allen Jay Middle - A Preparatory Academy0.6 mi · 392
- Archdale Elementary School1.7 mi · 355
- Triangle Lake Montessori Elem1.9 mi · 390
- Union Hill Elementary1.9 mi · 495
- Trindale Elementary School2.2 mi · 382
- Middle College at GTCC-High Point2.8 mi · 194
Frequently asked questions
About Allen Jay ElementaryHow large is Allen Jay Elementary?
Allen Jay Elementary enrolls approximately 467 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Allen Jay Elementary serve?
Allen Jay Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Allen Jay Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Allen Jay Elementary is approximately 12.1:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Allen Jay Elementary?
Student demographics at Allen Jay Elementary are roughly 10% White, 27% Hispanic, 30% Black, 28% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Allen Jay Elementary?
Allen Jay Elementary is overseen by Guilford County Schools in Guilford County.
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