Colfax Elementary

Colfax Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in Colfax, North Carolina, one of the schools within Guilford County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 587 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 26% above typical.

Within Guilford County Schools, which oversees 123 schools and 68,535 students, Colfax Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Colfax Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 25% Black, 13% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial. Compared to Guilford County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Colfax Elementary has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Colfax Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Guilford County runs at roughly 89%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Colfax Elementary sits in the top 10% of North Carolina schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.5%; actual is 68.9%, +20.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Guilford County indicate median household income runs about $68,642, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Guilford County's 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students), Colfax Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cornerstone Charter Academy-CFA, around 2.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Colfax Elementary. On composite proficiency, Colfax Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 64.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 630 students in 2018 compared to 587 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 60% to 47%.

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