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Enrollment
567
Elementary
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370408001641
Ellenboro Elementary School
813 Piney Mountain Church Rd, Ellenboro, NC 28040 · (828) 453-8185 · Rutherford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL567 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
18.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
552 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 39 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
65.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
79.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 Ellenboro Elementary School
Ellenboro Elementary School's state test result (73.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellenboro Elementary School this school | 567 | 97.4% | 73.5% |
| Brevard Elementary Brevard | 524 | 99.4% | 50.5% |
| Bolivia Elementary Bolivia | 514 | 99.4% | 49.3% |
| Wentworth Elementary Reidsville | 497 | 98.8% | 60.6% |
| Fallston Elementary Fallston | 502 | 99.4% | 58.0% |
| Robbinsville Elementary Robbinsville | 521 | 99.4% | 41.4% |
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 Ellenboro Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Rutherford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #159 of 1,297 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.1% | #136 of 1,296 | #2 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #213 of 1,300 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 567 | #421 of 1,485 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #1,323 of 1,377 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.8% | #1,189 of 1,379 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #978 of 1,414 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #423 of 937 | #3 of 6 |
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
567
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 740
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 567 | 30.3 | 18.7:1 | 97% (552) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 37.1 | 15.1:1 | 99% (555) |
| 2022-23 | 595 | 43.7 | 13.6:1 | 99% (591) |
| 2020-21 | 583 | 39 | 14.9:1 | 99% (580) |
| 2017-18 | 664 | 40.3 | 16.5:1 | 100% (661) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 39 | 16.8:1 | 98% (643) |
| 2010-11 | 621 | 37 | 16.8:1 | 63% (394) |
| 2000-01 | 645 | 35 | 18.4:1 | 40% (261) |
| 1990-91 | 740 | 37 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ellenboro Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (664 to 567); teachers down 25% (40.3 to 30.3).
About Ellenboro Elementary School
In Ellenboro, North Carolina, Ellenboro Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 567 students enrolled. Elementary schools in North Carolina have about 467 students on average; enrollment here is 21% higher.
A total of 18 schools make up Rutherford County Schools, with 7,394 students enrolled.
More than half of the students at Ellenboro Elementary School are White (77%). The rest of enrollment is 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 6% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ellenboro Elementary School scores 39%.
Its ratio of 18.7:1 is based on 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 97% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Rutherford County average a similar 98%.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Ellenboro Elementary School outscored 95%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Ellenboro Elementary School would score about 49.1%. It scores 73.5%, a top-10% result among North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations.
Rutherford County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $51,410, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Rutherford County's 20 public schools enroll about 9,205 students and include Ellenboro Elementary School.
Ellenboro Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is East Rutherford High School, about 2.6 miles away. Within five miles of Ellenboro Elementary School, there are 3 other public schools. On proficiency, Ellenboro Elementary School is ahead of the 59.8% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 7.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 583 to 567, a 3% decline. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.7:1) than in 2020-21 (14.9:1).
The discussion board for Ellenboro Elementary School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Rutherford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,930
Census ACS
Median income
$51,410
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
9,205 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rutherford County Schools
- R-S Central High SchoolHigh · 763 students
- East Rutherford High SchoolHigh · 623 students
- Chase High SchoolHigh · 596 students
- R-S Middle SchoolMiddle · 561 students
- East Rutherford Middle SchoolMiddle · 533 students
- Chase Middle SchoolMiddle · 484 students
Nearby schools
- East Rutherford High School2.6 mi · 623
- East Rutherford Middle School3.3 mi · 533
- Rutherford Opportunity Center5.0 mi · 82
- Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy5.5 mi · 1,330
- Forrest W. Hunt Elementary School5.6 mi · 460
- Forest City-Dunbar Elementary School5.7 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About Ellenboro Elementary SchoolHow large is Ellenboro Elementary School?
Ellenboro Elementary School enrolls approximately 567 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ellenboro Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ellenboro Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Ellenboro Elementary School?
Approximately 18.7:1 students per teacher at Ellenboro Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Ellenboro Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ellenboro Elementary School are roughly 77% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Ellenboro Elementary School?
Ellenboro Elementary School is overseen by Rutherford County Schools in Rutherford County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.