Archdale Elementary School

Archdale Elementary School is an intimate elementary school in Archdale, North Carolina, operated by Randolph County School System. The school instructs 355 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 467.

Within Randolph County School System, which oversees 32 schools and 14,994 students, Archdale Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Archdale Elementary School records that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 30% Asian, 21% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Randolph County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Randolph County's rate of about 84%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Archdale Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 50.1%, a residual of +1.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Randolph County indicate median household income runs about $61,022, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Randolph County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,656 students), of which Archdale Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Trindale Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Archdale Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Archdale Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Archdale Elementary School's enrollment has declined 6% since 2018, when it stood at 376 (now 355). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 64% to 38%.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Archdale Elementary School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.