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What's the one class at Dudley Shoals Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALDWELL COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370058000224
Dudley Shoals Elementary
1500 Dudley Shoals Road, Granite Falls, NC 28630 · (828) 396-3457 · Caldwell County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% 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
16.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
430 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
49.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
56.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 49 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
55.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% 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 Dudley Shoals Elementary
Dudley Shoals Elementary's state test result (55.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley Shoals Elementary this school | 433 | 99.3% | 55.7% |
| Glenwood Elementary School Marion | 435 | 99.3% | 46.9% |
| Murphy Elementary Murphy | 467 | 99.4% | 57.5% |
| Junaluska Elementary Waynesville | 428 | 99.3% | 73.6% |
| Harris Elementary School Forest City | 434 | 95.9% | 70.0% |
| Denton Elementary Denton | 369 | 99.2% | 56.9% |
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 Dudley Shoals Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Caldwell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #642 of 1,297 | #5 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #700 of 1,296 | #5 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #653 of 1,300 | #5 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #803 of 1,485 | #4 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,115 of 1,377 | #4 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.7% | #1,317 of 1,379 | #11 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #391 of 1,414 | #2 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #590 of 937 | #4 of 9 |
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
433
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
+65% since 1990-91, when it was 262
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 433 | 26.3 | 16.4:1 | 99% (430) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 30.9 | 14.0:1 | 99% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 437 | 30.1 | 14.5:1 | 72% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 448 | 30 | 14.9:1 | 56% (249) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 31 | 15.5:1 | 58% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 499 | 29 | 17.2:1 | 60% (298) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 30 | 17.4:1 | 52% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 544 | 35 | 15.5:1 | 43% (233) |
| 1990-91 | 262 | 18 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dudley Shoals Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (481 to 433); teachers down 15% (31 to 26.3).
About Dudley Shoals Elementary
Dudley Shoals Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Granite Falls, North Carolina. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 433 students.
The district, Caldwell County Schools, operates 25 schools serving 10,667 students.
Dudley Shoals Elementary is 85% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 6% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. That is in line with Caldwell County, where about 86% of residents are White. The diversity index for Dudley Shoals Elementary is 27%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, Dudley Shoals Elementary has a ratio of 16.4:1. Compared with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 99%.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Dudley Shoals Elementary outscored 54%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Dudley Shoals Elementary is 7.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Caldwell County show that the median household earns about $56,425 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Caldwell County, 26 public schools serve about 10,920 students.
Dudley Shoals Elementary is about 1.5 miles from Gateway School, its nearest public school. Dudley Shoals Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 60.2% on proficiency, and Dudley Shoals Elementary is below that at 55.7%.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's student count decreased 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 16.4 students per teacher, compared with 14.9 in 2020-21.
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Caldwell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
80,536
Census ACS
Median income
$56,425
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
10,920 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Caldwell County Schools
- South Caldwell HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Hibriten HighHigh · 818 students
- Hudson ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Granite Falls ElementaryElementary · 647 students
- West Caldwell HighHigh · 634 students
- Hudson MiddleMiddle · 551 students
Other schools in Granite Falls
- Granite Falls ElementaryElementary · 647 students
- Granite Falls MiddleMiddle · 518 students
- Baton ElementaryElementary · 357 students
- Sawmills ElementaryElementary · 351 students
- Gateway SchoolHigh · 53 students
Nearby schools
- Gateway School1.5 mi · 53
- Oak Hill Charter School3.5 mi · 253
- South Caldwell High4.1 mi · 1,272
- Granite Falls Elementary4.1 mi · 647
- Granite Falls Middle4.6 mi · 518
- West Alexander Middle4.7 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About Dudley Shoals ElementaryHow many students attend Dudley Shoals Elementary?
Dudley Shoals Elementary enrolls approximately 433 students in grades PK-05.
Is Dudley Shoals Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dudley Shoals Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Dudley Shoals Elementary have?
Dudley Shoals Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Dudley Shoals Elementary?
Student demographics at Dudley Shoals Elementary are roughly 85% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Dudley Shoals Elementary in?
Dudley Shoals Elementary is part of Caldwell County Schools.
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