Carrboro Elementary

Set in Carrboro, North Carolina, Carrboro Elementary is a medium-sized elementary campus, run under Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. It caters to 515 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 20 schools in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (11,392 students total), Carrboro Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Carrboro Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 56%. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Carrboro Elementary has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Carrboro Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 33% of students at Carrboro Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Carrboro Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.9%, the actual is 72.0%, a residual of +3.1 points.

Around the school, Orange County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,089 per year, 62% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Orange County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,582 students), Carrboro Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Northside Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Carrboro Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 65.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carrboro Elementary has increased 6%, going from 486 students in 2018 to 515 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.