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If you could change one rule at Bethel Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
537
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYWOOD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370204000579
Bethel Elementary
4700 Old River Road, Canton, NC 28716 · (828) 646-3448 · Haywood County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL537 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A-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
17.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
530 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
60.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
76.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
71.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 Bethel Elementary
Bethel Elementary's state test result (71.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel Elementary this school | 537 | 98.7% | 71.3% |
| North Topsail Elementary Hampstead | 529 | 99.1% | 75.9% |
| Rockwell Elementary Rockwell | 502 | 99.4% | 55.4% |
| Bath Elementary Bath | 511 | 99.4% | 74.4% |
| Clyde Elementary Clyde | 523 | 99.4% | 50.0% |
| Mountain View Elementary School Hays | 488 | 99.4% | 43.9% |
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 Bethel Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Haywood County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #200 of 1,297 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #190 of 1,296 | #3 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #315 of 1,300 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 537 | #504 of 1,485 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #1,266 of 1,377 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.5% | #1,356 of 1,379 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #782 of 1,414 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.7% | #314 of 369 | N/A |
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
537
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
-3% since 2000-01, when it was 554
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 537 | 30.6 | 17.6:1 | 99% (530) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 35.2 | 15.0:1 | 99% (525) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 36.2 | 14.5:1 | 99% (522) |
| 2020-21 | 523 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 42% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 34 | 15.4:1 | 51% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 34 | 14.6:1 | 57% (282) |
| 2010-11 | 560 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 52% (289) |
| 2000-01 | 554 | 33 | 16.8:1 | 34% (188) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bethel Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (523 to 537); teachers down 10% (34 to 30.6).
About Bethel Elementary
Bethel Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Canton, North Carolina. It enrolled 537 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
Enrollment across the 15 schools in Haywood County Schools totals 6,476 students.
White students make up 89% of enrollment at Bethel Elementary. The next largest groups are 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The White share in Haywood County as a whole is similar, at about 91%. Pick two students at random and there is a 19% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.6:1, with 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 2.7 students per teacher above the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 99%. For comparison, public schools in Haywood County average 99%.
The allk12 Grade for Bethel Elementary is A. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 93% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations places Bethel Elementary in the top 10% of North Carolina schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 22.6 points above it (71.3% actual, 48.7% predicted).
Haywood County has about 62,662 residents, and the median household income is $61,912, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. In all, Haywood County has 16 public schools and roughly 7,092 students.
The closest public school to Bethel Elementary is Bethel Middle, about 1.0 miles away. Bethel Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Bethel Elementary comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment is up 3% from 2020-21, when Bethel Elementary had 523 students, to 2024-25, when it had 537. Students per teacher rose from 14.9 in 2020-21 to 17.6 in 2024-25.
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Haywood County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,662
Census ACS
Median income
$61,912
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,092 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Haywood County Schools
- Tuscola HighHigh · 873 students
- Pisgah HighHigh · 859 students
- Waynesville MiddleMiddle · 727 students
- Clyde ElementaryElementary · 523 students
- Hazelwood ElementaryElementary · 490 students
- Canton MiddleMiddle · 475 students
Other schools in Canton
- Pisgah HighHigh · 859 students
- Canton MiddleMiddle · 475 students
- North Canton ElementaryElementary · 332 students
- Meadowbrook ElementaryElementary · 198 students
Other Bethel Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 7 states are named Bethel Elementary. Bethel Elementary is the 5th largest of the 11.
- Bethel ElementaryMidland, NC · 611 students
- Bethel ElementaryBethel, NC · 232 students
- Bethel ElementarySugar Grove, NC · 128 students
- Bethel Elementary SchoolTipp City, OH · 944 students
- Bethel ElementarySimpsonville, SC · 915 students
Nearby schools
- Bethel Middle1.0 mi · 254
- Clyde Elementary3.3 mi · 523
- Pisgah High3.6 mi · 859
- Haywood Early College3.6 mi · 177
- Canton Middle3.8 mi · 475
- Meadowbrook Elementary4.0 mi · 198
Frequently asked questions
About Bethel ElementaryHow many students attend Bethel Elementary?
Bethel Elementary enrolls approximately 537 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Bethel Elementary serve?
Bethel Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Bethel Elementary have?
Bethel Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Bethel Elementary?
Student demographics at Bethel Elementary are roughly 89% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Bethel Elementary in?
Bethel Elementary is part of Haywood County Schools.
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