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Enrollment
505
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS·NCES 370003000007
Edwin M Holt Elementary
4751 S NC 62, Burlington, NC 27215 · (336) 570-6420 · Alamance County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% 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
15.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
248 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
44%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
52.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
61.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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
59.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Edwin M Holt Elementary
Edwin M Holt Elementary's state test result (59.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwin M Holt Elementary this school | 505 | 49.1% | 59.3% |
| Edwin A Anderson Elementary Wilmington | 514 | 47.7% | 72.5% |
| Midway Elementary Lexington | 546 | 48.9% | 63.8% |
| Friedberg Elementary Winston-Salem | 468 | 45.7% | 66.9% |
| Clear View Elementary Jacksonville | 535 | 52.7% | 52.2% |
| Richlands Elementary Richlands | 591 | 49.7% | 55.8% |
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 Edwin M Holt Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Alamance County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #525 of 1,297 | #4 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #577 of 1,296 | #5 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #542 of 1,300 | #4 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 505 | #593 of 1,485 | #12 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #864 of 1,377 | #14 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.1% | #1,109 of 1,379 | #21 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.1% | #1,166 of 1,414 | #20 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #614 of 937 | #9 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
505
-22 (-4%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 398
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 505 | 32.8 | 15.4:1 | 49% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 486 | 33.1 | 14.7:1 | 44% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 514 | 36.9 | 13.9:1 | 43% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 24% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 32.4 | 17.2:1 | 31% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 588 | 38 | 15.5:1 | 31% (185) |
| 2010-11 | 690 | 41 | 16.8:1 | 34% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 603 | 34 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 398 | 28 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edwin M Holt Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (557 to 505); teachers up 1% (32.4 to 32.8).
About Edwin M Holt Elementary
Burlington, North Carolina, is home to Edwin M Holt Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. It serves 505 students in kindergarten through 5.
Edwin M Holt Elementary is a school in Alamance-Burlington Schools. The district has 37 schools and 22,661 students.
By race and ethnicity, Edwin M Holt Elementary is 73% White. Other reported shares: 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 7% Black. That compares with about 60% White among all Alamance County residents. Edwin M Holt Elementary has a diversity index of 44%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Edwin M Holt Elementary is 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.4:1. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is about 14.9:1. About 49% of students, or 248, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 80% average for public schools in Alamance County is 31 points higher.
Edwin M Holt Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 45% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Edwin M Holt Elementary is -4.5 points: 59.3% actual, 63.9% predicted.
Edwin M Holt Elementary is located in Alamance County, where median household income is about $65,651, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Edwin M Holt Elementary is one of 42 public schools in Alamance County, which together enroll about 25,737 students.
Nearest public school: Highland Elementary, about 3.0 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: 5. On average proficiency, Edwin M Holt Elementary is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Edwin M Holt Elementary is coded as Suburb: Mid-size in federal locale data.
The number of students dropped from 527 to 505 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher rose from 13.9 to 15.4 over 4 years.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. 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 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
Nearby schools
- Highland Elementary3.0 mi · 661
- Marvin B Smith Elementary3.9 mi · 556
- Grove Park Elementary4.4 mi · 437
- Southern Alamance Middle4.6 mi · 822
- Southern Alamance High4.8 mi · 1,148
- Turrentine Middle5.0 mi · 739
Frequently asked questions
About Edwin M Holt ElementaryHow many students attend Edwin M Holt Elementary?
Edwin M Holt Elementary enrolls approximately 505 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Edwin M Holt Elementary serve?
Edwin M Holt Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Edwin M Holt Elementary?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Edwin M Holt Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Edwin M Holt Elementary?
Student demographics at Edwin M Holt Elementary are roughly 73% White, 12% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Edwin M Holt Elementary in?
Edwin M Holt Elementary is part of Alamance-Burlington Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.