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Enrollment
528
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS·NCES 370003000197
Eastlawn Elementary
502 N Graham Hopedale Road, Burlington, NC 27217 · (336) 570-6180 · Alamance County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
15.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
525 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 25 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
56%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
21.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
20.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Eastlawn Elementary
Eastlawn Elementary's state test result (22.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastlawn Elementary this school | 528 | 99.4% | 22.3% |
| Haw River Elementary Haw River | 490 | 98.8% | 28.5% |
| R Homer Andrews Elementary Burlington | 498 | 99.4% | 34.6% |
| Mineral Springs Elementary Winston Salem | 545 | 99.4% | 40.6% |
| Sunset Park Elementary Wilmington | 450 | 99.3% | 42.3% |
| Konnoak Elementary Winston Salem | 600 | 99.5% | 41.6% |
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 Eastlawn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Alamance County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #1,290 of 1,297 | #19 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #1,291 of 1,296 | #20 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #1,275 of 1,300 | #18 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #533 of 1,485 | #9 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #814 of 1,377 | #11 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #837 of 1,379 | #17 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #240 of 1,414 | #4 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #576 of 937 | #7 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
528
-39 (-7%) vs 2020
-8% since 2000-01, when it was 577
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 528 | 34.7 | 15.2:1 | 99% (525) |
| 2023-24 | 555 | 33.8 | 16.4:1 | 99% (552) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 36.4 | 16.1:1 | 99% (582) |
| 2020-21 | 567 | 37 | 15.3:1 | 99% (564) |
| 2017-18 | 590 | 41.7 | 14.2:1 | 99% (587) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 43 | 13.0:1 | 97% (545) |
| 2010-11 | 436 | 43 | 10.1:1 | 98% (428) |
| 2000-01 | 577 | 40 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eastlawn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (590 to 528); teachers down 17% (41.7 to 34.7).
About Eastlawn Elementary
Eastlawn Elementary is a public medium-sized elementary school in Burlington, North Carolina. A total of 528 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
Eastlawn Elementary is one of the 37 schools that make up Alamance-Burlington Schools (22,661 students in total).
At Eastlawn Elementary, Hispanic students make up 61% of the student body. It is also 25% Black, 7% multiracial, and 6% White. For comparison, the population of Alamance County is roughly 15% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Eastlawn Elementary, 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 99% of enrollment. That is 19 points above the 80% average for public schools in Alamance County.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Eastlawn Elementary receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Eastlawn Elementary scores 26.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 22.3% actual versus 48.5% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Alamance County, the median household income is $65,651, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. In all, Alamance County has 42 public schools and roughly 25,737 students.
The school nearest to Eastlawn Elementary is Hugh M Cummings High, at a distance of about 1.1 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Eastlawn Elementary ranks 7th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Eastlawn Elementary is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
Eastlawn Elementary's enrollment declined from 567 in 2020-21 to 528 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Burlington
- Walter M Williams HighHigh · 1,206 students
- Clover GardenCombined · 963 students
- Hugh M Cummings HighHigh · 807 students
- Turrentine MiddleMiddle · 739 students
- Highland ElementaryElementary · 661 students
- Hillcrest ElementaryElementary · 556 students
Other Eastlawn Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Eastlawn Elementary. Eastlawn Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Eastlawn ElemPascagoula, MS · 337 students
- Eastlawn Elementary SchoolRantoul, IL · 276 students
- Eastlawn Elementary SchoolBurnettsville, IN · 126 students
Nearby schools
- Hugh M Cummings High1.1 mi · 807
- Broadview Middle1.1 mi · 512
- R Homer Andrews Elementary1.4 mi · 498
- Harvey R Newlin Elementary2.1 mi · 491
- Graham High2.3 mi · 828
- North Graham Elementary2.4 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About Eastlawn ElementaryHow many students attend Eastlawn Elementary?
Eastlawn Elementary enrolls approximately 528 students in grades PK-05.
Is Eastlawn Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eastlawn Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Eastlawn Elementary?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Eastlawn Elementary.
How diverse is Eastlawn Elementary?
Eastlawn Elementary reports a student body of 6% White, 61% Hispanic, 25% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is Eastlawn Elementary public or private?
Eastlawn Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alamance-Burlington Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.