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Ceasar Cone Elementary

2501 North Church Street, Greensboro, NC 27405 · (336) 375-2595 · Guilford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of North Carolina public elementary schools
  • C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
409 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K277%
Kindergarten7518%
Grade 15714%
Grade 24812%
Grade 37117%
Grade 46817%
Grade 56616%

This year's kindergarten class (75) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (66).

Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
195%
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 42% · US 43%
Hispanic
6616%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 22% · US 30%
Black
28369%
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 25% · US 15%
Asian
256%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
154%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
41%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
21251%
Female
20049%

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Test scores

NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)
English Language Arts
42.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
43.5%
NC avg 52.2%

What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 43% 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 Ceasar Cone Elementary

Ceasar Cone Elementary's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Ceasar Cone Elementary this school41299.3%43.1%
Parkside Elementary
Charlotte
43799.3%60.5%
Ronald E. McNair Elementary
Browns Summit
44799.3%41.2%
Elizabeth Traditional Elem
Charlotte
40999.3%65.1%
Croft Community School
Charlotte
45999.3%56.5%
Mallard Creek Elementary
Charlotte
49097.1%61.8%
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 Ceasar Cone Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn North CarolinaIn Guilford County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
43.1%#1,019 of 1,297#44 of 64
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
43.5%#1,073 of 1,296#47 of 64
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
42.2%#866 of 1,300#39 of 64
Enrollment
ranked largest first
412#862 of 1,485#50 of 76
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.1:1#501 of 1,377#23 of 72
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
49.5%#994 of 1,379#58 of 72
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
99.3%#430 of 1,414#39 of 74
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-14.9%#410 of 937#14 of 49
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 2024-25
Enrollment
412
-21 (-5%) vs 2020
-29% since 2000-01, when it was 582
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2541229.214.1:199% (409)
2023-2442232.113.2:199% (419)
2022-2346530.615.2:199% (462)
2020-214333213.5:199% (430)
2017-1848433.214.6:199% (481)
2015-164983613.8:199% (493)
2010-114213213.2:192% (387)
2000-015824712.4:189% (516)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ceasar Cone Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 15% (484 to 412); teachers down 12% (33.2 to 29.2).

About Ceasar Cone Elementary

Ceasar Cone Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school located in Greensboro, North Carolina. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 412 students.

Ceasar Cone Elementary is one school in Guilford County Schools, a system of 123 schools with 68,535 students.

At 69%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Ceasar Cone Elementary combined. The remaining students are 16% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% White, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Guilford County, the Black share is about 34%. By the diversity index, Ceasar Cone Elementary comes in at 50%.

Dividing enrollment by its 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 14.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 99%. That is higher than the 89% average for public schools in Guilford County.

Ceasar Cone Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 22% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

On BeatsExpectations, Ceasar Cone Elementary is 5.4 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools.

Census estimates describe Guilford County this way: median household income is about $68,642, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Guilford County number 143 and enroll about 79,539.

Page High is the public school closest to Ceasar Cone Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Ceasar Cone Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Ceasar Cone Elementary ranks 4th of 6 nearby schools, at 43.1% versus a 45.6% average.

NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

The student count in 2024-25 was 412, 5% below the 433 of 2020-21.

Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.

Guilford County at a glance

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Population
547,940
Census ACS
Median income
$68,642
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
79,539 students

Quick facts

School name
Ceasar Cone Elementary
District
Guilford County Schools
Address
2501 North Church Street, Greensboro, NC 27405
Phone
(336) 375-2595
County
Guilford County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
412
Teachers (FTE)
29
Student–teacher ratio
14.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
409 (99%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
370192000766
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Ceasar Cone Elementary
How large is Ceasar Cone Elementary?
Ceasar Cone Elementary enrolls approximately 412 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ceasar Cone Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ceasar Cone Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Ceasar Cone Elementary?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Ceasar Cone Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Ceasar Cone Elementary?
Student demographics at Ceasar Cone Elementary are roughly 5% White, 16% Hispanic, 69% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Ceasar Cone Elementary?
Ceasar Cone Elementary is overseen by Guilford County Schools in Guilford County.
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