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Alumni: what's one memory from Elkin Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
673
Elementary
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELKIN CITY SCHOOLS·NCES 370138000563
Elkin Elementary
135 Old Virginia Rd, Elkin, NC 28621 · (336) 835-2756 · Surry County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL673 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% 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.
- 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
16.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
392 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 31 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 14% smaller than its 6th grade class (95).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Elkin City Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
54.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
56.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 55 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
56.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Elkin Elementary
Elkin Elementary's state test result (56.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkin Elementary this school | 673 | 58.2% | 56.8% |
| Manteo Elementary School Manteo | 636 | 51.6% | 49.3% |
| Alexander Wilson Elementary Graham | 609 | 55.7% | 54.9% |
| Southwest Elementary Jacksonville | 720 | 60.4% | 57.4% |
| Heritage Elementary School Richlands | 565 | 52.9% | 53.2% |
| Sand Ridge Elementary Hubert | 527 | 62.0% | 65.0% |
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 Elkin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Surry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #610 of 1,297 | #7 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #706 of 1,296 | #9 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #465 of 1,300 | #5 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 673 | #216 of 1,485 | #1 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #1,156 of 1,377 | #13 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.6% | #942 of 1,379 | #6 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.2% | #1,120 of 1,414 | #14 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.7% | #312 of 369 | N/A |
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
673
+9 (+1%) vs 2020
+69% since 1990-91, when it was 399
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 673 | 40.4 | 16.7:1 | 58% (392) |
| 2023-24 | 631 | 41.1 | 15.3:1 | 54% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 578 | 39.4 | 14.7:1 | 48% (275) |
| 2020-21 | 664 | 43 | 15.4:1 | 38% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 655 | 42.9 | 15.3:1 | 42% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 641 | 46 | 13.9:1 | 45% (289) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 42 | 15.3:1 | 42% (270) |
| 2000-01 | 673 | 46 | 14.6:1 | 23% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 399 | 27 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elkin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (655 to 673); teachers down 6% (42.9 to 40.4).
About Elkin Elementary
Elkin Elementary is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Elkin, North Carolina. Its enrollment is 673 students, spread over pre-K through 6. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll around 467, and this school is 44% above that mark.
Elkin City Schools has a total of 4 schools and 1,329 students, Elkin Elementary among them.
White students are 64% of those enrolled at Elkin Elementary. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. In Surry County overall, about 84% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 40.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.7 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina, 14.9:1, is lower. Elkin Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 58%. Among public schools in Surry County, the average eligibility rate is 93%.
On the allk12 Grade, Elkin Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 41% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
In North Carolina, Elkin Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 56.8% actual against a predicted 61.1%.
In Surry County, home to about 71,425 people, the median household earns about $55,656 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Elkin Elementary shares Surry County with 29 other public schools.
Elkin Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile from Appalachian State Univ Academy at Elkin, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 56.8% is above the 56.2% average for nearby schools.
Elkin Elementary is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 664 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 673. The number of students per teacher increased from 15.4 to 16.7 over 4 years.
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Surry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
71,425
Census ACS
Median income
$55,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
11,139 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elkin City Schools
- Elkin HighHigh · 401 students
- Elkin MiddleMiddle · 193 students
- Global E-Learning AcademyHigh · 62 students
Other schools in Elkin
- Elkin HighHigh · 401 students
- C B Eller Elementary SchoolElementary · 248 students
- Elkin MiddleMiddle · 193 students
- Appalachian State Univ Academy at ElkinElementary · 78 students
- Global E-Learning AcademyHigh · 62 students
Nearby schools
- Appalachian State Univ Academy at Elkin0.0 mi · 78
- Global E-Learning Academy0.2 mi · 62
- Elkin Middle0.3 mi · 193
- Elkin High0.3 mi · 401
- Jonesville Elementary1.1 mi · 268
- C B Eller Elementary School2.9 mi · 248
Frequently asked questions
About Elkin ElementaryHow many students attend Elkin Elementary?
Elkin Elementary enrolls approximately 673 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Elkin Elementary serve?
Elkin Elementary serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Elkin Elementary have?
Elkin Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Elkin Elementary?
Student demographics at Elkin Elementary are roughly 64% White, 24% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Elkin Elementary public or private?
Elkin Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elkin City Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.