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What's something Bailey Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 459 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NASH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370327001341
Bailey Elementary
6288 Pine Street, Bailey, NC 27807 · (252) 451-2892 · Nash County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- BTest 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
18.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
577 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 34 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
54.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
62.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Bailey Elementary
Bailey Elementary's state test result (58.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Elementary this school | 580 | 99.5% | 58.4% |
| J Glenn Edwards Elementary Sanford | 587 | 99.5% | 52.2% |
| Kernersville Elementary Kernersville | 568 | 99.5% | 50.5% |
| BT Bullock Elementary Sanford | 511 | 99.4% | 51.7% |
| The International School at Gregory Wilmington | 514 | 99.4% | 61.7% |
| Wrightsboro Elementary Wilmington | 502 | 98.4% | 42.1% |
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 Bailey Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Nash County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #555 of 1,297 | #4 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #561 of 1,296 | #5 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #474 of 1,300 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #397 of 1,485 | #5 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #1,308 of 1,377 | #7 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #332 of 1,379 | #3 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #173 of 1,414 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #685 of 937 | #6 of 9 |
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
580
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 445
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
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 | 580 | 31.6 | 18.4:1 | 99% (577) |
| 2023-24 | 569 | 37.5 | 15.2:1 | 91% (519) |
| 2022-23 | 538 | 37.3 | 14.4:1 | 75% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 42 | 13.6:1 | 99% (570) |
| 2017-18 | 628 | 39 | 16.1:1 | 99% (620) |
| 2015-16 | 647 | 38 | 17.0:1 | 78% (503) |
| 2010-11 | 686 | 39 | 17.6:1 | 75% (512) |
| 2000-01 | 547 | 40 | 13.7:1 | 61% (334) |
| 1990-91 | 445 | 26 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bailey Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (628 to 580); teachers down 19% (39 to 31.6).
About Bailey Elementary
Bailey Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school located in Bailey, North Carolina. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 580 students. The average among elementary schools in North Carolina is roughly 467 students; this school is 24% above that.
Bailey Elementary is part of a district of 28 schools: Nash County Public Schools, with 14,587 students.
Bailey Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 43%. The school is also 31% White, 20% Black, and 5% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 8%. The chance that two students picked at random at Bailey Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
Teacher staffing is 31.6 full-time equivalents, or about 18.4 students per teacher. The 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is lower than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 99%. Across public schools in Nash County, the average is about the same, 98%.
Bailey Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 62% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bailey Elementary falls in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools: 58.4% actual against 48.5% predicted.
Within Nash County, median household income is about $62,426, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Federal data list 27 public schools in Nash County, with a combined enrollment of about 14,285.
The next-closest public school is Southern Nash High, about 5.0 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of Bailey Elementary. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Bailey Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Bailey Elementary's location as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 580, close to the 573 recorded in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.4:1.
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Nash County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,216
Census ACS
Median income
$62,426
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
14,285 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nash County Public Schools
- Southern Nash HighHigh · 1,048 students
- Northern Nash HighHigh · 1,035 students
- Rocky Mount HighHigh · 1,023 students
- Red Oak MiddleMiddle · 840 students
- Southern Nash MiddleMiddle · 795 students
- Nash Central HighHigh · 703 students
Other Bailey Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Bailey Elementary. Bailey Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- BAILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDOVER, FL · 719 students
- Bailey Elementary SchoolPASADENA, TX · 602 students
Nearby schools
- Southern Nash High5.0 mi · 1,048
- Middlesex Elementary5.5 mi · 333
- Rock Ridge Elementary6.1 mi · 476
- Southern Nash Middle6.6 mi · 795
- James Hunt High7.8 mi · 1,115
- John W Jones Elementary8.6 mi · 601
Frequently asked questions
About Bailey ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Bailey Elementary?
Bailey Elementary enrolls approximately 580 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Bailey Elementary serve?
Bailey Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Bailey Elementary?
Approximately 18.4:1 students per teacher at Bailey Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Bailey Elementary?
Student demographics at Bailey Elementary are roughly 31% White, 43% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Bailey Elementary in?
Bailey Elementary is part of Nash County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.