Enrollment
336
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS·NCES 370003000005
E M Yoder Elementary
301 N Charles Street, Mebane, NC 27302 · (919) 563-3722 · Alamance County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL336 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
173 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 27 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
53.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
64.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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
60.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 E M Yoder Elementary
E M Yoder Elementary's state test result (60.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| E M Yoder Elementary this school | 336 | 51.5% | 60.1% |
| Pathways Elementary Hillsborough | 371 | 54.4% | 71.3% |
| Ira B Jones Elementary Asheville | 369 | 54.5% | 51.6% |
| Hall Fletcher Elementary Asheville | 318 | 58.8% | 50.7% |
| W Jesse Gurganus Elementary Havelock | 340 | 46.2% | 76.2% |
| Rand Road Elementary Garner | 394 | 52.5% | 63.6% |
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 E M Yoder Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Alamance County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #495 of 1,297 | #3 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #492 of 1,296 | #4 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #492 of 1,300 | #3 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 336 | #1,092 of 1,485 | #19 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #224 of 1,377 | #2 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #515 of 1,379 | #12 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.5% | #1,154 of 1,414 | #19 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #636 of 937 | #10 of 14 |
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
336
-13 (-4%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 342
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 336 | 25.8 | 13.0:1 | 51% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 318 | 26.2 | 12.1:1 | 47% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 29.9 | 12.0:1 | 43% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 349 | 30 | 11.6:1 | 32% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 369 | 27.8 | 13.3:1 | 43% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 314 | 26 | 12.1:1 | 44% (138) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 34% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 385 | 29 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 342 | 17 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for E M Yoder Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (369 to 336); teachers down 7% (27.8 to 25.8).
About E M Yoder Elementary
E M Yoder Elementary is a small elementary school located in Mebane, North Carolina. The school's 336 students are in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 28% lower than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina, which is about 467.
E M Yoder Elementary is part of Alamance-Burlington Schools, where 37 schools serve 22,661 students.
Roughly 53% of students at E M Yoder Elementary are White. Other groups include 20% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 13% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1 at E M Yoder Elementary, with 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.9 below the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 51%. Among public schools in Alamance County, the average eligibility rate is 80%.
The allk12 Grade for E M Yoder Elementary is B-. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 48% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
E M Yoder Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 60.1% is 3.0 points below the 63.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Federal survey data for Alamance County show that the median household income is $65,651, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Alamance County is home to 42 public schools and about 25,737 public school students.
The nearest public school is South Mebane Elementary, at about 0.8 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. E M Yoder Elementary places 3rd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: Suburb: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 13 fewer students in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.0:1) than in 2020-21 (11.6:1).
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Alamance County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
176,893
Census ACS
Median income
$65,651
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
25,737 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alamance-Burlington Schools
- Walter M Williams HighHigh · 1,206 students
- Southern Alamance HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Western Alamance HighHigh · 1,138 students
- Southeast Alamance HighHigh · 1,079 students
- Eastern Alamance HighHigh · 952 students
- Hawfields MiddleMiddle · 864 students
Other schools in Mebane
- Eastern Alamance HighHigh · 952 students
- Hawfields MiddleMiddle · 864 students
- Audrey W. Garrett ElementaryElementary · 785 students
- Woodlawn MiddleMiddle · 633 students
- South Mebane ElementaryElementary · 506 students
- South ElementaryElementary · 235 students
Nearby schools
- South Mebane Elementary0.8 mi · 506
- Eastern Alamance High1.8 mi · 952
- Woodlawn Middle1.9 mi · 633
- Audrey W. Garrett Elementary3.0 mi · 785
- Hawfields Middle3.0 mi · 864
- Alamance Community School4.6 mi · 736
Frequently asked questions
About E M Yoder ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at E M Yoder Elementary?
E M Yoder Elementary enrolls approximately 336 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does E M Yoder Elementary serve?
E M Yoder Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at E M Yoder Elementary?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at E M Yoder Elementary.
How diverse is E M Yoder Elementary?
E M Yoder Elementary reports a student body of 53% White, 13% Hispanic, 20% Black, 0% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is E M Yoder Elementary in?
E M Yoder Elementary is part of Alamance-Burlington Schools.
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