Enrollment
330
Elementary
DISTRICT 273 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEROKEE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370078000317
Andrews Elementary
205 Jean Christy Ave., Andrews, NC 28901 · (828) 321-4415 · Cherokee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL330 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
327 students
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 17 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
40.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
37.4%
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 37 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
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% 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 Andrews Elementary
Andrews Elementary's state test result (40.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews Elementary this school | 330 | 99.1% | 40.1% |
| Nebo Elementary School Nebo | 354 | 99.2% | 55.1% |
| Love Memorial Elementary Lincolnton | 315 | 99.0% | 43.6% |
| Sawmills Elementary Granite Falls | 351 | 99.1% | 49.7% |
| Weaverville Elementary Weaverville | 342 | 97.4% | 71.1% |
| Black Mountain Primary Black Mountain | 351 | 96.9% | 50.0% |
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 Andrews Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #1,097 of 1,297 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #1,175 of 1,296 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #936 of 1,300 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 330 | #1,115 of 1,485 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #564 of 1,377 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.2% | #1,171 of 1,379 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #597 of 1,414 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #642 of 937 |
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
330
+48 (+17%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 436
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 330 | 23 | 14.3:1 | 99% (327) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 22.8 | 15.3:1 | 99% (345) |
| 2022-23 | 350 | 25 | 14.0:1 | 99% (347) |
| 2020-21 | 282 | 26 | 10.8:1 | 99% (279) |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 30 | 12.1:1 | 99% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 371 | 25 | 14.8:1 | 99% (368) |
| 2010-11 | 366 | 23 | 15.9:1 | 72% (264) |
| 2000-01 | 399 | 28 | 14.3:1 | 56% (224) |
| 1990-91 | 436 | 28 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Andrews Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (362 to 330); teachers down 23% (30 to 23).
About Andrews Elementary
Andrews Elementary is a public elementary school run by Cherokee County Schools in Andrews, North Carolina. In all, 330 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That is 29% below the average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Andrews Elementary is one of 13 schools in Cherokee County Schools, which enrolls 2,992 students in total.
The student body at Andrews Elementary is 76% White. The rest of enrollment is 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. Among all residents of Cherokee County, the White share is about 91%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 40%.
The school has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.3 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 14.9:1. The school reported 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is in line with the 98% average for public schools in Cherokee County.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Andrews Elementary outscored 15%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Andrews Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (40.1%) and its predicted rate (48.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
The county, Cherokee County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $53,628 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Cherokee County has 13 public schools with about 2,992 students, including Andrews Elementary.
Andrews High is about 0.2 miles from Andrews Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Andrews Elementary is 6th among 8 schools close by.
In the federal locale system, Andrews Elementary is coded Rural: Remote, for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 282 (2020-21) to 330 (2024-25). Students per teacher increased from 10.8 in 2020-21 to 14.3 in 2024-25.
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Cherokee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,562
Census ACS
Median income
$53,628
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
2,992 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherokee County Schools
- Murphy ElementaryElementary · 467 students
- Murphy HighHigh · 424 students
- Murphy MiddleMiddle · 353 students
- Ranger ElementaryElementary · 264 students
- Andrews HighHigh · 229 students
- Andrews MiddleMiddle · 167 students
Other schools in Andrews
- Andrews HighHigh · 229 students
- Andrews MiddleMiddle · 167 students
Other Andrews Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Andrews Elementary. Andrews Elementary is the 4th largest of the 7.
- Andrews ElementaryAndrews, SC · 604 students
- Andrews Elementary SchoolPORTLAND, TX · 530 students
- Andrews Elementary SchoolPLANO, TX · 405 students
- Andrews Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 309 students
- Andrews Elementary SchoolTHREE RIVERS, MI · 296 students
Nearby schools
- Andrews High0.2 mi · 229
- Andrews Middle1.6 mi · 167
- Robbinsville Elementary8.9 mi · 521
- Robbinsville High9.2 mi · 332
- Robbinsville Middle9.2 mi · 243
- Peachtree Elementary10.0 mi · 166
Frequently asked questions
About Andrews ElementaryHow many students attend Andrews Elementary?
Andrews Elementary enrolls approximately 330 students in grades PK-05.
Is Andrews Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Andrews Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Andrews Elementary?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Andrews Elementary.
How diverse is Andrews Elementary?
Andrews Elementary reports a student body of 76% White, 14% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Andrews Elementary?
Andrews Elementary is overseen by Cherokee County Schools in Cherokee County.
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