Enrollment
338
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS·NCES 370003000003
B. Everett Jordan Elementary
5827 Church Road, Graham, NC 27253 · (336) 376-3673 · Alamance County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL338 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
333 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
62%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
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NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
37.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
33.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 B. Everett Jordan Elementary
B. Everett Jordan Elementary's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. Everett Jordan Elementary this school | 338 | 98.5% | 36.0% |
| Jones Intermediate Mount Airy | 339 | 99.1% | 54.5% |
| Hasty Elementary Thomasville | 385 | 99.2% | 70.1% |
| Chapel Grove Elementary Gastonia | 382 | 99.2% | 46.4% |
| Plain View Elementary Dunn | 362 | 99.2% | 57.2% |
| Union Elementary Wingate | 296 | 99.0% | 65.8% |
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 B. Everett Jordan Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Alamance County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,176 of 1,297 | #12 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #1,217 of 1,296 | #16 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #1,035 of 1,300 | #10 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 338 | #1,086 of 1,485 | #18 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #572 of 1,377 | #5 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #646 of 1,379 | #15 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #828 of 1,414 | #14 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #577 of 937 | #8 of 14 |
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
338
-19 (-5%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 286
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 338 | 23.5 | 14.4:1 | 99% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 24.5 | 14.0:1 | 65% (224) |
| 2022-23 | 353 | 25 | 14.1:1 | 65% (228) |
| 2020-21 | 357 | 25 | 14.3:1 | 38% (134) |
| 2017-18 | 377 | 27.3 | 13.8:1 | 56% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 397 | 28 | 14.2:1 | 62% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 482 | 35 | 13.8:1 | 52% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 392 | 27 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 286 | 21 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for B. Everett Jordan Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (377 to 338); teachers down 14% (27.3 to 23.5).
About B. Everett Jordan Elementary
Students in Graham, North Carolina, attend B. Everett Jordan Elementary, a small elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 338 students. By comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll about 467 students on average.
B. Everett Jordan Elementary is one school in Alamance-Burlington Schools, a system of 37 schools with 22,661 students.
More than half of the students at B. Everett Jordan Elementary are White (53%). The remaining shares are 31% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, and 3% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, B. Everett Jordan Elementary scores 62%.
Based on 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, B. Everett Jordan Elementary has a ratio of 14.4:1. That is in line with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 99%. Among public schools in Alamance County, the average eligibility rate is 80%.
On the allk12 Grade, B. Everett Jordan Elementary lands at D, ahead of 9% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for B. Everett Jordan Elementary is 48.8%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 36.0%.
Alamance County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $65,651, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 42 public schools in the county, enrolling about 25,737, B. Everett Jordan Elementary among them.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, The Hawbridge School, is the closest to B. Everett Jordan Elementary. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. On proficiency, B. Everett Jordan Elementary is behind the 47.7% nearby average, ranking 7th of 7.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 357 to 338, a 5% decrease.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at B. Everett Jordan Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Graham
- Southern Alamance HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Graham HighHigh · 828 students
- Southern Alamance MiddleMiddle · 822 students
- River Mill AcademyCombined · 780 students
- Alexander Wilson ElementaryElementary · 609 students
- Graham MiddleMiddle · 553 students
Nearby schools
- The Hawbridge School0.7 mi · 597
- Southern Alamance High6.2 mi · 1,148
- Alexander Wilson Elementary6.3 mi · 609
- Southern Alamance Middle6.4 mi · 822
- Southeast Alamance High6.7 mi · 1,079
- Sylvan Elementary7.4 mi · 298
Frequently asked questions
About B. Everett Jordan ElementaryHow large is B. Everett Jordan Elementary?
B. Everett Jordan Elementary enrolls approximately 338 students in grades KG-05.
Is B. Everett Jordan Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
B. Everett Jordan Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does B. Everett Jordan Elementary have?
B. Everett Jordan Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
How diverse is B. Everett Jordan Elementary?
B. Everett Jordan Elementary reports a student body of 53% White, 31% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees B. Everett Jordan Elementary?
B. Everett Jordan 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.