Donna L Loflin Elementary

Located at 405 S Park St, in Asheboro, North Carolina, Donna L Loflin Elementary is a modestly sized elementary campus that educates 300 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Asheboro City Schools. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 36% smaller than typical.

Across the 8 schools in Asheboro City Schools (4,405 students total), Donna L Loflin Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Donna L Loflin Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment; the rest consists of 18% White, 16% Black, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Randolph County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Donna L Loflin Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 41.1%, a residual of -7.5 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Randolph County put the typical household earns roughly $61,022 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Donna L Loflin Elementary is one of 42 public schools in Randolph County (combined enrollment of about 21,656 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lindley Park Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Donna L Loflin Elementary comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Donna L Loflin Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 331 (now 300). Hispanic enrollment moved from 44% to 60% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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