Enrollment
349
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370399001067
Douglass Elementary
408 Price St., Eden, NC 27288 · (336) 623-6521 · Rockingham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
337 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 52 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 71% · US 70%
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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
53.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
56.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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 Douglass Elementary
Douglass Elementary's state test result (56.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglass Elementary this school | 349 | 96.6% | 56.8% |
| Spindale Elementary School Spindale | 337 | 95.3% | 46.1% |
| Northeast Elementary Pinetown | 355 | 99.2% | 54.4% |
| North Elementary Providence | 320 | 99.1% | 61.6% |
| Leaksville-Spray Elementary Eden | 400 | 96.3% | 52.8% |
| Old Richmond Elementary Tobaccoville | 408 | 99.3% | 69.2% |
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 Douglass Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Rockingham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #609 of 1,297 | #4 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #705 of 1,296 | #4 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #505 of 1,300 | #3 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 349 | #1,057 of 1,485 | #11 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #1,041 of 1,377 | #9 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #516 of 1,379 | #6 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.6% | #1,016 of 1,414 | #10 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #752 of 937 | #5 of 7 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
349
-21 (-6%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 535
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 349 | 21.7 | 16.1:1 | 97% (337) |
| 2023-24 | 338 | 25 | 13.5:1 | 99% (335) |
| 2022-23 | 363 | 22 | 16.5:1 | 84% (304) |
| 2020-21 | 370 | 23 | 16.1:1 | 58% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 24 | 15.5:1 | 61% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 386 | 25 | 15.4:1 | 99% (382) |
| 2010-11 | 421 | 29 | 14.5:1 | 57% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 535 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 31% (166) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Douglass Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (371 to 349); teachers down 10% (24 to 21.7).
About Douglass Elementary
Douglass Elementary, located in Eden, North Carolina, is a small elementary school. The school's 349 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students each.
Rockingham County Schools has 11,114 students in 23 schools, and Douglass Elementary is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Douglass Elementary is 50% White. It is also 27% Black, 16% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Rockingham County is roughly 73% White. By the diversity index, Douglass Elementary comes in at 64%.
The school has about 16.1 students per teacher and 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 97% of students. Across public schools in Rockingham County, the average is about the same, 98%.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Douglass Elementary receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Douglass Elementary is 7.4 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 56.8% actual, 49.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
In the county around the school, Rockingham County, median household income is about $57,053, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Rockingham County number 27 and enroll about 12,299.
Leaksville-Spray Elementary is the closest public school, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line. Douglass Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Douglass Elementary comes in 4th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Douglass Elementary saw enrollment fall 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Rockingham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
92,131
Census ACS
Median income
$57,053
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,299 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rockingham County Schools
- Rockingham County HighHigh · 878 students
- John M Morehead HighHigh · 771 students
- Rockingham County MiddleMiddle · 750 students
- Reidsville HighHigh · 696 students
- Dalton McMichael HighHigh · 681 students
- J E Holmes MiddleMiddle · 612 students
Other schools in Eden
- John M Morehead HighHigh · 771 students
- J E Holmes MiddleMiddle · 612 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 521 students
- Leaksville-Spray ElementaryElementary · 400 students
- CTE Innovative High SchoolElementary
Other Douglass Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Douglass Elementary. Douglass Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Douglass Elementary SchoolEL PASO, TX · 451 students
- Douglass Elementary SchoolBOULDER, CO · 313 students
- Douglass ElemKansas City, KS · 285 students
- Douglass Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 169 students
Nearby schools
- Leaksville-Spray Elementary1.1 mi · 400
- J E Holmes Middle2.4 mi · 612
- John M Morehead High2.6 mi · 771
- Central Elementary2.8 mi · 521
- Wentworth Elementary6.9 mi · 497
- Stoneville Elementary7.4 mi · 413
Frequently asked questions
About Douglass ElementaryHow large is Douglass Elementary?
Douglass Elementary enrolls approximately 349 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Douglass Elementary serve?
Douglass Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Douglass Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Douglass Elementary is approximately 16.1:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Douglass Elementary?
At Douglass Elementary, the student body is approximately 50% White, 16% Hispanic, 27% Black, 7% Two or more.
What district is Douglass Elementary in?
Douglass Elementary is part of Rockingham County Schools.
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