Enrollment
168
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALEXANDER COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370009000032
Ellendale Elementary
175 Ellendale Park Lane, Taylorsville, NC 28681 · (828) 632-4866 · Alexander County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL168 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
14.9:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
165 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (24).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
47.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
54.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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
51.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Ellendale Elementary
Ellendale Elementary's state test result (51.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellendale Elementary this school | 168 | 98.2% | 51.4% |
| Germanton Elementary School Germanton | 165 | 98.2% | 48.7% |
| Pinnacle Elementary School Pinnacle | 162 | 98.1% | 68.2% |
| Sugar Loaf Elementary Taylorsville | 196 | 98.5% | 53.0% |
| Kings Creek Elementary Lenoir | 153 | 98.0% | 37.0% |
| Peachtree Elementary Murphy | 166 | 97.6% | 72.3% |
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 Ellendale Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Alexander County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #774 of 1,297 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #772 of 1,296 | #5 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #704 of 1,300 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 168 | #1,412 of 1,485 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.2% | #879 of 1,414 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.6% | #21 of 937 | #1 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
168
-44 (-21%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 276
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 168 | 11.2 | 14.9:1 | 98% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 201 | 13.5 | 14.9:1 | 99% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 216 | 14.5 | 14.9:1 | 55% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 212 | 17 | 12.5:1 | 35% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 283 | 19 | 14.9:1 | 40% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 311 | 18 | 17.3:1 | 57% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 352 | 21 | 16.8:1 | 59% (208) |
| 2000-01 | 350 | 23 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 276 | 15 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ellendale Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (283 to 168); teachers down 41% (19 to 11.2).
About Ellendale Elementary
Ellendale Elementary is a small elementary school based in Taylorsville, North Carolina. It serves 168 students in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students.
Across its 11 schools, Alexander County Schools enrolls 4,344 students. Ellendale Elementary is one of those schools.
At Ellendale Elementary, White students make up 86% of the student body. After that, the student body is 6% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. That is close to the 87% White share among all Alexander County residents. By the diversity index, Ellendale Elementary comes in at 26%.
Ellendale Elementary's 11.2 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.9:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina have a similar average ratio of 14.9:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 98%. That is close to the 99% average for public schools in Alexander County.
The allk12 Grade for Ellendale Elementary is C+. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 42% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Ellendale Elementary is 2.6 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools.
In Alexander County (population about 36,412), median household income is about $65,354, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 12 public schools operate in Alexander County, serving about 4,344 students.
The closest other public school is West Alexander Middle, about 4.2 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Ellendale Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Ellendale Elementary the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 168, 21% below the 212 of 2020-21. The ratio was 12.5:1 in 2020-21 and 14.9:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Alexander County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,412
Census ACS
Median income
$65,354
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
4,344 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alexander County Schools
- Alexander Central HighHigh · 1,254 students
- East Alexander MiddleMiddle · 510 students
- West Alexander MiddleMiddle · 467 students
- Bethlehem ElementaryElementary · 435 students
- Hiddenite ElementaryElementary · 370 students
- Wittenburg ElementaryElementary · 294 students
Other schools in Taylorsville
- Alexander Central HighHigh · 1,254 students
- West Alexander MiddleMiddle · 467 students
- Bethlehem ElementaryElementary · 435 students
- Wittenburg ElementaryElementary · 294 students
- Taylorsville ElementaryElementary · 241 students
- Sugar Loaf ElementaryElementary · 196 students
Other Ellendale Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Ellendale Elementary. Ellendale Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Ellendale ElementaryBartlett, TN · 502 students
- ELLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLEllendale, ND · 120 students
Nearby schools
- West Alexander Middle4.2 mi · 467
- Alexander Central High5.1 mi · 1,254
- Taylorsville Elementary5.4 mi · 241
- Alexander Early College5.6 mi · 172
- Sugar Loaf Elementary5.7 mi · 196
- Bethlehem Elementary6.6 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About Ellendale ElementaryHow large is Ellendale Elementary?
Ellendale Elementary enrolls approximately 168 students in grades KG-05.
Is Ellendale Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ellendale Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Ellendale Elementary have?
Ellendale Elementary employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Ellendale Elementary?
Student demographics at Ellendale Elementary are roughly 86% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Ellendale Elementary in?
Ellendale Elementary is part of Alexander County Schools.
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