E M Yoder Elementary

E M Yoder Elementary is one of the tight-knit K-5 schools in Mebane, North Carolina, overseen by Alamance-Burlington Schools, with 336 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 28% smaller than typical.

Alamance-Burlington Schools runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 22,661 students. E M Yoder Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, E M Yoder Elementary shows that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 20% Black, 13% Hispanic, 13% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Alamance County runs at roughly 80%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, E M Yoder Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.1%; this one delivers 60.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Alamance County) reports that median household income runs about $65,651, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Alamance County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,737 students), E M Yoder Elementary is one campus in the mix.

South Mebane Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), E M Yoder Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.8%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 9%: 369 students in 2018 compared to 336 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 53% across the same window.

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