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Enrollment
785
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS·NCES 370003002501
Audrey W. Garrett Elementary
3224 Old Hillsborough Road, Mebane, NC 27302 · (919) 563-2088 · Alamance County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL785 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
17.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
459 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 15 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 134 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 146 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 125 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (132).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
59.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
64.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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
63.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Audrey W. Garrett Elementary
Audrey W. Garrett Elementary's state test result (63.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audrey W. Garrett Elementary this school | 785 | 58.5% | 63.2% |
| Matthews Charter Academy Matthews | 771 | 57.5% | N/A |
| Dillard Drive Elementary Raleigh | 648 | 56.5% | 46.6% |
| Porter Ridge Elementary Indian Trail | 765 | 56.6% | 59.8% |
| Morton Elementary Jacksonville | 715 | 59.9% | 59.0% |
| R Brown McAllister Elementary Concord | 698 | 55.0% | 56.7% |
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 Audrey W. Garrett Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Alamance County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #410 of 1,297 | #2 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #482 of 1,296 | #3 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #342 of 1,300 | #1 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 785 | #92 of 1,485 | #1 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #1,290 of 1,377 | #21 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.9% | #35 of 1,379 | #1 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.5% | #1,119 of 1,414 | #15 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.9% | #99 of 369 | #1 of 6 |
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
785
+214 (+37%) vs 2020
+22% since 2000-01, when it was 642
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 785 | 44 | 17.8:1 | 58% (459) |
| 2023-24 | 666 | 41.1 | 16.2:1 | 61% (407) |
| 2022-23 | 606 | 42.3 | 14.3:1 | 61% (369) |
| 2020-21 | 571 | 42 | 13.6:1 | 36% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 44.9 | 14.7:1 | 56% (371) |
| 2015-16 | 675 | 44 | 15.3:1 | 55% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 730 | 45 | 16.2:1 | 46% (336) |
| 2000-01 | 642 | 35 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Audrey W. Garrett Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (660 to 785); teachers down 2% (44.9 to 44).
About Audrey W. Garrett Elementary
Families in Mebane, North Carolina, are served by Audrey W. Garrett Elementary, a large elementary school. It has an enrollment of 785 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Audrey W. Garrett Elementary falls under Alamance-Burlington Schools, which has 37 schools enrolling 22,661 students.
The biggest share of students at Audrey W. Garrett Elementary, 38%, is White. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Hispanic, 22% Black, 12% multiracial, and 5% Asian. In Alamance County overall, about 60% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 74%.
There are about 17.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Audrey W. Garrett Elementary, which has 44. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Audrey W. Garrett Elementary is about 58%. The gap from the 80% average for public schools in Alamance County is 22 points.
Audrey W. Garrett Elementary holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 59% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Audrey W. Garrett Elementary would score about 61.0%. It scores 63.2%, 2.2 points above that figure.
For Alamance County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $65,651, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 42 public schools in the county, enrolling about 25,737, Audrey W. Garrett Elementary among them.
Of the public schools around it, Audrey W. Garrett Elementary is closest to Hawfields Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Audrey W. Garrett Elementary ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 63.2% against a local average of 60.1%.
In the federal locale system, Audrey W. Garrett Elementary is coded Suburb: Mid-size, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 785, up from 571 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 13.6:1 to 17.8:1.
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Alamance County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
176,893
Census ACS
Median income
$65,651
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
25,737 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alamance-Burlington Schools
- Walter M Williams HighHigh · 1,206 students
- Southern Alamance HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Western Alamance HighHigh · 1,138 students
- Southeast Alamance HighHigh · 1,079 students
- Eastern Alamance HighHigh · 952 students
- Hawfields MiddleMiddle · 864 students
Other schools in Mebane
- Eastern Alamance HighHigh · 952 students
- Hawfields MiddleMiddle · 864 students
- Woodlawn MiddleMiddle · 633 students
- South Mebane ElementaryElementary · 506 students
- E M Yoder ElementaryElementary · 336 students
- South ElementaryElementary · 235 students
Nearby schools
- Hawfields Middle0.0 mi · 864
- South Mebane Elementary2.3 mi · 506
- Southeast Alamance High2.6 mi · 1,079
- E M Yoder Elementary3.0 mi · 336
- Alamance Community School3.1 mi · 736
- ABSS Early College at ACC3.4 mi · 247
Frequently asked questions
About Audrey W. Garrett ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Audrey W. Garrett Elementary?
Audrey W. Garrett Elementary enrolls approximately 785 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Audrey W. Garrett Elementary serve?
Audrey W. Garrett Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Audrey W. Garrett Elementary have?
Audrey W. Garrett Elementary employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Audrey W. Garrett Elementary?
Student demographics at Audrey W. Garrett Elementary are roughly 38% White, 23% Hispanic, 22% Black, 5% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Audrey W. Garrett Elementary?
Audrey W. Garrett Elementary is overseen by Alamance-Burlington Schools in Alamance County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.