Audrey W. Garrett Elementary

Audrey W. Garrett Elementary is one of the roomy elementary campuss in Mebane, North Carolina, run under Alamance-Burlington Schools, with 785 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 68% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Across the 37 schools in Alamance-Burlington Schools (22,661 students total), Audrey W. Garrett Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Audrey W. Garrett Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 23% Hispanic, 22% Black, 12% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Alamance County as a whole is about 60% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Alamance County runs at roughly 80%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Audrey W. Garrett Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.0%; this one delivers 63.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Alamance County indicate median household income runs about $65,651, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Audrey W. Garrett Elementary is one of 42 public schools in Alamance County (combined enrollment of about 25,737 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hawfields Middle, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Audrey W. Garrett Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 60.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Audrey W. Garrett Elementary has edged up 19%, going from 660 students in 2018 to 785 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 55% to 38% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Audrey W. Garrett Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.