Enrollment
291
Elementary
DISTRICT 521 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CATAWBA COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370069000275
Banoak Elementary
7651 W NC 10 Hwy, Vale, NC 28168 · (704) 462-2849 · Catawba County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% 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.
- A-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
16.7:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
288 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 14% smaller than its 6th grade class (51).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
57.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
64.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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
62.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% 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 Banoak Elementary
Banoak Elementary's state test result (62.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banoak Elementary this school | 291 | 99.0% | 62.4% |
| Pumpkin Center Intermediate Lincolnton | 295 | 99.0% | 60.5% |
| Pumpkin Center Primary Lincolnton | 325 | 99.1% | N/A |
| Casar Elementary Casar | 275 | 98.9% | 76.2% |
| Southmont Elementary Lexington | 281 | 98.9% | 54.5% |
| Richfield Elementary Richfield | 302 | 99.0% | 70.3% |
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 Banoak Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Catawba County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #431 of 1,297 | #11 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #498 of 1,296 | #14 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #395 of 1,300 | #6 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #1,199 of 1,485 | #22 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #1,155 of 1,377 | #16 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.1% | #1,217 of 1,379 | #24 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #663 of 1,414 | #17 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #753 of 937 | #15 of 18 |
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
291
+14 (+5%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 338
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 291 | 17.5 | 16.7:1 | 99% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 271 | 19.9 | 13.7:1 | 65% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 291 | 19.6 | 14.8:1 | 57% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 277 | 21 | 13.2:1 | 40% (110) |
| 2017-18 | 309 | 20.5 | 15.1:1 | 53% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 290 | 21 | 13.8:1 | 60% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | 22 | 15.2:1 | 52% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 377 | 28 | 13.5:1 | 27% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 338 | 21 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Banoak Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (309 to 291); teachers down 15% (20.5 to 17.5).
About Banoak Elementary
Banoak Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school located in Vale, North Carolina. In all, 291 students attend the school in kindergarten through 6. The school is 38% below the average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
The 28 schools in Catawba County Schools enroll 16,003 students altogether, Banoak Elementary among them.
More than half of the students at Banoak Elementary are White (79%). Next come 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 36%.
With 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. Roughly 99% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Catawba County is 86%.
Banoak Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 73% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Test results at Banoak Elementary are 13.8 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (62.4% actual, 48.6% predicted).
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Catawba County show that median household income comes to about $67,864, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Catawba County counts 44 public schools with about 22,392 students.
Banoak Elementary is about 3.4 miles from Jacobs Fork Middle, its nearest public school. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Banoak Elementary is behind the 63.5% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
NCES describes the area around Banoak Elementary as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment rose by 5% across 4 years, from 277 in 2020-21 to 291 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 16.7:1, from 13.2:1.
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Catawba County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
163,573
Census ACS
Median income
$67,864
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
22,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Catawba County Schools
- Saint Stephens HighHigh · 1,268 students
- Bandys HighHigh · 935 students
- Fred T Foard HighHigh · 930 students
- Maiden HighHigh · 852 students
- Bunker Hill HighHigh · 845 students
- Saint Stephens ElementaryElementary · 711 students
Other schools in Vale
- North Brook ElementaryElementary · 344 students
- Union ElementaryElementary · 342 students
Nearby schools
- Jacobs Fork Middle3.4 mi · 482
- Fred T Foard High3.5 mi · 930
- Union Elementary5.2 mi · 342
- Blackburn Elementary5.3 mi · 484
- Mountain View Elementary5.8 mi · 708
- North Brook Elementary6.4 mi · 344
Frequently asked questions
About Banoak ElementaryHow many students attend Banoak Elementary?
Banoak Elementary enrolls approximately 291 students in grades KG-06.
Is Banoak Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Banoak Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Banoak Elementary?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Banoak Elementary.
How diverse is Banoak Elementary?
Banoak Elementary reports a student body of 79% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Banoak Elementary?
Banoak Elementary is overseen by Catawba County Schools in Catawba County.
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