Chatham Grove Elementary

Chatham Grove Elementary operates as a mid-tier primary school in Pittsboro, North Carolina, part of Chatham County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 683 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Chatham Grove Elementary sits 46% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 21 schools in Chatham County Schools (8,987 students total), Chatham Grove Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Chatham Grove Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 73%; the rest comes out to 12% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school reports having 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Chatham County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Chatham Grove Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 77.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Chatham County put median household earnings sit near $94,317, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Chatham Grove Elementary is one of 25 public schools in Chatham County (combined enrollment of about 10,374 students).

Margaret B. Pollard Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 5 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), Chatham Grove Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 66.0%.

Chatham Grove Elementary operates from a countryside location.

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